Lead Birth Doula

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What can you Expect as a Lead Birth Doula?

The Lead Birth Doula strives to provide doula services through home visiting and birth support, as well as mentoring and support to less experienced doulas. You would responsibly use and maintain program-issued cell phone and other electronic devices as needed for patient data entry.

Performing a post-partum visit after each birth attended, prior to hospital discharge, and relay birth information to community-based doula and attending required meetings and in-services, including weekly Birth Circle Staff meetings, case meetings, and monthly doula meetings are key responsibilities for the Lead Birth Doula. You will also meet individually with team members each week for case-management and to monitor paperwork completion.

As a Lead Birth Doula, you will arrange and complete individual visits with women at their homes, in the health care center, or at other agreed upon locations, completing 7 visits per week. You will also contact and establish professional, caring relationship with women referred to the Birth Circle for Doula Services. It will be important to follow program protocols for after-hours and weekend calls; coordinate as needed with the on-call coordinator, answering service and on-call doula for clients whose birth will be attended by the on-call doula.

A few other key responsibilities are:

• Review per Birth Circle protocol each birth that team doulas attend.
• Provide continuous doula services to women during their births, that meet the DONA International Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics, attending at least two births per month.
• Provide pregnancy-related information to women, on topics including pregnancy and fetal development, nutrition, childbirth, comfort measures during childbirth, breastfeeding, infant care, post-partum care, early parenting and post-partum depression. Provide knowledgeable breastfeeding support and refer clients to lactation support when appropriate.
• Participate in outreach and education at community events, meetings and other opportunities as agreed upon with supervisor.
• Meet weekly with doula services coordinator, doula trainer, and program director for case management and team reporting.
• Coordinate referrals for women to other social service agencies and parenting support services, when appropriate.
• Maintain patient confidentiality and HIPAA-compliant records.
• Serve as on-call coordinator one week in every three, in rotation with other lead doulas and doula services coordinator. (The answering service will contact the on-call coordinator after hours if a problem arises with reaching the on-call doula.)

Note: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned this job. They are not exhaustive lists of all duties, responsibilities, knowledge, skills, abilities and working conditions associated with the job.

How does UPMC Support our Employees?

UPMC is committed to investing in our employees – financially, personally, and professionally –starting on day one of your career. From tackling student loans to advancing your career later in life, UPMC is the partner you need to succeed and thrive in your career.

Here are a few examples of how we support our employees:

• Tuition reimbursement of up to $6,000* per academic year at any accredited institution, available to employees and their dependents (*amount varies based on job title and status)
• An incomparable Total Rewards package
• Top clinicians, leading researchers, and the most modern equipment and technology in health care today

Shifts/Hours: You will work primarily daylight hours with flexible to support the department. This is a hybrid position working both in office and remotely.

*Hours are subject to change based on business needs.