Divisional Kidney Smart Educator
Posted September 1, 2026. Location: 7612 Atlantic Ave., Cudahy, California 90201.
About the role
As a Patient Education Programs Educator, you will play a key role in empowering Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients with knowledge about their health and treatment options. In this divisional role, you will bridge virtual engagement with hands-on regional support, traveling across your assigned territory to deliver direct education and partner with local care teams. At DaVita, we strive to be a community first and a company second. We want all teammates to experience DaVita as "a place where I belong." Our goal is to embed belonging into everything we do in our Village, so that it becomes part of who we are.
Responsibilities
- Educate & Guide Patients: Deliver engaging virtual and in-person education on CKD management and all dialysis modalities, including Home Hemodialysis (HHD), Peritoneal Dialysis (PD), in-center hemodialysis, and kidney transplantation.
- Travel Within the Division: Travel across assigned regions to conduct live patient sessions, boost program capacity, and support field teams in expanding class outreach.
- Connect Telephonically: Provide direct phone support to schedule participants, answer questions, follow up on care pathways, and offer targeted Spanish-language educational support.
- Support Program Operations: Keep participant records accurate by logging tasks, tracking pipeline opportunities, and managing data entry in our program management systems.
Benefits
Teammates are eligible to begin receiving benefits on the first day of the month following or coinciding with one month of continuous employment.
- Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out
- Support for you and your family: Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more
- Professional development programs: DaVita offers a variety of programs to help strong performers grow within their career and also offers on-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita’s online training platform StarLearning