When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Job Description:

Director, Maternal Child Health

Anna Jaques Hospital | Newburyport, MA

Lead the future of maternal and newborn care at Anna Jaques Hospital. The Director of Maternal Child Health provides 24/7 leadership for the Birth Center, Neonatal Care Center, Lactation Services, and Prenatal Education, ensuring exceptional patient care, operational excellence, quality outcomes, and financial stewardship.

What You'll Do

• Lead the strategic, operational, clinical, and financial performance of Maternal Child Health services.
• Oversee patient care delivery, quality outcomes, patient experience, and staff performance.
• Drive key initiatives focused on reducing postpartum hemorrhage, reducing primary cesarean sections, increasing exclusive breastfeeding rates, and improving patient satisfaction.
• Partner with physicians, nursing leaders, and hospital leadership to optimize patient flow, care coordination, and service delivery.
• Lead recruitment, retention, workforce development, succession planning, and employee engagement efforts.
• Manage department budgets, productivity, staffing models, and resource utilization.
• Ensure compliance with DPH, CMS, Joint Commission, and BILH standards.
• Use data analytics and performance metrics to improve quality, safety, operational efficiency, and clinical outcomes.
• Foster a culture of safety, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
• Master's degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, or related field preferred.
• Current Massachusetts Registered Nurse (RN) license required.
• Minimum of five (5) years of progressive nursing leadership experience required.
• Demonstrated experience leading obstetric and newborn services preferred.
• Experience managing departmental operations, budgets, quality initiatives, and regulatory compliance.
• Strong knowledge of obstetric and neonatal nursing practice, patient flow management, throughput strategies, and performance improvement methodologies.
• Proven success building and leading high-performing teams.
• Experience using data analytics and performance dashboards to drive results.
• Proficiency with electronic health records, Microsoft Office Suite, and healthcare reporting systems.

What Makes You Successful

• Inspiring and engaging leader who drives accountability and professional excellence.
• Skilled in leading change and organizational transformation.
• Strong collaborator who builds partnerships across disciplines.
• Data-driven decision maker focused on quality, safety, patient experience, and financial performance.
• Committed to delivering safe, equitable, patient-centered care.

Join Anna Jaques Hospital and help shape the future of maternal and newborn care while leading a highly engaged team dedicated to exceptional outcomes for patients and families.

Pay Range:

The pay range listed for this position is the annual base salary range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. 

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

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