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Our Values

Respect | Belonging | Accountability | Transparency

Department

• Partner with members of the inpatient birth team to identify patients amenable to doula care and services on the labor and delivery and postpartum units (10%)
• Model and encourage effective communication and support informed decision making (20%)
• Provide non-medical comfort techniques for labor, including but not limited to positioning and movement, comforting touch, visualization, breathing techniques, affirmation, and aromatherapy (30%)
• Support and assist breastfeeding initiation (5%)
• Answer general questions about and assist with non-medical infant care (10%)
• Support the family and listen as they process their birth experience (10%)
• Seek to contribute to a culturally aligned, respectful, and positive birthing and postpartum experience (10%)
• Provide support to the birthing person’s support partner and/or family (5%)

• High School Diploma or GED Doula training and certification required for birth doula, postpartum doula, or both Required

• less than 1 year Completion of a doula training program within 1 year or have worked as a doula attending births in the last year Required

• ICBD-Certified Birth Doula - DAA - Doula Accredited Association (various) Required

• Excellent interpersonal communication and customer service skills
• Ability to work well in a team of care providers
• Ability to provide patient support independently and be self-directed
• Knowledge of comfort measures to promote a sense of wellbeing during labor, birth, and postpartum
• Knowledge of positions to promote labor progress
• Ability to support breastfeeding initiation or willingness to learn

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Benefits

At Denver Health, we take care of the people who take care of our community. Our benefits are built to support your life, your family, and your future - with exceptional retirement contributions, and nationally recognized well-being programs. We invest in your growth through tuition assistance, career advancement pathways, and professional development - while also offering meaningful financial advantages through loan forgiveness eligibility and employer contributions. When you join Denver Health, you’re joining a mission-driven organization that invests in you.

Here is a small list of our benefit programs:

• Social security replacement retirement plan with employer contribution of 3%

• On-site employee fitness center and wellness classes

• Community resource navigation support

• Childcare discount programs & exclusive perks on large brands, travel, and more

• Education & development opportunities including career pathways and coaching

About Denver Health

Denver Health is an integrated, high-quality academic health care system considered a model for the nation that includes a Level I Trauma Center, a 555-bed acute care medical center, Denver’s 911 emergency medical response system, 10 family health centers, 19 school-based health centers, Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety, the Public Health Institute at Denver Health, Denver Health Medical Plan and Denver Health Foundation.

As Colorado’s primary, and essential, safety-net health care system, Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided millions in uncompensated care for the uninsured each year.

Located near downtown Denver, Denver Health is just minutes away from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to offer.

Denver Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We value the unique ideas, talents and contributions reflective of the needs of our community. All job applicants for safety-sensitive positions must pass a pre-employment drug test, once a conditional offer of employment has been made. Applicants will be considered until the position is filled.

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About Denver Health

Take your career to the next level at Denver Health, where we offer a robust benefits package and endless opportunities for growth. Denver Health is a nationally-ranked, locally-trusted, premier healthcare institution located in the heart of Denver, Colorado.Twenty-five percent of all Denver residents, or approximately 150,000 individuals, receive their health care here. We are known as an integrated health care system that encompasses multidisciplinary academic specialties, a community health system, a level I adult trauma center, pediatric emergency and urgent care center home to Denver Public Health and many of the nation's leaders in medicine.Denver Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer At Denver Health we pride ourselves on our commitment to diversity. Equal opportunity is a fundamental principle of Denver Health. As an equal opportunity employer, Denver Health is committed to recruit, hire, promote and administer all human resource actions in a non-discriminatory manner. Denver Health is committed to providing equal opportunities in all business practices and to all persons regardless of age, race, color, national origin, genetic information, religion, sex, pregnancy, disab...ility, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status or veteran status (collectively “protected status”). Denver Health strives to maintain a work environment that is free from unlawful harassment and discrimination and will not tolerate any such conduct by employees or directed at employees within the scope of their employment. Read the full Human Resources Employee Principles and Practices policy.

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