Maternal and Child Health Medical Director

Medical Director for Healthy Start Systems

Division of Healthy Start Systems (HSS) is the maternal and child health division which is in the Child, Adolescent, and Family Health Bureau (CAFH) at the Boston Public Health Commission, Boston's Health Department. The mission of the Division to promote infant, maternal, and family health with a focus on reducing health inequities. The Division includes the following programs: Boston Healthy Start Initiative, Healthy Baby/Healthy Child, Healthy Start in Housing, Welcome Family, and Shirley's Food Pantry, Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR), Boston Community Perinatal Health Initiative (COPHI, Doula Program), and Early Childhood Mental Health (ECMH). These programs provide support to clients through care coordination, connection to resources, health education, and advocacy with the goal of reducing inequities and improving perinatal, infant and early childhood health outcomes.

Position Description: The part-time Medical Director for Healthy Start Systems works closely with the clinical team within the division, to establish priorities and develop a care model for clinical practices and policies. The Medical Director works in partnership with program staff including Program directors, public health nurses, social workers, and public health advocates to support Healthy Start Systems clients. The Medical Director reports directly to the Healthy Start Systems Division Director and is expected to play a coordinating role with HSS leadership team.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide overall clinical leadership and supervision to the Healthy Start Systems division in collaboration with Healthy Start Systems Division Director.
• Ensure equitable approach to maternal and child health that incorporates BPHC racial justice principles and strives to dismantle systems of racial, sexual, and gender oppression.
• Provide direct supervision, oversight, and guidance of nursing management team.
• Provide clinical support for interdisciplinary teams serving families with economic, social, mental, and clinical health needs.
• Serve as a point of contact to collaborate, develop, and refine client care plans, including nursing care plans.
• Support quality improvement, monitoring and evaluation of practice models and care delivery for clinical and non-clinical team members.
• Provide oversight and guidance to nursing management team
• Support and assist in informing best practices in Maternal Child Health in the city of Boston
• Keep program abreast of relevant and innovative issues, treatment plan and care in Maternal and Child Health
• Assist in training and quality improvement of the division
• Ensure and enhance collaboration with partner agencies, clinical stakeholders, primary care settings, and hospitals.
• Provide clinical oversight, supervision, advocacy with clinical stakeholders
• Consult and advise around clinical issues relating to maternal and child health for the larger Child, Adolescent, and Family Health Bureau
• Provide advise and guidance to overall pediatric and maternal and child initiatives at the Boston Public Health Commission, collaborate with other Bureaus and Communications team to provide relevant public health messaging

Supervision: The MCH Medical Director is supervised by the Healthy Start Systems Division Director.

Travel: Intermittent local travel is required.

• Physician (MD, DO) licensed to practice medicine in the State of Massachusetts
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in public health, clinical care, and physician leadership
• Knowledge of medical science and its application to public health practice, principles and practice of public health administration, and the laws governing public health practice
• Ability to analyze complex information and develop strategies, plans, and procedures to address medical policies of the department
• Ability to communicate complex medical information clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
• Ability to interpret and apply Federal & State regulations, procedures, and policies into all aspects of the work
• Ability to work effectively in groups and collaborative environment
• Commitment to and experience in supporting racial justice. Understanding of the role of systemic racism in maternal and child health
• Strong personnel management skills and commitment to staff growth and professional development.

Qualifications Preferred

• MPH, MPP, or other relevant public health or public policy degree preferred in addition to primary medical degree
• Clinical training in Family Medicine, OB/GYN (maternal health), or pediatrics
• 2 years supervisory experience leading a diverse staff
• Experience and skills in program development, management, and evaluation. Prefer public sector management experience.
• Experience in quality improvement including Six Sigma/Lean certification
• Knowledge of Boston and the communities most impacted by maternal and child health inequities.
• Bilingual capacity.

Applicants are highly encouraged to include a Cover Letter written for this position specifically.