Lifestyle Care Coordinator

​Depending on education and experience, the salary is at least € 3,550 and at most € 4,722 gross per month for a full-time appointment. This salary is exclusive of holiday allowance and an end-of-year bonus of 8.3% of your gross annual salary. 

For the Vitality Desk, we are looking for a lifestyle care coordinator with a background in healthcare and a demonstrable interest in behavioral changes regarding lifestyle, vitality, and health.

Does it appeal to you to coach patients toward a healthier lifestyle and to investigate together what the patient can do themselves in terms of behavioral change? And moreover, to create a suitable plan together?
Then please read further.

The accessibility of care is under pressure. Due to unhealthy lifestyles, the increasing aging population, and the prevalence of lifestyle-related and often chronic conditions, the need for care will only continue to increase. Additionally, the reduced availability of healthcare providers leads to longer waiting times for patients and a high workload among healthcare providers.

Promoting health literacy and the vitality of patients and residents is an important element in keeping care accessible. This is particularly important in the South Limburg region, where vitality lags behind other regions in the Netherlands. Maastricht UMC+ therefore sees it as its task to keep the residents in Limburg vital and is actively working on prevention and vitality, both within and outside the walls of the hospital. That is the reason why the Vitality Desk started in January 2024 at Maastricht UMC+.

In the hospital, there may be a case of the 'white coat effect' or the 'teachable moment'. Patients are extra sensitive to starting work on their lifestyle and behavior at the moment they have to come to the hospital.
As a lifestyle care coordinator,

• You are part of the Vitality Desk team

• You coach and guide patients on factors linked to Positive Health, including nutrition, exercise, stress, sleep, relaxation, substance use, and work

• You contribute to research in the field of Prevention and Vitality of the patient

• You contribute to education in the field of Prevention and Vitality of the patient

This concerns a temporary employment contract of 1 year for an average of 24 hours per week in accordance with article 2.4.2 of the UMC Collective Labor Agreement (Cao umc).

• You work 3 days per week, of which 3 half-days are clinic hours. The remaining 3 half-days can be deployed flexibly.

• Working from home is an option for the 3 half-days for which no clinic hours are scheduled.

At Maastricht UMC+, we ensure that you have everything to make your contribution to ultimate care. The right employment conditions belong with that. Read here what we offer you.

For more information about the position or the training and career opportunities, please contact Anke Vroomen, Team Leader Lifestyle in Care, reachable at tel. 043-3875190 or via email anke.vroomen@mumc.nl. Want to shadow for a day? That is also a possibility!

For information about the application procedure, follow this link. General information about employment conditions and working at Maastricht UMC+ can be found here. Unable to find the answer to your question? Please contact the Recruitment team.

Applications for this vacancy can be submitted up to and including November 29.

We recruit our candidates ourselves and do not work with external agencies for this vacancy.