Job description

This position serves as the Maternal and Fetal Fatality Prevention Coordinator within the Division of Fatality Review and Prevention (FRP) at the Indiana Department of Health (IDOH). The purpose of this position is to develop and support new and ongoing fatality prevention initiatives to reduce maternal and fetal mortality rates in Indiana. FRP has three components: 1. fatality review, 2. data, and 3. prevention, and this position oversees efforts that fall under each with regard to preventing fatalities in infants and children. This position will focus on the development and implementation of maternal and fetal fatality prevention throughout the state. This position will work closely with state maternal mortality review teams and fetal infant mortality review teams to further implement recommendations.

Connect fatalities reviewed amongst the maternal mortality prevention coordinator and fetal infant mortality review coordinator within FRP, creating recommendations and prevention strategies
Provide technical assistance to local community organizations and health departments
Develop evidence-based prevention initiatives based on state and local data
Develop evaluation protocols for prevention initiatives
Create education and awareness materials, including brochures and other visual materials
Facilitate prevention meetings in local communities
Request state and local data from epidemiologists
Report local prevention initiatives to the State Maternal Mortality Review Team and Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Teams
Provide trainings on developing recommendations and turning data into action to local fatality review teams
Public speaking on prevention strategies and initiatives
Create tools for community engagement and empowerment
Present at state and national conferences
Develop external and internal partnerships
Provide prevention education resources to local partners; these resources include webinars, inforgraphics, brochures, and other materials
Maintain contacts and maps for prevention coahilitions statewide
Develop innovative prevention strategies to target at-risk populations
Collaborate with injury prevention partners throughout the state
Apply for external funding to support prevention initiatives
Develop and maintain program policies and procedures
Coordinate day to day program activities
Generate reports, including annual reports and strategic plans
Work with data entry staff to maintain accurate database of suicide and overdose deaths
Attend training to stay up to date on current literature and recommendations
Attend meetings with external partners
Identify new opportunities for partnerships
Provide technical assistance to teams on implementation and sustainability
Encourage cross collaboration to achieve state, IDOH, and FRP goals and objectives
Provide technical assistance on goal setting, project planning, and behavioral change theory
Research effective methods to prevent injuries and falities amongst materal and fetal populations
Research and address disparities in materal and fetal injuries and fatalities
Champion an equity-driven approach to program improvement
Respond to program requests from IDOH upper management
Perform other duties as assigned

Job Type: Contract

Salary: $25.00 - $28.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Position is remote with significant travel throughout Indiana for in-person meetings throughout the community and to the state offices for mandatory meetings. Do you accept this requirement?
• Candidate will be exposed to sensitive information during fatality review meetings involving content that may be difficult to comprehend, requiring a high degree of empathy and self-care understanding. Do you accept this requirement?

Work Location: Remote

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