Summary Statement
The Maternal and Child Death Review Commission (MCDRC or the Commission) was established in 1995 with the mission of safeguarding the health and safety of the children and pregnant and postpartum persons in Delaware as set forth in 31 Del. C. § 320-324. MCDRC accomplishes its mission through the review of deaths of children under the age of 18, stillbirths occurring after at least 20 weeks' gestation, and deaths of pregnant or postpartum persons and by publicly disseminating findings or recommendations stemming from these reviews to alleviate those practices or conditions which impact the mortality of children and pregnant people.
Preferred Qualification
- Experience working with Delaware’s child welfare system or Delaware’s Public Health system.
- Experience in Fatality Review or similar quality assurance review.
- Experience in interacting with internal and external agencies to facilitate communication between partner agencies.
Essential Functions
Duties for a Medical/Social Services Consultant include the following:
- Acquiring, summarizing, and compiling documents from various agencies for the fatality review meetings.
- Preparing and scheduling cases for review; developing agendas and composing minutes from fatality review meetings; coordinating with members of the fatality review teams; maintaining the databases for the various fatality review panels and tracking and entering data identified during the fatality review meetings; participating in fatality review teams and other related meetings as necessary; providing consultation to the Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) Program Coordinator and the Executive Director in order to effectively implement and improve fatality review.
- Providing data and reports as requested to the Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) Program Coordinator, the Maternal Mortality Review (MMR) Coordinator, the Executive Director, and the MCDRC.
- Maintaining Federal Grant obligations by coordinating with families to acquire consent for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) bio-repository samples as part of the CDC Sudden Death in the Young Grant and providing referrals for individual and familial bereavement counseling.
- Represent MCDRC in local and national stakeholder committees, task forces, community education or other groups as assigned.
Job Requirements
- Possession of an Associate’s degree or higher in a public health related field from an accredited college or university.
- Two years of experience working in a public health, child welfare, investigations or closely related field.
- Experience coordinating office activities such as planning/coordinating meetings or conferences, tracking workflow and follow up, composing meeting notes, explaining services to the public, and establishing or maintaining filing record systems.
- Knowledge of public health and/or child welfare issues and systems, community agencies and resources for prevention.
- Experience in data collection which includes collecting, compiling and maintaining data from multiple sources, such as files, records and databases.
- Experience in creating reports including combining and presenting data from multiple sources in an organized format.
- Experience in using standard computer software programs, such a word processing, spreadsheets, or databases.
- Experience in writing proposals, procedure manuals, special or routine reports.
- Experience in reviewing and interpreting applicable laws, rules, regulations, standards, policies and procedures and recommending changes to operations, programs, services, policies, or procedures based on findings.
- Possess a valid Delaware Class D driver’s license or its equivalent.
Conditions of Hire
- A satisfactory criminal background check is required as a condition of hire.
- Direct deposit of paychecks is required as a condition of hire
Benefits
- Full time employees are eligible for FREE parking!!!
- To learn more about the comprehensive benefit package please visit our website at http://dhr.delaware.gov/benefits/
Selection Process
The application and supplemental questionnaire are evaluated based upon a rating of your education, training and experience as they relate to the job requirements of the position. It is essential that you provide complete and accurate information on your application and the supplemental questionnaire to include dates of employment, job title and job duties. For education and training, list name of educational provider, training course titles and summary of course content. Narrative information supplied in response to the questions must be supported by the information supplied on the application including your employment, education and training history as it relates to the job requirements.
Once you have submitted your application on-line, all future correspondence related to your application will be sent via email. Please keep your contact information current. You may also view all correspondence sent to you by the State of Delaware in the “My Applications” tab at StateJobs.Delaware.gov.
Accommodations
- Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities in all phases of the application and employment process. To request an auxiliary aid or service please call (302) 739-5458.TDD users should call the Delaware Relay Services Number 1-800-232-5460 for assistance.
- The State of Delaware is an Equal Opportunity employer and values a diverse workforce. We strongly encourage and seek out a workforce representative of Delaware including race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression