Certified Doula

• Join Southern Illinois’ leading healthcare organization, with over 350 team members who believe that in taking care of each other and our patients and clients, we create new opportunities for success and bring big dreams to life. Shawnee Health is seeking a Certified Doula for Shawnee Health OB/GYN clinics and/or Shawnee's Healthy Families Program.
• Provides prenatal and postpartum health and social-emotional parenting education in Shawnee Health clinics and community-based social services programs as assigned.
• Assesses and instructs parents in prenatal bonding activities following curriculum and best practices.
• Provides support and education on post-partum issues including lactation, breastfeeding, post-partum depression care strategies, personal health and safety, sexual health, reproductive, and family planning, and post-partum mother and baby health.
• Provides home visiting and/or clinic-based supports during pregnancy and post-partum with assigned participants/patients. Provides parent education and support, referral and linkage to community services, crisis and case management support.
• Attends labor & delivery, providing labor and delivery support.
• Coordinates or assists in coordinating group activities. Serves as lead group facilitator for prenatal groups and breastfeeding groups.
• Travels locally to attend meetings and provides limited transportation for participants to services as needed.
• Documents activities, interaction and progress for each family in participant/patient record as required by assigned work department.
• May supervise subordinate doula staff as assigned.
• Cultivates relationships with clinicians and consultants within and outside Shawnee Health to foster collaborative relationships that ensure enrolled families receive high quality services.
• Engages in outreach and enrollment activities, including regular contact with referral sources, attending community events to seek referrals and promote the doula program.
• Participates as a team member in supporting doula services within the Healthy Families program framework and health center settings.

Education & Experience Requirements

• Mandatory
• Doula certification from an Illinois-state approved certification body.
• Lactation specialist certification from an Illinois-state approved certification body.

• Preferred
• Bachelor’s degree in related field.
• Two years experience in early childhood, maternal and infant health, health education, or human services related field.
• Experience with parent education and support.

Pre-Employment Requirements

• Employee must pass all pre-employment requirements as delineated below. Employee’s failure to pass all pre-employment requirements as determined by Shawnee Health shall result in employee’s immediate termination, or, if not yet hired, withdrawal of job offer.
• Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Child Abuse and Neglect Tracking System (CANTS) Clearance
• Criminal/Traffic Background Check
• Office of Inspector General Exclusionary List
• National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB), If applicable

• Comprehensive Benefits Package
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Employer and Voluntary Paid Life
• Employer Paid Long Term Disability
• Voluntary Short-Term Disability
• Accident Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care Account
• 401k Retirement Plan