Department:
SOM KC Family Medicine -----
Family Medicine Position Title:
Community Health Worker Supervisor (Central Kansas Region) - Family Medicine Job Family Group:
Professional Staff Job Description Summary:
The Community Health Worker (CHW) Supervisor is a regionally based position for the Thrive digital depression treatment program across rural Kansas counties. This position will serve communities throughout the Central Kansas region. Applicants must reside in or be willing to relocate to the service area. Counties served include, but are not limited to: Reno, Rice, McPherson, Harvey, Stafford, Pratt, and Kingman counties. The position requires regular travel within the assigned region to provide community-based services, outreach, and support to individuals and families.
The CHW Supervisor will maintain weekly supervisions with CHWs in their region to assess performance and work closely with the CHW Project Coordinator to meet with CHWs and ensure compliance with the Continuous Quality Improvement report (CQIs). They will lead a monthly team meeting with CHWs and members of the clinic sites to discuss challenges and best practices. CHW Supervisor will primarily be coordinating referrals from clinical sites to project CHWs for various populations to strategize and plan ways to build individual capacity by empowering individuals and families to address social determinants of health barriers and mental health through advocacy, support, and education.
CHW Supervisor guides and supports CHWs with their daily performance, helps them grow in their profession, and holds them accountable to fulfill their role. CHW supervisors are the liaison between the hiring organization, CHWs, KUMC, and program management. Job Description:
This position will serve communities throughout the Central Kansas region. Applicants must reside in or be willing to relocate to the service area. Counties served include, but are not limited to: Reno, Rice, McPherson, Harvey, Stafford, Pratt, and Kingman counties.
Job Duties Outlined
Platform Deployment & Licensing Coordination
Recruit, hire, onboard, and train CHWs.
Maintain deployment documentation, including change‑management logs and readiness checklists.
Coordinate deployment of user resources and onboarding materials at clinical sites.
Implementation Planning, Training, & Rollout Support
Support CHW Project Coordinator with bi-monthly virtual learning collaboratives by identifying presenters and co-presenting.
Guide CHWs through coaching sessions, providing/connecting CHWs to training opportunities, and creating constructive performance evaluations.
Serve as the primary point of contact for regional CHW implementation communications and partner updates.
Workforce Coordination & Workflow Management
Provide ongoing and supportive supervision to CHWs.
Coordinate and communicate with the CHW project leadership, CHW Project.
Coordinator and KUMC; participate in zoom meetings with others on this project within the region.
Organize and oversee the schedules and work assignments of CHWs.
Evaluation, Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), & Reporting
Coordinate and track CHWs performance to ensure they are providing a high quality of service.
Ensure that CHWs are collecting data in a timely manner and assist with reporting outcomes and program evaluation if needed including shadowing CHW team members and contacting clients to assess quality of CHW performance monthly.
User Access Support & Issue Coordination
Attend monthly huddles with clinical staff to discuss client progress, engagement, and barriers to accessing Thrive.
Network and partner with different organizations and individuals to improve Thrive engagement in the counties selected for this project through participant recruitment.
Track access challenges reported by users and CHW teams.
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this…