[Hiring] Community Health Worker @Munson Healthcare

Role Description

The Community Health Worker serves as a trusted frontline public health worker who partners with patients, families, primary care teams, and community organizations to:

• Improve access to care
• Address social drivers of health
• Support chronic disease self-management
• Connect patients with medical, behavioral health, and community-based resources

The CHW supports patients through:

• Health system navigation
• Resource coordination
• Outreach
• Education
• Care plan reinforcement
• Culturally responsive coaching

The CHW does not provide clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, clinical case management, or services requiring professional licensure.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED
• Experience in health care, public health, community-based services, human services, care coordination, behavioral health, or social services
• Knowledge of local community resources
• Experience with Medicaid, rural populations, behavioral health, chronic disease, maternal-child health, or underserved communities
• Bilingual skills preferred where relevant
• Completion of, or willingness to complete, a Michigan-recognized CHW training program
• MiCHWA CHW certification or eligibility is highly preferred

Requirements

• Must live in the East Region of Northern, MI
• Munson Healthcare requires all employees to be vaccinated or have lab confirmed immunity for Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Varicella
• All employees must receive a flu vaccine during the flu season in the year that they are hired and annually thereafter, or receive an approved medical or religious exemption

Benefits

• Tuition reimbursement
• In-person and online development
• Access to our career hub to help you advance
• Full benefits
• Paid holidays
• Generous PTO
• Employee discounts
• Free individual retirement counseling
• Free wellness platform for you and your family
• Personalized support for personal or family challenges
• Opportunities to share ideas and help shape the way we work through improvement huddles, employee surveys, and town hall meetings