UNIV - Part-Time Doula - Psychiatry: Women's Reproductive Behavioral Health

Medical University of South Carolina • Charleston, SC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is assigned to the Women’s Reproductive Behavioral Health (WRBH) Division of MUSC. Peer Recovery Doulas provide non-clinical services intended to aid pregnant and postpartum patients in establishing recovery from substance use disorders. The individual will work as part of the WRBH team as a community health worker to provide peer support and recovery-focused prenatal, labor and postpartum support for perinatal women and their babies. This Peer Recovery Doula position will primarily provide hospital-based support to patients presenting for delivery at Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital, participating as an (non-clinical) integral member of multidisciplinary care team, the Perinatal Opioid Collaborative, that coordinates specialized care and support for pregnant patients with perinatal opioid use disorder. The candidate will provide prenatal education, labor and delivery support and postpartum follow up, as well as facilitate coordination, promote successful linkage to perinatal mental health and substance use treatment and provide a warm hand-off to community resources and treatment providers. The Peer Recovery Doula will also serve as a patient advocate for individuals they are serving and integrate with hospital staff to reduce stigma. While establishing a trusting relationship with mothers, the candidate will promote healthy pregnancies, breastfeeding, and parent-infant attachment. This role is research grant funded Nature and Scope: The community-based doula is an integral member of the overall ReBIRTHed program (housed within WRBH Division at MUSC). The doula is a community health worker from the same community as the targeted population. A Peer Recovery Doula has lived experience of perinatal substance use disorder and is dual certified as a peer support specialist and community doula.She will provide culturally sensitive support and serve as a role model for individuals with perinatal substance use disorders.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree and one year relevant program experience.
• The candidate must be actively engaged in his/her own recovery program with a minimum of three years demonstrated personal recovery and sustained abstinence from alcohol and/or drug use.
• The candidate must have prior experience in a Peer Support role.
• Individual must have completed 1) the SC course for Certified Peer Support Specialists and 2) Certified as a Doula through one of the following training organizations: Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association, DONA International, HealthConnect One, International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA), Birthworks or Birth Arts International.
• The applicant should demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, the ability to relate to patients and health professionals, as well as an ability to develop professional working relationships with partner agencies.
• The candidate must possess excellent listening, verbal, and written communication skills, as well as good problem-solving skills.
• Basic computer skills are required.
• The ability to juggle many tasks and the ability to satisfy both travel requirements and on-call requirements is needed.
• Comfort going into people’s homes and experience working with substance use disorders and pregnant mothers is expected.

Responsibilities

• Provide Peer Recovery Doula services to patients with perinatal opioid use disorder receiving prenatal care at MUSC Women’s Health and/or presenting for delivery at Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital.
• Participate as a (non-clinical) member of multidisciplinary care team, the Perinatal Opioid Collaborative (POC), that coordinates specialized care and support for pregnant patients with perinatal opioid use disorder.
• Complete required documentation. Support clinical and research team with outreach.
• Collaborate and participate in multidisciplinary rounds.
• Serve as a patient advocate to reduce the stigma of perinatal substance use disorders.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees