Childbirth Educator - Days

WellSpan Health

  • Gettysburg, PA
  • 30+ days ago

    Highlights

    Provides outstanding service to all customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation. Essential Functions: Provides accurate information about the physiology, psychology, and sociology of pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and early parenthood.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationGettysburg, PA

    Description

    Duties and Responsibilities

    Essential Functions:

    • Provides accurate information about the physiology, psychology, and sociology of pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and early parenthood.
    • Provides skills to assist women and their support persons to cope with pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and early parenthood.
    • Acts as a facilitator who helps couples better understand and value their experience as they transition into parenthood.
    • Provides an avenue for communication between the pregnant women and other members of the health care team.
    • Serves as an advocate for pregnant women, their partners and infants.
    • Communicates accurate information about pregnancy, childbirth, childcare, and early parenthood in a clear, concise, understandable manner
    • Serves as a resource to the community by developing and planning programs in response to identified needs.

    Common Expectations:

    • Maintains established policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
    • Enhances professional growth and development through advanced/continuing education to maintain up-to-date knowledge, skills, and competencies.
    • Provides outstanding service to all customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation.

    Physical Demands:

    • Standing - Frequently
    • Walking - Frequently
    • Sitting - Occasionally
    • Carrying/Lifting - Occasionally (50lbs)
    • Pushing/Pulling - Occasionally (50lbs)
    • Kneeling/Crouching - Occasionally
    • Reaching - Occasionally
    • Talking - Frequently
    • Hearing - Frequently
    • Repetitive Motions - Occasionally
    • Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination - Occasionally

    Working Environment:

    • Occupational Hazards - Occasionally
    • Bloodborne Pathogen - Exposure

    Travel Requirements:

    • Estimated Amount: - Travel may be required

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