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Doula jobs with green card sponsorship exist at hospitals, birth centers, and nonprofit maternal health organizations willing to file PERM labor certification and sponsor an I-140 petition. EB-3 is the most common pathway for doulas, covering skilled workers with relevant experience, leading to lawful permanent residency rather than temporary status.
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General Duties: A Community Health Worker (Doula) is a trained professional who provides continuous physical, emotional and informational support to a mother before, during and shortly after childbirth to help them achieve the healthiest experience possible.
Specific Duties
- Conducting prenatal consultations to explore clients’ birthing preferences and discuss concerns.
- Providing advice about nursing and aiding with childcare during the early postpartum period.
- Provide physical, emotional, and informational support to a person who is pregnant or experiencing pregnancy loss.
- Helping the pregnant person to make informed decisions about their pregnancy and birth.
- Attending the birth and providing emotional and physical support for patients throughout labor and delivery.
- Supporting the family after the birth of the baby.
- Contact patients identified by care teams to offer Chronic Conditions support visits.
- Provide care management services to patients in their own home.
- Conduct classes at multiple locations on rotating schedules as needed.
- Contact patients prior to scheduled appointments to provide reminders.
- Collect patient information and release forms required for program.
- Aid patients in identifying and removing barriers in their healthcare.
- Maintains professional appearance and follows established dress codes.
- Follow established policies and procedures and maintains confidentiality.
- Demonstrates reliability and dependability in meeting work schedules, the fulfillment of responsibilities and commitments in daily attendance, punctuality, productivity, and efficiency.
- Maintains awareness of new information applicable to positions in duties and responsibilities (e.g. policies, meeting minutes, procedures, memoranda, protocols, etc.)
- Works in harmony with other healthcare professionals, clinic staff, administration staff and patients by exhibiting a positive attitude and a commitment to MCHC’s mission, vision, and values.
Reasonable Accommodations Statement
To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
This position requires compliance with the Health Center’s compliance standards, including its Standards of Conduct, Compliance Program, and policies and procedures. Such compliance will be an element considered as part of the regular performance evaluation.
Physical Requirements:
The primary part of work is in a well-lit, ventilated, and air-conditioned facility. It may require prolonged, extensive sitting/standing. Position may require stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, handling, and/or use of tactile information. The individual must be able to express ideas or exchange thoughts by means of talking, hearing, reading, and/or writing. The individual should have motor coordination, manual dexterity, finger dexterity, eye-hand-foot coordination. This position may include transporting objects, and lifting up to 50 pounds.
Qualifications and Education Requirements
This position requires completion of an accredited training program leading to a Kentucky certification of Community Health Workers and completion of an accredited Doula and lactation program. Basic knowledge of computer systems and internet. Certification needed for this position includes certification of Community Health Worker certification by the state of Kentucky.
Position Supervised by:
Medical Director, and Clinic Administrators.
Personnel Supervised by this position:
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES
General Duties: A Community Health Worker (Doula) is a trained professional who provides continuous physical, emotional and informational support to a mother before, during and shortly after childbirth to help them achieve the healthiest experience possible.
Specific Duties
- Conducting prenatal consultations to explore clients’ birthing preferences and discuss concerns.
- Providing advice about nursing and aiding with childcare during the early postpartum period.
- Provide physical, emotional, and informational support to a person who is pregnant or experiencing pregnancy loss.
- Helping the pregnant person to make informed decisions about their pregnancy and birth.
- Attending the birth and providing emotional and physical support for patients throughout labor and delivery.
- Supporting the family after the birth of the baby.
- Contact patients identified by care teams to offer Chronic Conditions support visits.
- Provide care management services to patients in their own home.
- Conduct classes at multiple locations on rotating schedules as needed.
- Contact patients prior to scheduled appointments to provide reminders.
- Collect patient information and release forms required for program.
- Aid patients in identifying and removing barriers in their healthcare.
- Maintains professional appearance and follows established dress codes.
- Follow established policies and procedures and maintains confidentiality.
- Demonstrates reliability and dependability in meeting work schedules, the fulfillment of responsibilities and commitments in daily attendance, punctuality, productivity, and efficiency.
- Maintains awareness of new information applicable to positions in duties and responsibilities (e.g. policies, meeting minutes, procedures, memoranda, protocols, etc.)
- Works in harmony with other healthcare professionals, clinic staff, administration staff and patients by exhibiting a positive attitude and a commitment to MCHC’s mission, vision, and values.
Reasonable Accommodations Statement
To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
This position requires compliance with the Health Center’s compliance standards, including its Standards of Conduct, Compliance Program, and policies and procedures. Such compliance will be an element considered as part of the regular performance evaluation.
Physical Requirements:
The primary part of work is in a well-lit, ventilated, and air-conditioned facility. It may require prolonged, extensive sitting/standing. Position may require stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, handling, and/or use of tactile information. The individual must be able to express ideas or exchange thoughts by means of talking, hearing, reading, and/or writing. The individual should have motor coordination, manual dexterity, finger dexterity, eye-hand-foot coordination. This position may include transporting objects, and lifting up to 50 pounds.
Qualifications and Education Requirements
This position requires completion of an accredited training program leading to a Kentucky certification of Community Health Workers and completion of an accredited Doula and lactation program. Basic knowledge of computer systems and internet. Certification needed for this position includes certification of Community Health Worker certification by the state of Kentucky.
Position Supervised by:
Medical Director, and Clinic Administrators.
Personnel Supervised by this position:
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in Doula
Document your birth support credentials formally
PERM requires your employer to prove you meet the job's minimum requirements before filing. Gather DONA, CAPPA, or ICEA certification records, plus written verification of attended births, so your credential file is ready when the recruitment phase begins.
Target hospital systems with maternal health programs
Large hospital networks and federally qualified health centers are more likely to have HR infrastructure for PERM sponsorship than independent doula practices. Focus your search on organizations with dedicated human resources teams who can coordinate the DOL recruitment and prevailing wage steps.
Search Migrate Mate for verified green card sponsors
Use Migrate Mate to find employers with documented employment-based green card sponsorship history in maternal and reproductive health roles, so you're applying to organizations that have already committed to the PERM process rather than pitching it cold.
Request a prevailing wage determination early
Your employer must file a prevailing wage request with OFLC before advertising the role in PERM recruitment. Cross-reference the offered wage against the OFLC Wage Search for your SOC code and location to confirm the offer will clear the DOL threshold before you accept.
Clarify your EB-2 or EB-3 category with your employer
Doula roles are most often sponsored under EB-3 as skilled workers, but candidates with a relevant bachelor's degree plus five years of progressive experience may qualify under EB-2. Confirm which category the employer intends to file before PERM begins, since the degree requirements differ.
Understand priority date portability before switching employers
Once your original I-140 is approved, your priority date can carry over to a new employer's I-140 petition. If your I-485 has been pending 180 days or more, AC21 portability also lets you move to a same or similar occupation without restarting the green card process from scratch.
Green Card Doula: Frequently Asked Questions
Can a doula employer sponsor a green card through PERM?
Yes. An employer files a PERM labor certification with the Department of Labor, which includes a prevailing wage determination and a formal recruitment test to show no qualified U.S. workers are available. If certified, the employer then files an I-140 immigrant petition with USCIS. EB-3 is the most common category for doula roles, covering skilled workers with at least two years of relevant experience.
How is green card sponsorship different from H-1B sponsorship for a doula role?
Green card sponsorship leads to lawful permanent residency, not a temporary work visa. The process goes through PERM labor certification at DOL, then an I-140 petition at USCIS, then adjustment of status or consular processing. There is no lottery, but employment-based green cards have per-country numerical limits, so nationals from high-demand countries like India or China can face priority-date backlogs before they can file the final adjustment step.
Where can I find doula employers willing to sponsor a green card?
Migrate Mate lists employers with verified employment-based green card sponsorship history, searchable by role and location. Hospital systems, birth centers affiliated with health networks, and nonprofit maternal health organizations are the most common sponsors, since they have HR teams equipped to manage the PERM recruitment and DOL filing requirements.
Does a doula need a specific degree to qualify for EB-2 or EB-3?
EB-3 skilled worker covers doulas with at least two years of training or experience and does not require a four-year degree. EB-2 requires an advanced degree or a bachelor's degree plus five years of progressive experience in a directly related field. Most doula sponsorship cases are filed under EB-3 because the role's standard credentialing does not typically require a graduate degree.
What happens to my green card case if I change employers mid-process?
If your I-140 has been approved and you change employers before filing the I-485, your priority date can carry over to the new employer's I-140 petition. If your I-485 has been pending for 180 days or more, AC21 portability lets you transfer to a same or similar occupation without restarting the PERM process, as long as USCIS agrees the new role is sufficiently similar.