What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lactation Consultant position at Beaumont Hospital Troy?
Lactation Consultant
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UNIT DESCRIPTION: The Mother Baby Care Unit is a 28-bed unit that cares for postpartum patients and newborns. Includes rotation within the maternal child health units with training after 6 months on the mother baby care unit.
GENERAL SUMMARY: Functions as a member of the health care team by providing patient and family education, acting as a consultant and resource for the medical and nursing staff, and by serving as a community resource for breast feeding related care throughout the organization, not just in Maternal Child Health. The Lactation Consultant uses specific age and culture - related physical, intellectual, psychosocial, and developmental attributes in the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care for breast feeding patients.
BENEFITS:
Beaumont offers a comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial, health and life-work balance goals.
- Generous paid time off, holidays and flexible scheduling
- Our employees receive special discounts on a wide range of products and services
- Exceptional health, dental, vision and prescription drug insurance plans
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Relocation assistance
- Savings & retirement plans, disability insurance, identify theft protection and even home and auto insurance
- NEW On-demand pay program – powered by Payactive
- Free parking
STANDARD QUALIFICATIONS:
To perform this job 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 duties.
- Education / Training:
- Associate’s degree in nursing required; Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred.
B. Work Experience:
- 2 years of recent maternal child experience. Prefer LC experience with NICU babies and outpatient visits.
C. Certification, Licensure, Registration:
- RN License in State of Michigan required. IBCLC and CLC certification preferred. IBCLC obtained within 18 months of hire.
D. Other Qualifications:
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
- Nursing Process: Develops and implements care plans for patients based on scientific research rationale. Assesses, counsels, and supports patients regarding breastfeeding problems.
- . Education and Research: Develops, implements, and evaluates educational plans and teaching strategies related to breast feeding for patients/families, nursing staff, residents and physician staff. Participates in research related to breastfeeding care.
- 3. Collaboration: Acts as a liaison between patient/family, multidisciplinary team members, and community resources. Assists nursing staff in developing a plan of care to meet individual patient needs. Develops a discharge plan of care and makes appropriate referrals.
- 4. Compliance: Reviews policies and procedures, standards of care, and patient education materials related to care of the breastfeeding patient.
- 5. Communication: Communicates the goals and plan of care to patients and health care team members. Documents in EPIC all care provided to the patient. Communicates patient outcomes and changes to multidisciplinary team members.
- 6. Assists with maintenance of breastfeeding equipment and supplies.
- 7. Participates in data collection related to quality metrics that reflect breastfeeding initiatives and perinatal core measures. Initiates and implements quality improvement activities to ensure quality and effectiveness of the program. Mission Compassionate, extraordinary care every day Vision To be the leading, high-value health care network focused on extraordinary outcomes through education, innovation and compassion Values Patient & Family-Centered Care Our goal is to ensure that patients and their families function as true partners in care and are a driving force behind decisions and activities; partnering to craft and implement patient experience practices that meet patient/families and the organization’s needs. Culture Our goal is to create a culture where everyone brings their best self to work, is highly engaged, reflects a team oriented approach, strives for excellence, and treats patients, families and other staff with compassionate, extraordinary care, every day. Beaumont Health Corporate HR 2017 2
- 8. Demonstration of competence in lactation consultant practice: complete, accurate and timely documentation of care, communication and collaboration with other health care professionals.
- 9. Formulates, implements, evaluate, and document patient and family education.
- 10. Responds to telephone calls from breastfeeding mothers after discharge.
- 11. Enhances professional growth and development through participation in current literature review, in-service meetings and workshops in the field of lactation.
- 12. Acts as a resource person for nurses, physicians, and patients.
- 13. Provides formal and informal education opportunities related to lactation for nurses, physicians, and community.
- 14. Orientation of the breastfeeding program to all new nursing employees.
- 15. Assess staff development needs related to breastfeeding knowledge and support, and prepares staff in first line lactation education and support techniques.
- 16. Review and makes available written materials for patients, and staff for both introductory and discharge.
- 17. Collaborates in the development and implementation of a lactation program with focus on inpatient, after discharge and community needs. This document represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described.
This document represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
- Physical Effort:
- Strength
Position requires ability to frequently push/pull up to 30 lb. objects with assist of others, occasional requires ability to lift objects more than 50 lbs. with others, constantly lift objects up to 20 lbs. And frequently lift up to 40 lbs.
- Manual Dexterity
Position requires incumbent to constantly perform simple motor skills such as standing, walking and simple manipulative skills such as writing. Position requires incumbent to frequently perform moderately difficult manipulative skills such as positioning patients.
- Coordination
Position requires incumbent to constantly perform gross body coordination such as walking. Frequently perform tasks which require hand-eye coordination such as assisting patients to eat, collections of specimens for transport to lab and tasks which require arm-hand steadiness such as taking patients temps and pulses.
- Mobility
Positions requires incumbent to constantly walk and stand; occasionally sit for prolonged periods, frequently bend such as when caring for a patient in bed.
- Visual Discrimination
Positions requires incumbent to constantly see objects far away as in driving and see close objects such as reading thermometers.
- Hearing
Positions requires incumbent to constantly be able to hear normal sound with some background noise as in answering phone/intercom. Frequently be able to distinguish sound as in equipment alarms.
- Work Environment:
- Frequently exposed to electro-magnetic radiations as in VDTs
- Occasionally exposed to hazardous material other than blood, body tissues, or fluids, dust, toxins, cytotoxins, chemical hazardous materials, bodily injuries, loud and/or unpleasant noises, high humidity, electrical hazards, or poisonous substances.
- Infrequently exposed to blood, body tissue, or fluids.
- Seldom exposed to fluctuations in temperature, grease, oil, and radiation.
- Potential risk of an exposure to hazardous medications or waste materials of hazardous medications.
ABOUT BEAUMONT: As the largest not-for-profit health care system serving Michigan, we offer a world of opportunity within our expansive system. We have more nationally ranked hospitals than any other health system in the state, including six that are Magnet®-recognized. In total, Beaumont has eight hospitals and 155 outpatient sites that provide diverse practice settings located in communities throughout southeastern Michigan and the greater Detroit metropolitan area. Our diverse and talented teams of professionals and clinicians don’t just share in the success of our system; they make it possible. Driven by our shared commitment to making our communities healthier and stronger, we are leading the way in health care innovation with relentless ambition and a belief that anything is possible when we work together.
Beaumont Health grants equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, religion, genetic information, marital status, height, weight, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other legally protected category.
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