Community Health Worker

Family Health Care; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive wage

Excellent benefits package

Job summary

Family Health Care is seeking a Community Health Worker to encourage patient and provider shared decision-making, promote healthy behaviors, improve medication adherence, and connect clinical care with community supports to enhance health outcomes. The role requires strong oral and written communication skills, typically gained through public health, health education, social work, or related experience.

Location: Grant, MI; Employment Type: Full Time; Non-Exempt.

Qualifications

• Strong oral and written communication skills, typical of public health or related fields.
• Experience in health education, social work, or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Educate, motivate, and support patients in pursuing healthier behaviors.
• Promote shared decision-making between patients and providers and improve medication adherence.
• Link clinic care with community social supports to enhance health outcomes.

Skills

Oral communication

Written communication

Job description

The Community Health Worker is responsible for encouraging patient and provider shared decision-making, promoting healthy patient behaviors that reduce risk, improving medication adherence, furthering patient self-management skills and linking the clinical care provided by the Health Center with community based social supports. This position effectively educates, motivates, and supports patients in pursuing behaviors and lifestyle modifications that improve health status and quality of life.

Duties require a basic level of general knowledge. Oral and written communication skills at a level typically acquired through a program of study in public health, health education, social work, human services, health communication or similar field or relevant work experience.

Location(s): Grant, MI

Employment Type: Full Time

Exempt/Non-Exempt: Non-Exempt

Benefits:

• Competitive wage and excellent benefits package.

Family Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer.