Doula (Per Diem) - Norwalk, CT
Doula (Per Diem) - Norwalk, CT
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Position at Nuvance Health Med Practice CT
Doula (Per Diem) - Norwalk CT
Summary:
Provides continuous emotional and physical support for a woman in labor and her immediate family. This support spans the duration of the labor and during the postpartum period.
Per Diem Doulas have a 24 hour call. When called into a birth they stay with the patient through the labor and delivery.
Responsibilities:
- Attends laboring women for the entire length of their labor in order to provide continuity an average of 12 hours time up to a 24 hour duration.
- Provides comfort measures to laboring women in the form of positioning massage ambulation hydration and nutrition & facilities rest.
- Supports patients families throughout the labor process.
- Facilitates patients wishes and birthplans. Does this in collaboration with patient RNs & MDs.
- Works from a call schedule. Makes self available to be called in for deliveries 24/7 on a rotating basis.
- Facilitates mother/infant bonding after delivery. Accomplished by supporting skin-to-skin care and breastfeeding.
- Conducts patient tours on a scheduled basis. Assists childbirth educators in childbirth classes.
- Attends monthly staff meetings participates in committee meetings assists coordinator with administrative tasks assigned.
- Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to the position.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Required: High School diploma and completion of the DONA (Doulas of North America) or CAPPA (Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association) in person class; Associates degree preferred.
Adheres to Hospital Behavioral Standards. Requires excellent communication skills.
Certification: Either DONA (Doulas of North America) or CAPPA certification (Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association).
Must complete the IN PERSON workshop.
Working Conditions:
Manual: significant manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity
Occupational: Significant occupational risk
Physical Effort: Very Heavy effort. May exert up to 50 lbs. force
Physical Environment: Significant exposure to dirt odors noise human waste etc.
Company: Nuvance Health Med Practice CT
Org Unit: 588
Department: NW Midwifery Service
Exempt: No
Salary Range: $25.70 - $47.72 Hourly commensurate with experience
Employment Type
Grant
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