Community Health Worker - East Region - Must live near Indian River, Grayling, Gaylord, or Mio areas

Company Description

Location: Remote:  Must live near Indian River, Grayling, Gaylord, or Mio areas

Schedule: 40 hours a week: Monday - Friday from 8AM - 5PM

More Than Just Care, It’s Community  

Imagine doing meaningful work in a place where people vacation. That’s life at Munson Healthcare - northern Michigan’s largest healthcare system, with eight award-winning community hospitals serving over half a million residents across 29 counties.  

If you want a career in healthcare and a lifestyle most people only dream about – with freshwater lakes, scenic trails, charming downtowns, a vibrant arts scene, and endless outdoor adventures - you might just be Munson Material. To us, that means teammates who live by our values of excellence, teamness, positivity, creativity, and a commitment to creating exceptional experiences for our patients and each other. Join a team that delivers outstanding care in one of the most beautiful regions in the country.

Invested in You  

• Grow: Tuition reimbursement, in-person and online development, and access to our career hub to help you advance. 

• Thrive: Full benefits, paid holidays, generous PTO, employee discounts, and free individual retirement counseling.  

• Be Well: Free wellness platform for you and your family, plus personalized support for personal or family challenges. 

• Be Heard: Share your ideas and help shape the way we work through improvement huddles, employee surveys, and town hall meetings  

Job Description

A Day in the Life

• 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, and 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, and culturally responsive coaching. The CHW does not provide clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, clinical case management, or services requiring professional licensure. 

Qualifications

What's Required

• 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.

Additional Information

Are you Munson Material? Apply today! 

Must live in the East Region of Northern, MI

Munson Healthcare requires all employees be vaccinated or have lab confirmed immunity for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella. MHC also requires all employees to 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.