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

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.

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.

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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.