Doula

Requisition Number: 17764-1

Position Title:

External Description:

Nuvance Health has a network of convenient hospital and outpatient locations — Danbury Hospital, New Milford Hospital, Norwalk Hospital and Sharon Hospital in Connecticut, and Northern Dutchess Hospital, Putnam Hospital Center and Vassar Brothers Medical Center in New York — plus multiple primary and specialty care physician practices locations.

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
• Provides 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 birth plans
• Makes self available to be called in for deliveries 24/7 on a rotating basis
• Facilitates mother/infant bonding after delivery
• Supports skin-to-skin care and breastfeeding
• Conducts patient tours of FBC on a scheduled basis
• Assists childbirth educators in childbirth classes
• Attends monthly staff meetings

 

Requirements: 

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Completion of the DONA (Doulas of North America) or CAPPA (Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association) in person class
• Adheres to Hospital Behavioral Standards
• Associate's Degree preferred
• Per Diem Doulas have a 24 hour call (when called into a birth they stay with the patient through the labor and delivery)

 Location: Danbury-24 Hospital Ave

Work Type: Per Diem

Standard Hours: 24.00

Work Shift: 24 hours on call (during this time they may be called in to attend a birth)

Salary Range: $28-$30 hourly

 

 

 

City: Danbury

State: Connecticut

Community / Marketing Title: Doula

Company Profile:

Health Quest and Western Connecticut Health Network have combined to form a new nonprofit health system. The name for the new health system will be Nuvance Health. The new health system was created to provide communities across New York’s Hudson Valley and western Connecticut with more convenient, accessible and affordable care.

EEO Employer Verbiage:

Location_formattedLocationLong: Danbury, Connecticut US

Job Number: 55627