About This Role
This full-time Doula position supports the Safe Pregnancies / Embarazo Seguro program, providing emotional, physical, and informational support to individuals and families during pregnancy, labor, and the immediate postpartum period. The Doula empowers clients through their birth experience, offering continuous support and guidance to ensure a positive and informed birthing process.
Responsibilities
- Increase informed decision-making for Safe Pregnancy clients, and increase child wellness, and provide support networks
- Conduct home visitations to promote the benefits of a healthy pregnancy, preconceptual planning and how to decrease factors that could endanger the life of the pregnant individual and the infant, and childbirth
- Discuss and create birthing plans with expectant persons that outline the delivery room’s environment, who will be present and whether clients want pain relievers
- Act as an advocate for clients to ensure medical providers adhere to their wishes
- Visit OB patients in labor during regular working hours (to be determined upon hire)
- Develop a postpartum follow-up plan for mother and baby at 2-weeks, 6-8-weeks and every three months for the first year
- Attend the birth and provide continuous emotional and physical support for clients throughout labor and delivery
- Provide education and support for feeding choices during pregnancy and immediately after delivery and all infant feeding options
- Identify maternal depression and provide support as able
- Contribute to the reduction of infant-mother mortality rates, delivery complications, and C-sections
- Assist with navigation and tracking adherence to postpartum care, and primary care for the patient and the infant
- Strive for a high level of accuracy and attention to detail when reviewing and entering data
- Recruit participants for this program and other LCDA health initiatives through various community outreach strategies
- Ensure clients’ birth preferences are respected
- Offer emotional and physical support during labor and postpartum
- Respect diverse birth traditions and practices
- Engage effectively with clients and healthcare teams
Requirements
- Associate’s degree in a health-related field or other relevant education
- Strong experience working in a healthcare setting and/or knowledge of health and nutrition
- Fluency in both English and Spanish
- Proficient in Microsoft Word and possesses intermediate general computer skills
Nice to have:
- Bachelor’s degree in a health-related field or other relevant education
- Doula certification and Lactation consultancy certification
