Job Description

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

The Postpartum Doula role is a grant-funded, non-clinical position designed to provide full-spectrum postpartum doula care to women and families in the hospital setting following childbirth. This role specifically supports patients whose infants are admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and is part of a research study evaluating the impact of postpartum doula support on maternal and infant outcomes.

The postpartum doula will work in close collaboration with nurses, midwives, physicians, lactation consultants, social workers, and research staff to identify eligible participants and contribute to individualized care plans. The goal is to improve maternal and infant outcomes, enhance the patient experience, and support the achievement of patient-identified goals during the postpartum period, particularly in the context of NICU hospitalization.

This position will primarily serve patients at Prisma Health Richland.

Essential Functions

• All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health's purpose: Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

• Provide culturally-sensitive, trauma-informed, and family-centered support.

• Offer emotional, physical, and educational support to promote healing, bonding, and confidence in early parenting.

• Support breastfeeding/chestfeeding, infant care, and maternal self-care through evidence-based guidance and encouragement.

• Use motivational interviewing to assess readiness for change and help patients set and achieve goals related to postpartum recovery, infant care, and emotional well-being.

• Facilitate linkage to community resources, including mental health services, parenting support, and follow-up care.

• Serve as a patient advocate, helping to reduce stigma and improve communication between patients and the care team.

• Promote positive parent-infant attachment and healthy coping strategies during the early postpartum period.

• Offers peer support to patient and family and connect to community-based resources.

• Collaborates with multidisciplinary care team to identify program participants and to assist in developing individualized care plan.

• Serves as a patient advocate and integrate with hospital staff to reduce stigma.

• Attends required staff meetings and complete required documentation from births and patient interactions.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory/Management Responsibilities

• This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director, or executive.

Minimum Requirements

• Education - High School diploma or equivalent OR highest degree earned

• Experience - No previous experience required.

• Postpartum doula experience preferred.

• Experience working with families, newborns or children preferred.

• Experience working in hospital, healthcare, social services, or community-based settings preferred.

• Experience in nursing, public health, social work, early childhood education or related field preferred.

In Lieu Of

• NA

Required Certifications, Registrations, Licenses

• Doula certification preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Basic computer skills

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Location

Richland-14MP

Facility

3400 USC OB/GYN Research

Department

34001000 USC OB/GYN Research-Practice Operations

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