Doula-PRN

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

Work Shift
:
Various (United States of America)

Job Summary: Wellstar recognizes the role of doulas for the improvement of health outcomes before, during and after pregnancy, and the reduction of racial/ethnic differences in rates of infant death and adverse perinatal outcomes. Wellstar seeks to increase the availability of doulas in areas most affected by infant and maternal mortality and to increase the number of women with a high risk of poor birth outcomes receiving doula services.

The Women’s Health Full Spectrum Doula provides physical comfort techniques, emotional reassurance, comfort and encouragement, breastfeeding support, and evidenced-based informational support as part of the patient’s essential care team to expectant patients and their families during pregnancy, labor, and in the postpartum period provided both virtually and in-person and based upon cultural preferences. The doula will provide services to women during the periods of pregnancy, birth, and at least three months postpartum.

The Women’s Health Full Spectrum Doula also provides direct patient education to expectant women and their families within the communities Wellstar serves. As such, they assume a variety of roles such as subject matter expert, teacher, patient coach, researcher, and consultant. The Women’s Health Full Spectrum Doula is responsible for directly leading educational courses offered at a wide variety of patient-centered times and locations including day, evening, and weekend options.

The Women’s Health Full Spectrum Doula reports to the Director of Women’s Health and is responsible for the learning and development needs for those they have been designated to support. As a member of the Women’s Health Service Line, it is expected that the individual upholds and supports Wellstar in achieving its mission and goals, fosters communication and collaborative practice between disciplines and serves as a positive role model to promote professional practice.

This work is done in partnership with system and facility resources to ensure alignment and sustainability. The scope of the responsibility for the position includes both system and community activities.

Core Responsibilities and

Essential Functions:

• Patient Support and Advocacy
  • Ascertain the patient’s knowledge about and goals for labor/delivery and provide individualized care based on their needs.
  • Proactively plan for pre- and postnatal care across the care continuum through patient support and education.
  • Provide attention to physical comfort through techniques such as touch, massage, and assistance with breathing.
  • Offer emotional reassurance, comfort, and encouragement.
  • Offer guidance and support with the initiation of breastfeeding.
  • Demonstrate knowledge and sensitivity to cultural differences and diversity, understanding the family’s special cultural needs and planning care accordingly.
  • Provide evidence-based information about labor and the immediate postpartum period, including explanations of procedures.
  • Communicate with the patient as labor progresses and encourage the patient to go to their hospital location.
  • Provide evidence-based information to facilitate informed decision-making.
  • Assist with communication between the patient and hospital staff.
  • Advocate for families, patients, infants, and children in the workplace, community and within the health care system.
• Leader of Learning
  • Develop and deliver educational programming addressing identified learning needs for program participants, using in-person and online platforms, and delivering evidence-based education.
  • Instruct women and their families at multiple Wellstar locations including birthing hospitals and health parks.
  • Inform design,…