Deputy Director, National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center - Georgetown University Medical Center

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Requirements

As a top academic health and science center in the United States, Georgetown University Medical Center seeks to provide, in a synergistic fashion, excellence in education — training physicians, nurses and other health care professionals, as well as biomedical scientists — and cutting-edge interdisciplinary research collaboration, enhancing our basic science and translational biomedical research capacity in order to improve human health. Emphasizing service, we are dedicated to the Catholic, Jesuit principle of cura personalis — “care of the whole person.” Our partnerships with organizations in the region strengthen our work and expand its reach. 

The Deputy Director for the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center (OHRC) in the Department of Pediatrics in Georgetown University Medical Center is funded by a cooperative agreement from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). This position interacts with OHRC staff and contractors, federal project officers, professionals, and the public. Additional responsibilities include:

• Provide targeted technical assistance (TA) to the Maternal and Child Health-Improving Oral Health Integration (MCH-IOHI) Learning Collaborative (LC) and the Title V-Oral Health Performance (TV-OHP) LC to advance the integration of preventive oral health care into primary care for the maternal and child health (MCH) population (i.e., pregnant women, children, and adolescents, including those with special health care needs, and their families).

• Oversee the MCH-IOHI LC, which consists of alliance members (key state stakeholders, including policy, practice, and public health leaders; health professionals; health care payers; public health surveillance experts) determined by each of the eight MCH-IOHI projects.

• Provide universal TA to professionals serving the MCH population in all states and jurisdictions to increase knowledge and enhance skills useful for advancing the integration of preventive oral health care into primary care.

• Provide universal TA to Head Start staff and ACF regional health specialists to promote optimal oral health for pregnant women and children enrolled in Head Start programs.

Work Interactions

The deputy director reports to the OHRC director. This position supervises the MCH-IOHI LC program manager and provides oversight of the MCH-IOHI LC and the TV-OHP LC contractors, continuously seeks input on activities, provides feedback to staff and contractors, and conducts annual review of the MCH-IOHI LC program manager.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Graduate degree

• Dental hygienist, preferred

• 15–20 years of experience in academia, clinical care, health policy, and public health

• 5–10 years of experience managing LCs focusing on integrating oral health care into primary care

• Demonstrated experience in providing TA (providing presentations, producing publications) to professionals

• Strong analytical, communication, and management skills

Work Mode Designation

This position has been designated as Telework. Please note that work mode designations are regularly reviewed in order to meet the evolving needs of the university. Such reviews may necessitate a change to a position’s mode of work designation. Complete details about Georgetown University’s mode of work designations can be found on the Department of Human Resources website: https://hr.georgetown.edu/mode-of-work-designation.

Pay Range:

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