Childbirth Parenting Educator at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, Texas

Job Description:

We are searching for a Childbirth Parenting Educator at our Pavilion for Women location - someone who works well in a fast-paced setting.

Qualifications

• To provide education and instruction to expectant parents specifically focused on healthy pregnancy, preparation for
• childbirth, breastfeeding, infant care, infant CPR/safety and postpartum issues in a manner that utilizes methods conducive
• for the adult learner.
• Provides in-person childbirth and parent education to expectant parents on Saturdays and Sundays
• Instructs expectant parents on pregnancy and the events leading up to and occurring during the labor and delivery process.
• Performs all tasks necessary to ensure the expectant mother and her partner are prepared for the changes of pregnancy,
• childbirth and postpartum experience.
• Observes and assesses client responses to instruction and recommends necessary changes/modifications to educational curriculum.
• Attends continuing education workshops, seminars and in-services and fulfills all mandatory education requirements for certification and required hospital training.
• Attends staff meetings and/or reads minutes 90% of the time to keep abreast of current information as documented in meeting sign-in sheets.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree a healthcare or education field required
• BLS - Cert-Basic Life Support American Heart Association required
• CCE - Cert-Certified Childbirth Educ ICEA- International Childbirth Education Association or or LCCE - Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator - (also, CCE and LCCE certifications are preferred)
• 1 year experience in the perinatal field or women's health
• care setting Or 1 year experience teaching adult learners required
• Bilingual preferred

Texas Children's Pavilion for Women is a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility and one of a select few hospitals nationwide that provides women, mothers and babies with a full continuum of high-quality, expert health care. Offering a full spectrum of maternal and fetal medicine services, including an array of fetal diagnostic procedures and highly specialized fetal surgeries, the Pavilion for Women is connected to Texas Children's Hospital via a two-story circular sky bridge to enhance patient care by providing physicians, staff and patient families with rapid access to other pediatric subspecialists. Three private OB/GYN practices, The Family Fertility Center, The Menopause Center and The Women's Place - Center for Reproductive Psychiatry are all housed here. Additionally, we also recently opened a community-based OB/GYN practice in Pearland.

To join our community of 14,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities. You can also learn more about our amazing culture at infinitepassion.org.

Texas Children's is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.

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