Nurse Coordinator, Fetal and Infant Mortality Review
Listed on 2026-01-30
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Healthcare
Public Health, Healthcare Administration, Health Promotion
Description:
The Division of Healthy Start Systems (HSS), under the Child, Adolescent, and Family Health Bureau (CAFH) at the Boston Public Health Commission, has advanced maternal and infant health equity for Boston families for over 30 years. The mission of the Division is to promote infant, maternal, and family health with a focus on reducing health inequities; this mission is catalyzed through wrap-around programs and services delivered by a multidisciplinary team of public health advocates (community health workers), public health nurses, and social workers who support the needs of birthing families through care coordination, connection to resources, health education, and advocacy.
The programs under HSS are:
Boston Healthy Start Initiative, Healthy Baby/Healthy Child, Healthy Start in Housing, Welcome Family, Shirley's Food Pantry, Father Friendly, Community Perinatal Initiative (COPHI), and the Fetal Infant Mortality Review pilot (FIMR).
The Role:
The Division is seeking a public health nurse to support the establishment of a Fetal Infant Mortality Review process in the City of Boston. Reporting to the Senior Program Manager for the Fetal, Infant, and Maternal Review initiative, the public health nurse will be responsible for abstracting cases under review from the medical record to identify key events during the birth journey.
The public health nurse will complement case abstractions with one-on-one structured interview sessions with the mother, father, and/or appropriate caregiver of the infant who has died, to produce a comprehensive case narrative for review by the Fetal Infant Mortality Review Team (CRT).
About FIMR:
Fetal and Infant Mortality Reviews (FIMRs) are part of a large national initiative that addresses maternal health disparities across the country. FIMRs operate at the state, local, and county levels with teams consisting of health and social service professionals that review fetal and infant death cases and work with stakeholders to prevent future deaths. They investigate, share findings, and make recommendations to improve policies and supports for birthing individuals/families impacted by infant loss.
A core component of this process is medical record abstraction and family interviews, which provide essential insights into the family's experience, the birth journey, and available resources that could have supported or strengthened families during their planning process.
The goal of the interview is to:
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