Clinical Abstractor, Maternal Mortality Review Committee; Temp

Job Title: Clinical Abstractor, New York City Maternal Mortality Review Committee
Department: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYCDOHMH)
Division: Division of Family and Child Health (FCH)
Bureau: Bureau of Maternal, Infant, and Reproductive Health (BMIRH)

Location: 42-09 28th street, Long Island City, NY 11101
Reports to Title: Deputy Director of MMRC

Direct Reports Title(s): Not Applicable

Schedule &

Hours:

Flexible scheduling offered, part-time

Workplace Flexibility Modality: Hybrid
Work Environment: Office environment but work can be done remotely

Grant End Date: Estimated date: 6/30/2026 with potential for position extension, contingent on funding renewal.

Created Date: 11/14/2025

Salary: $120 an hour
FLSA Classification: Non-exempt

Who We Are:

The Fund for Public Health in New York City (FPHNYC) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that is dedicated to the advancement of the health and well-being of all New Yorkers. To this end, in partnership with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), FPHNYC incubates innovative public health initiatives implemented by DOHMH to advance community health throughout the city.

It facilitates partnerships, often new and unconventional, between government and the private sector to develop, test, and launch new initiatives. These collaborations speed the execution of demonstration projects, effect expansion of successful pilot programs, and support rapid implementation to meet the public health needs of individuals, families, and communities across New York City.

Our Culture:

We embrace a culture of learning, collaboration, innovation, and well-being, where open communication drives our impact.

BMIRH seeks an enthusiastic, motivated clinical abstractor to support the work of the NYC Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC). This is a part-time, temporary position located at the DOHMH office in Long Island City. Most work can be done remotely (up to 260 hours), although time is required in the office for monthly Committee meetings.

This position will report to the Deputy Director of the MMRC and work closely with the Co-Chairs of the MMRC and other members of the project team. The Clinical Abstractor will be responsible for conducting clinical abstraction of specified data, including but not limited to death certificates, birth certificates, fetal death certificates, medical and hospitalization records, autopsies and social service records on maternal deaths to write case narratives for the Maternal Mortality Review Committee based on documentation in the records.

This position requires a high level of clinical responsibility, integrity, and initiative.

Maternal mortality is one of the primary markers of the health of a nation and a bellwether indicator by which both human rights and public health can be evaluated. Maternal health and well-being are critical public health concerns in NYC. The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has been conducting enhanced surveillance for maternal mortality (MM) since 2001. In January 2018, in response to the ongoing maternal mortality crisis in which Black women and birthing people are at highest risk of unfair, unjust and preventable mortality due to being ignored and dismissed by medical clinicians and systems because of structural racism, purposeful disinvestment in the communities in which they reside, and other reasons associated with generational weathering and toxic stress, the Bureau of Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health (BMIRH) in the Health Department convened the NYC Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC) to conduct a multidisciplinary committee review of all pregnancy-associated deaths to women and birthing people residing in NYC and those living in rest-of-state who died in NYC.

Each year in NYC, approximately 50 women and birthing people die from a pregnancy-associated cause. In the most recent period ), Black non-Hispanic women and birthing people were four times more likely to die of a pregnancy-associated cause compared to White women and birthing people and six times more likely to die of a pregnancy-related cause.

Complete Training and Orientation

• Take required DOHMH CITI training online course
• Receive orientation to the entire data abstraction process
• Sign and submit all data confidentiality forms as required

Abstract Maternal Mortality Records

Abstractors usually abstract up to 3 cases every month. The workload will vary by…