Doula - PRN

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• Partner with members of the inpatient birth team to identify patients amenable to doula care and services on the labor and delivery and postpartum units (10%)
• Model and encourage effective communication and support informed decision making (20%)
• Provide non-medical comfort techniques for labor, including but not limited to positioning and movement, comforting touch, visualization, breathing techniques, affirmation, and aromatherapy (30%)
• Support and assist breastfeeding initiation (5%)
• Answer general questions about and assist with non-medical infant care (10%)
• Support the family and listen as they process their birth experience (10%)
• Seek to contribute to a culturally aligned, respectful, and positive birthing and postpartum experience (10%)
• Provide support to the birthing person’s support partner and/or family (5%)

• High School Diploma or GED Doula training and certification required for birth doula, postpartum doula, or both Required

• less than 1 year Completion of a doula training program within 1 year or have worked as a doula attending births in the last year Required

• ICBD-Certified Birth Doula - DAA - Doula Accredited Association (various) Required

• Excellent interpersonal communication and customer service skills
• Ability to work well in a team of care providers
• Ability to provide patient support independently and be self-directed
• Knowledge of comfort measures to promote a sense of wellbeing during labor, birth, and postpartum
• Knowledge of positions to promote labor progress
• Ability to support breastfeeding initiation or willingness to learn

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As Colorado’s primary, and essential, safety-net healthcare system, Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided millions in uncompensated care for the uninsured each year.

Located near downtown Denver, Denver Health is just minutes away from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to offer.

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