The Research Coordinator for the Bronx Healthy Start Partnership-Albert Einstein College of Medicine will work to ensure quality and integrity of the implementation of the Healthy Start Program and its various initiatives and required data collection and reporting, and community and stakeholder engagement. The incumbent will have the ability to provide leadership, work on initiatives to support the MCH benchmarks, and other efforts that will grow and strengthen the partner network. Knowledge is required of maternal-infant health, infant and child development, prenatal and postpartum care, parent-child interactions and relationships, services for the 0-3 age population, and the dynamics of child abuse and neglect; and experience with reflective practice and with health and social services that embrace the concepts of family-centered and strength-based service provision to culturally diverse communities/families. The Research Coordinator works closely with all Healthy Start professional and support staff and identifies barriers and develops plans for corrective action where Healthy Start Benchmarks are not met.
The Bronx Healthy Start Partnership is an initiative to eliminate disparities in perinatal health. This program is grant funded by the federal Health Services and Services Administration’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau’s Division of Healthy Start and Perinatal Services. This national program aims to address the following goals: a) reduce infant mortality and adverse perinatal outcomes and disparities by 1) improving women’s health, 2) Improving family health and wellness, 3) Promoting systems change. 4) Assuring impact and effectiveness through workforce development, data collection, quality improvement, performance monitoring, and evaluation.
Therefore, our sub-contractors will focus on a) efforts to improve the health of women before, during, and after pregnancy; b) outreach and enrollment in health insurance coverage; c) coordination and facilitation of access to health care services; d) removing barriers and support for prevention, including clinical preventive services, inter-conceptional health, and health promotion; e) assistance with reproductive life planning; and f) focusing on prevention and health promotion (e.g. breastfeeding, immunization, safe sleep, family planning, smoking cessation, and use of the evidence-based, standardized curricula, Partners for a Healthy Baby).
This position requires excellent verbal and written skills and the ability to prioritize and manage time. The Research Coordinator must have the ability to handle confidential information and be tactful in giving and receiving such information. This data–driven program requires typing, data entry, strong organizational skills, consistently meeting deadlines, and good stress management/self-care skills. The Research Coordinator will exhibit leadership and collaborative skills.