WVPP Careers

Director of Perinatal Quality Improvement

Position Title:  Director of Perinatal Quality Improvement
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: $80,000 – $85,000, plus fringe
Location: Remote; travel to Charleston and throughout the state. Travel to out-of-state national meetings 1-2 times per year.

General Job Summary
The Quality Improvement Director is responsible for the development, implementation and capacity building of Quality Improvement programs for the WV Perinatal Partnership (Partnership). The QI Director will hold the primary responsibility for the implementation of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grant.  Under this 5-year grant project the QI Director will focus on capacity building to conduct quality improvement (QI) initiatives to improve perinatal health outcomes statewide; improve quality of care, and to reduce disparities in healthcare outcomes between subpopulations within West Virginia (WV). The QI Director, in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team, will use QI science to rapidly implement intervention, policy, and practice changes in healthcare across WV through collaborative learning and formal and informal networks among providers of perinatal care and other healthcare entities.

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Project Manager, Intimate Partner Violence and Substance Use Disorder

Position Title: Project Manager, Intimate Partner Violence and Substance Use Disorder
Job Type: Full-time position
Salary: $60,000-65,000 plus fringe
Location: Remote, frequent travel throughout the state.

General Job Summary

The IPV-SUD PPW Project Coordinator is a three-year grant-funded position, requiring knowledge of West Virginia service providers. The Project Coordinator will work on a substance use in pregnancy project focused on the intersection of substance use disorder (SUD) and intimate partner violence (IPV). The West Virginia Perinatal Partnership (WVPP) is partnering with the National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health (NCDVTMH), the West Virginia Bureau for Behavioral Health (WV BBH), the West Virginia Coalition Against Domestic Violence (WVCADV), and Marshall University Research Corporation’s West Virginia Behavioral Health Workforce and Health Equity Training Center (TTC) on the Violence Against Women and Substance Use Prevention Initiatives grant to address IPV and SUD services in West Virginia, particularly for pregnant and postpartum women. The IPV-SUD project is funded by the Office of Women’s Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The overall goal of the project is to improve health outcomes for people impacted by intimate partner violence and substance use across the state, particularly for pregnant and parenting people and their families.

The Project Coordinator will work closely with the WVPP Deputy Director, other WVPP staff, project staff from NCDVTMH, WVCAD, WV BBH, TTC, health care and SUD treatment providers, and community partners working on intimate partner violence initiatives across the state. WVPP is a sub-recipient of the grant awarded to NCDVTMH.

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Project Assistant, Substance Use During Pregnancy

Position Title: Project Assistant, Substance Use During Pregnancy
Job Type: Full-time, contractor
Salary: $35,000 – $40,000
Location: Remote; travel to Charleston and throughout the state.

General Job Summary
The West Virginia Perinatal Partnership is looking for a proactive project assistant to work collaboratively with our Substance Use During Pregnancy team on specific short- and long-term projects. The Project Assistant provides support to the Project Director and project team members. The position is responsible for completing tasks delegated by the Project Director, coordinate with all necessary team members, providers, and state officials, and ensure that projects are moving forward on time. The Project Assistant will need to be highly organized, adaptable, and able to prioritize tasks while working independently. Strong communication skills, positivity, and reliability are must-have skills in this position.

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