RN - Lactation, Full Time, Day Shift

Education and Work Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN): Preferred

Licenses/Certifications:

• Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of practice: Required
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) or Basic Life Support (BLS OR HS-BLS OR RQIBLS) certification: Required
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification: Preferred
• Lactation Education or Lactation Consultant certification: Preferred
• International Board of Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) certification: Preferred
• Advanced Fetal Monitoring (AFM) certification: Preferred
• Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (NVCI) certification: Preferred

Facility Specific License/Certifications:

• Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP): Required

Essential Functions:

• Performs maternal and newborn breastfeeding assessments on daily rounds, preceded by chart review and care provider report. Provides outpatient/inpatient consultations as needed, including assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation to females of predominantly child-bearing age and newborns. Evaluate potential or existing challenges and factors that may impact on a mother to meet her breastfeeding goals. Assist and support the mother to develop, implement and evaluate an appropriate and acceptable and achievable breastfeeding plan utilizing all resources available.
• Actively participates in patient's discharge planning needs. Determines need for post-discharge telephone consultation, weight checks or outpatient consults. Coordinates consultations with physician and patient.
• Maintains complete, accurate, concise, legible documentation of patient lactation status, interventions and responses.
• Collaborates with the department manager, quality management, and/or designee to establish ongoing monitoring of breast feeding, mother-infant care indicators, policy implementation and improve quality of perinatal care as needed. Collects, monitors, records, and reports data as needed. Meets with appropriate person and/or committee as needed to review monitored data for quality assurance.â€"
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Organizational Requirements:

Adventist Health is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable. Medical and religious exemptions may apply.

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