Perinatal Mental Health Implementation Specialist

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH)’s Bureau of Family Health and Nutrition is looking for a Perinatal Mental Health Implementation Specialist. This role is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Perinatal Mental Health program, translating statewide strategy and activities across multiple providers and systems. This person coordinates implementation activities across more than ten funded providers, including tracking deliverables, timelines, screening and referral processes, care coordination workflows, and identifying barriers that require leadership attention.

Additionally, the Perinatal Mental Health Implementation Specialist serves as a primary point of contact for providers, offering frontline technical assistance, coordinating trainings, supporting onboarding, and ensuring organizations have the tools and guidance needed to meet program expectations. This role also maintains Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders resource hubs and website content, ensuring information remains accurate, accessible, current, and aligned with evolving policies and best practices. Overall, this person ensures that Perinatal Mental Health strategy is effectively translated into consistent program execution, strong provider and partner coordination, and sustainable implementation of the state’s maternal health priorities.

Duties and Responsibilities (these duties are a general summary and not all inclusive):

• Coordinate day-to-day implementation of perinatal mental health initiatives across clinical and community settings, translating statewide strategies into workplans, timelines, deliverables, and implementation activities for funded providers and partners.
• Coordinate implementation of perinatal mental health screening, referral, care coordination, family care planning, and related program workflows; track progress, identify barriers or delays, and elevate significant implementation issues to program leadership.
• Support implementation of new initiatives, pilots, and system improvements and coordinate activities across DPIE programs to promote consistent integration of perinatal mental health strategies and processes.
• Serve as the primary day-to-day liaison for funded health systems, community-based organizations, and other providers, maintaining regular communication and supporting organizations in understanding and meeting program expectations.
• Conduct ongoing check-ins with grantees and providers to monitor progress, identify implementation challenges and technical assistance needs, support onboarding of new organizations, and coordinate appropriate follow-up and resources.
• Coordinate and support training and technical assistance for providers across clinical and community settings, including frontline assistance with screening, referral, reporting, and other perinatal mental health implementation processes.
• Support development and adaptation of training materials, tools, and resources for different audiences and care settings and monitor participation, feedback, and provider needs to inform improvements in technical assistance
• Monitor key program measures and provider-reported information, including implementation progress, screening and referral activity, provider participation, and identified service gaps; synthesize findings to identify trends, operational challenges, and opportunities for improvement.
• Prepare routine reports, summaries, implementation updates, and other materials for program leadership and work with providers to strengthen the completeness and consistency of program reporting.
• Coordinate operational activities with MCPAP for Moms, DPIE programs, and other key partners; maintain perinatal mental health resource hub and pregnancy loss website content; and support meetings, workgroups, communications, and follow-up activities necessary to maintain effective partner coordination and accurate, accessible program resources.

Required Qualifications

• Awareness of the social, economic, technological, and ecological factors, trends, and problems involved in human services planning.
• Knowledge of the methods of general report writing.
• Knowledge of the methods and techniques of statistics, including means, medians, modes, and standard deviations.
• Knowledge of the terminology and standard abbreviations used in statistics.
• Knowledge of the methods used in the preparations of charts, graphs, and tables.
• Ability to analyze and determine the applicability of data, to draw conclusions and to make appropriate recommendation.
• Ability to understand, explain and apply the laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, specifications, standards, and guidelines governing assigned unit activities.
• Ability to gather information by questioning individuals and examine records and documents.
• Capacity to assemble items of information in accordance with established procedures.
• Ability to determine proper format and procedure for assembling items of information.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of the laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures. Specifications, standards, and guidelines governing assigned unit activities.
• Knowledge of the types and uses of agency forms.

About the Department of Public Health

The mission of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) is to prevent illness, injury, and premature death, to assure access to high quality public health and health care services, and to promote wellness and health equity for all people in the Commonwealth.

We envision a Commonwealth in which all people enjoy optimal health. Massachusetts ranks among the healthiest states according to comparative analyses, but we face numerous challenges, including chronic and infectious disease, substance abuse, violence, preventable hospitalizations, and health disparities.

DPH coordinates programs and policies to address specific diseases and conditions and offer services to address the needs of vulnerable populations. We also develop, implement, promote, and enforce regulations and policies to assure that the conditions under which people live are most conducive to health and enable people to make healthy choices for themselves and their families. We license health professionals, healthcare facilities and a variety of businesses that impact public health. We operate the state laboratory and four public health hospitals. We monitor health status and manage vital records including births, marriages and deaths. We educate people about public health issues and work closely with local boards of health and community partners to identify and solve public health problems.

More information can be found at: MA Department of Public Health\

Pre-Hire Process

A criminal background check will be completed on the recommended candidate as required by the regulations set forth by the Executive Office of Health and Human Services prior to the candidate being hired. For more information, please visit http://www.mass.gov/hhs/cori

Education, licensure and certifications will be verified in accordance with the Human Resources Division's Hiring Guidelines.

Education and license/certification information provided by the selected candidate(s) is subject to the Massachusetts Public Record Law and may be published on the Commonwealth's website.

ADA Reasonable Accommodation:

If you require a reasonable accommodation with the application/interview process, please contact us at: EOHHS Candidate ADA Requests

For questions regarding this requisition, please contact the Executive Office of Health and Human Services Human Resources at 1-800- 510-4122 Ext. 4

First consideration will be given to those applicants that apply within the first 14 days.

Minimum Entrance Requirements:

Applicants must have at least (A) three years of full-time, or equivalent part-time, professional or paraprofessional experience in social work, social casework, health care administration, public health program administration, hospital administration, or in program administration or program management, and (B) of which at least one year must have been in a professional capacity, or (C) any equivalent combination of the required experience and the substitutions below.

Substitutions:

I. A Bachelor's degree with a major in social work, health care administration, hospital administration, public health or health services administration may be substituted for a maximum of two years of the required (A) experience.*

II. A Graduate degree with a major in social work, health care administration, hospital administration, public health or health services administration may be substituted for the required experience.*

*Education toward such a degree will be prorated on the basis of the proportion of the requirements actually completed.

Special Requirements: Based on assignment, possession of a current and valid Massachusetts Motor Vehicle Operator's License.

Salary placement is determined by a combination of factors, including the candidate’s years of directly related experience and education, and alignment with our internal compensation structure as set forth by the Human Resources Division’s Hiring Guidelines. For all bargaining unit positions (non-management), compensation is subject to the salary provisions outlined in the applicable collective bargaining agreement and will apply to placement within the appropriate salary range.

Comprehensive Benefits

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An Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. Females, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

The Commonwealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. Research suggests that qualified women, Black, Indigenous, and Persons of Color (BIPOC) may self-select out of opportunities if they don't meet 100%25 of the job requirements. We encourage individuals who believe they have the skills necessary to thrive to apply for this role.