AmeriCorps Birth Doula

Sea Mar Community Health Centers•Vancouver, WA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Sea Mar Community Health Centers is recruiting an AmeriCorps Birth Doula to serve clients throughout pregnancy, labor, birth, and the postpartum period. The member will train as a birthing doula with the Simkin Center at Bastyr University and provide education, referrals, and emotional, physical, moral, and educational support to clients. The role requires sensitivity, independent work, and availability for a demanding on-call schedule. The member will complete a full-time service term of 10–11 months and participate in mandatory trainings, service projects, and team-building activities. To receive the stipend and educational award, the member must complete the requirements of the Member Service Agreement and provide continuous doula services consistent with DONA International Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics. Sea Mar is a community-based Federally Qualified Health Center serving diverse communities in Washington State. The organization states that it is a mandatory COVID-19 and flu vaccine organization and an equal opportunity employer.

Requirements

Bilingual English and Ukrainian or Russian language skills.
High school diploma.
Ability to interpret documents, write routine reports and correspondence, and communicate effectively with clients and employees.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to compile, interpret, and use information and communicate with people of diverse backgrounds and educational levels.
Ability to work with minimal supervision, exercise good judgment, meet deadlines, and prioritize workloads.
Ability to maintain confidentiality, professionalism, appropriate boundaries, organization, and attention to detail.
Intermediate computer skills and computer literacy; good mathematical skills.
Ability to solve problems and reason deductively.
Current TB test from within the past year.
Satisfactory WATCH background check and compliance with all CNCS background-check requirements.
Valid Washington State driver’s license and maintained automobile insurance.
Ability to perform the described essential duties, with reasonable accommodations where applicable.

Nice To Haves

Undergraduate degree or equivalent work experience.
Experience with Windows Office programs.

Responsibilities

Participate in mandatory trainings, service projects, and team-building activities during the 10–11 month full-time term of service.
Schedule appointments and help patients navigate barriers in the health system.
Initiate communication with patients and make supported referrals addressing their needs.
Provide clients with emotional, physical, moral, and educational support, especially when the father or other close relatives are unavailable.
Attend prenatal meetings to build a relationship with clients and establish birth preferences and other requirements.
Remain with the mother throughout labor and provide physical and emotional support during childbirth and immediately postpartum.
Visit the mother at home after discharge and assist with baby care while the mother heals.
Provide continuous doula services in accordance with DONA International Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics.
Adhere to Sea Mar's organizational values and support its client-centered, culturally aware mission.
Complete Member Service Agreement requirements to receive the stipend and educational award.