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# Lead Community Health Worker at Akido

- **Company:** Akido
- **Location:** Los Angeles, CA
- **Compensation:** $69k
- **Posted:** 2025-08-03
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-11
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/akidolabs/jobs/4589551006

## Job description

Akido builds AI-powered doctors. Akido is the first AI-native care provider, combining cutting-edge technology with a nationwide medical network to address America’s physician shortage and make exceptional healthcare universal. Its AI empowers doctors to deliver faster, more accurate, and more compassionate care.

Serving 500K+ patients across California, Rhode Island, and New York, Akido offers primary and specialty care in 26 specialties—from serving [unhoused communities](https://www.fastcompany.com/91231274/how-one-la-doctor-is-using-ai-to-help-homeless-communities-get-medical-care) in Los Angeles to [ride-share drivers](https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-ai-doctor-will-see-new-york-ride-share-drivers-now-5ba53e6c?mod=Searchresults_pos1&page=1) in New York.

Founded in 2015 (YC W15), Akido is expanding its risk-bearing care models and scaling ScopeAI, its breakthrough clinical AI platform. [Read more about Akido’s $60M Series B](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250515102298/en/Akido-Raises-%2460-Million-Series-B-to-Expand-Reach-of-ScopeAI-its-Breakthrough-Health-Artificial-Intelligence). More info at [Akidolabs.com](http://Akidolabs.com).

The Opportunity

As a Lead Community Health Worker, you balance a patient caseload with hands-on coaching for the CHW team. You precept new hires, field real-time workflow questions, coach less experienced CHWs, and help interview future teammates to keep quality high. Positioned on the front line, you also test new tools and processes, channeling practical feedback to leadership so Akido’s care keeps getting better.

## What You Do

- Perform all duties outlined in the CHW job description (e.g. caseload management, care-plan creation, patient coaching, appointment accompaniment, SDoH referrals, thorough documentation, and outreach/enrollment for Akido’s ECM program).
- Primary preceptor for new hires: host each new CHW for ~1.5 weeks of shadowing during their 3-week onboarding; model best practices in the field, EHR documentation, and patient engagement.
- Serve as the go-to resource for less-experienced CHWs—answering real-time questions about workflows (e.g., General Relief forms, housing referrals, benefits applications) and troubleshooting barriers.
- Provide “ride-along” coaching sessions and real-time feedback to reinforce trauma-informed, patient centered care.
- Serve as early adopters and champions of new technologies and workflows. Give feedback to management as part of the implementation process.
- Participate in onsite interviews for CHW candidates whenever logistically feasible; assess cultural fit, field readiness, and empathy-driven problem solving.
- Other duties as assigned.

## Who You Are

- You live Akido’s core values of teamwork, respect, and empathy in every interaction - whether you’re with a patient, a colleague, or a community partner.
- You bring competence and hands-on experience serving CalAIM or similarly complex populations and can translate that expertise into clear, practical guidance for others.
- You are a supporting coach and empowering guide. You uplift your teammates, deliver constructive feedback, and help them grow into better service providers.
- You are excited to try to new ideas to improve the program.
- You meet the requirements of the CHW role at Akido.

## Compensation

$33/hr

Salary range $68,640—$68,640 USD

Akido Labs, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage qualified applicants of every background, ability, and life experience to contact us about appropriate employment opportunities.

## About Akido

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Akido Labs builds AI-powered clinical software and operates a nationwide network of primary and specialty care clinics to make exceptional healthcare universal.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B, Y Combinator W15)
- **Headquarters**: Los Angeles, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2015
- **Founders**: Prashant Samant (CEO) and Jared Goodner

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Healthcare technology and healthcare services (AI-native care delivery)
- **Target customers**: B2C (patients) and B2B (health plans, risk-bearing entities); serves underserved populations, unhoused communities, and ride-share drivers
- **Mission statement**: “We intend to even the playing field, leveraging AI and the latest medical advancements to bring the dream of high-quality personalized care to all. We are building the future of healthcare for everyone.” [akidolabs.com](https://www.akidolabs.com/)

## Products & Services
- **Scope AI** – A proprietary clinical AI operating system trained on a large health data corpus, designed to assist doctors across all specialties, enabling hyper-personalized care and population health management. [akidolabs.com](https://www.akidolabs.com/)
- **Akido Care Network** – A nationwide medical network (96 locations, 245+ providers) offering primary and specialty care across 26 specialties, with next-day visits and house calls. Serves 500,000+ patients. [akidolabs.com](https://www.akidolabs.com/)
- **Insurance / Risk-Bearing Models** – Tailored health plans covering life, disability, mental health, medical reimbursement, and accident insurance (mentioned in LinkedIn profile). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/akido-labs)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding – **$81.6M** across 7 rounds, including a **$60M Series B** led by Oak HC/FT (June 2025) and an $11.2M Series A led by Future Communities Capital (December 2020). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/akido-labs)
- **Annual Revenue**: Estimated at **$18.3M** (LinkedIn data, likely conservative for a startup at scale). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/akido-labs)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Oak HC/FT, Future Communities Capital, Y Combinator; leadership includes former National COO of Kaiser Permanente and former President of Anthem Blue Cross (California). [akidolabs.com](https://www.akidolabs.com/company)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount growth of **141.8% year-over-year** (LinkedIn reports 107 employees, though website claims “1000+ people around the world” – likely includes clinicians and contractors). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/akido-labs) | [akidolabs.com](https://www.akidolabs.com/)
  - Serving 500K+ patients across California, Rhode Island, and New York
  - 620,000 patient visits per year
  - Expanding risk-bearing care models and scaling Scope AI nationally [akidolabs.com](https://www.akidolabs.com/)

## Competitive Advantages
- **First AI-native care provider** – Combines proprietary AI (Scope AI) with a real-world clinic network, creating a closed-loop data flywheel.
- **Deep integration with social impact** – Street medicine programs for unhoused populations and safety net partnerships differentiate Akido from pure telehealth or traditional providers.
- **Experienced leadership** – Team includes former hospital administrators, health plan executives, and AI researchers from USC Digital Health Lab.
- **Speed and accessibility** – Next-day visits, house calls, $44 average copay (vs. 26-day wait times and 2-hour waits in traditional settings). [akidolabs.com](https://www.akidolabs.com/)

## Strategic Focus
- **Scale Scope AI** – Bring the AI platform to patients across the U.S. starting with Akido Care, aiming for “AI to unlock healthcare super-abundance provided by humans.”
- **Expand risk-bearing contracts** – Grow the IPA (Independent Practice Association) and value-based care arrangements to reduce costs and improve outcomes.
- **Geographic expansion** – Currently in California, Rhode Island, and New York; plans to enter more states.
- **Talent acquisition** – Active hiring for clinical, operations, product, and engineering roles (20+ open positions as of mid-2025). [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/akidolabs)

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven**: “Make excellent healthcare a basic human right” – employees report high culture scores (4.4/5 on LinkedIn, 4.4 for culture, 4.2 for career). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/akido-labs)
- **AI + healthcare impact**: Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI applied directly to patient outcomes, with a strong engineering and product team (27% of 107 employees in technical roles).
- **Diverse roles**: Positions range from street medicine clinicians and operations managers to software engineers and product designers; some remote/hybrid options (e.g., Part-Time Registered Dietitian in New York with possible remote). [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/akidolabs)
- **Compensation**: Transparent salary ranges for some roles (e.g., Software Engineer ~$140K, Senior Software Engineer ~$161K). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/akido-labs)
- **Culture**: “Bridging Technology & Empathy” – team spans 5 countries, with a flat hierarchy and emphasis on social equity.

## Sources
1. [akidolabs.com](https://www.akidolabs.com/) – Company homepage, mission, product details  
2. [akidolabs.com/company](https://www.akidolabs.com/company) – Leadership, 1000+ people claim, history  
3. [linkedin.com/company/akido-labs](https://www.linkedin.com/company/akido-labs) – Employee count, funding, revenue, reviews, recent news  
4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/akidolabs](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/akidolabs) – Open positions, job descriptions  
5. [wellfound.com/company/akido-labs](https://wellfound.com/company/akido-labs) – (Note: not explicitly given but referenced via YC W15 status in search results – used for Y Combinator affiliation)

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