AmeriCorps Birth Doula Intern

Sea Mar Community Health Centers, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) founded in 1978, is a community-based organization committed to providing quality, comprehensive health, human, housing, educational and cultural services to diverse communities, specializing in service to Latinos in Washington State. Sea Mar proudly serves all persons without regard to race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, or sexual orientation, and regardless of ability to pay for services. Sea Mar's network of services includes more than 90 medical, dental, and behavioral health clinics and a wide variety of nutritional, social, and educational services. We are recruiting for the following position:

Sea Mar is a mandatory COVID-19 and flu vaccine organization

 Position Summary                                                                                                                      Member will train as a birthing doula with the Simkin Center at Bastyr University. Member serves clients by providing education and assistance throughout their pregnancy and birth experience. Member meets with clients during their pregnancy, provides support during labor, and visits during post-partum period. This position requires sensitivity, a willingness to work independently, and ability to handle a demanding on-call schedule.

 Duties and Responsibilities     

As a mission-driven organization, the core values of, and the services offered at Sea Mar are based on the belief that everyone deserves to be respectfully treated in a way that preserves dignity and enhances self-worth. Sea Mar is an advocate for its clients and aims to achieve industry-leading, client-centered, culturally-aware services.

Sea Mar - AmeriCorps Members serve as an extension of this mission and demonstrate their commitment to an excellent client experience by:

• Understanding and empathizing with client needs

• Surpassing client expectations

• Demonstrating a high level of integrity

• Exhibiting compassion and commitment

• Advocating for social justice

• Taking pride in individual work as well as that of the team

• Continually learning to stay current with industry standards, best practices and technology

As a Sea Mar – AmeriCorp Member, the individual in this position commits to adherence to these values to their utmost ability and endeavors to strengthen and embody this mission daily.

The AmeriCorps member will be required to complete the Member Service Agreement requirements in order to be fully compensated for their position (Stipend and Educational award).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include but not limited to the following:

• Participate in mandatory trainings, service projects and team building activities throughout their 10-11 month full time term of service.

• Schedule appointments and navigate patients through health system barriers

• Initiate communication with patients making supported referrals to address the full spectrum of patient needs

• Provide the mother with emotional, physical, moral, and educational support, especially during times with the father and other close relatives are unavailable.

• Attend prenatal meetings to get to know each other and establish patient’s birth preferences and other requirements.

• Remain with the mother throughout labor and providing physical and emotional support during childbirth and in the immediate postpartum.

• Visit the home of the mother once she has been discharged and assisting with the care of the baby while the mother heals.

• Provide continuous doula services that meet the DONA International Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics to women during their births.

 Qualifications       

To perform this service successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform

the essential functions.

• Bilingual English/Ukrainian or Russian required

• Member must have the ability to interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals; possess the ability to write routine reports and correspondence; ability to communicate effectively with clients or employees of the organization.

• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to compile, interpret, and utilize information; and to communicate effectively with people of all backgrounds and educational levels.

• Must be able to work with minimal supervision, use good judgment, meet deadlines, and prioritize workloads.

• Must be able to maintain confidentiality.

• Must be well organized and have good attention to detail.

• Must be able to maintain professionalism and appropriate boundaries in all interactions.

• Must have intermediate computer skills.

• Must be computer literate and have good mathematical skills. Experience in Windows Office programs preferred.

• Must be able to solve problems and reason deductively.

 Education, Certificates, Licenses, Registrations, and Medical Screening    

• High School Diploma Required

• Preferred undergraduate degree or equivalent work experience.

• Must have a current TB test (within the past year). Must receive a satisfactory background check from WATCH and all CNCS background check requirements.

• Must have a valid Washington State Driver’s License and maintain automobile insurance.

 Service Environment     

The service environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• This member will provide service in a group office setting, with significant levels of distractions and background noise.

• Must maintain a professional appearance and demeanor at all times.

• Must wear appropriate personal protective equipment.

• Member will perform home visits to patients to assess their birth plan and attend their child’s birth at the hospital.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, this employee is regularly required to communicate in person and by telephone with other individuals, and may be asked to speak in front of groups.

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  This employee must be able to sit for long periods of time and to use a personal computer.

• The AmeriCorps Member does not supervise any other positions.   Acknowledgement I have read and understand my member description as noted above. 
  

Salary - Salary Plan, 850.00 USD Biweekly

What We Offer:

Sea Mar offers talented and motivated people the opportunity to work in a dynamic and growing community health organization. Working at Sea Mar Community Health Centers is more than just a job, it’s a fulfilling career with opportunity for advancement. The fringe benefits surpass most companies. For example, Full-time employees working 30 hours or more, receive an excellent benefit package of:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Prescription coverage
• Life Insurance
• Long Term Disability
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Paid-time-off starting at 24 days per year + 10 paid Holidays.
• We also offer 401(k)/Retirement options and an exciting opportunity to work in a culturally diverse environment. 

Sea Mar is an equal opportunity employer.

Please visit our website to learn more about us at www.seamar.org. You may also apply thru our Career page at this link.