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Peds RN Lactation Consultant - 17713
Ada, OK | Health | Full Time
Posted today | | Apply before April 8, 2025
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Description
We are currently looking for a Full Time Peds RN Lactation Consultant to join our Pediatric Clinic Team team located at the Chickasaw Nation Medical Center.
Summary:
Provides routine patient care by utilizing and documenting the nursing process.
Responsibilities:
- Coordinates and plans patient care in an effort to meet set standards for quality
- Provides and advocates age and culturally appropriate, holistic patient care based upon facility mission statements and as outlined in policies and procedures
- Calculates and safely administers all prescribed medications according to nursing standards and facility policy and protocols
- Advocates and participates in patient and patient family education i.e., diagnosis, medications and discharge instructions
- Protects the patient’s rights, dignity, and privacy
- Assessment of patients experiencing urgent, emergent, or non-emergent conditions
- Assesses physical needs of all ages of patients
- Assesses bio-psychosocial needs of all ages of patients
- Assesses health education needs of all ages of patients
- Implements interventions appropriate to the age-specific needs of the patient
- Triage patients according to Emergency Severity Index
- Collects patient data in initial screening and documents as necessary
- Facilitates communication between the patient and the medical staff
- Facilitates consults, referrals, and form completion as requested and approved by the medical staff
- Coordinates services a patient receives to include, but is not limited to, shared care planning, medication reconciliation, patient support and health education, and screening and tracking outcomes
- Identifies and screens cases, determines the availability of community resources, evaluates the status of the patient’s mental and physical capabilities and provides coordination
- Provides clinical support to breastfeeding mothers during pre-natal and on an outpatient basis
- Provides lactation and breastfeeding education and training for health care provider
- Coordinates patient, family and staff breastfeeding education activities
- Provides in-service breastfeeding training to staff on a continual basis and other professional staff upon request
- Initiates and receives referral from physicians, nursing staff, WIC staff and patients
- Conduct sand participates in breastfeeding related seminars as appropriate to role in the program
- Assists with grant proposals regarding breastfeeding/lactation as needed
- Facilitates patient care by generating and faxing/copying patient protected health information necessary for continuation of care to outside healthcare facilities and/or providers, ensuring that all records needed for this process are accurate and valid
- Provides first class customer service - courteous and helpful to all internal and external customer types
- Answers questions in a courteous and professional manner
- Partners with internal and external services as needed to ensure appropriate referral is made
- Greets and engages with a smile
- Determines needs, seeks positive experience and outcomes
- Completes all training and development requirements and participates in continuing education opportunities
- Works in a collaborative and supportive manner to support the productivity and safety of the work area, team members and customers of all types
- Maintains general upkeep of work area and maintains a safe environment
- Maintains and promotes professionalism
- Punctual and consistent in meeting start time, work schedule, attendance and other assigned work time metrics
- Adheres to Chickasaw Nation dress code standards
- Maintains knowledge of and follows all laws, rules, regulations, policies and SOPs for assigned area, e.g. MICS, TICS, hospital standards, health codes, food sanitation, accounting principles, etc.
- Performs all other duties as assigned
Competencies:
Essential:
- Able to follow instructions, both written and oral
- Able to adhere to all scheduling and attendance requirements
- Honesty, truthfulness, reliability, accountability
- Able to read, understand, apply, and retain knowledge of Chickasaw Nation, departmental, divisional and all other rules, regulations, policies, procedures and guidelines
- Possess basic knowledge of medical terminology
- Learn and apply Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Privacy Act, Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), Freedom of Information Act, Compliance Standards, Joint Commission Accreditation, and other various regulations
- Ability to proofread for spelling, grammar, and formatting errors and make appropriate modifications
- Knowledge of relevant privacy regulations such as The Privacy Act, Freedom of Information Act and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
- Able to verbally communicate in a professional and positive manner with other team members, departments, guests and management
- Communicates clinical information to patient in emergent or urgent settings
- Maintains clear and complete employee health records
Skills:
Essential:
- Basic Computer skills
- Medication administration
- Intermediate skill using Microsoft Office products
- Accurate typing and/or data entry skills
Experience:
Essential:
- 3 years directly related experience
Education:
Essential:
- Bachelors of Nursing
- Graduate from an accredited school of nursing required
Essential:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school of nursing, or written plan to obtain within 4 years of hire
Credentials:
Essential:
- Pass general background check
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Unrestricted Oklahoma Registered Nurse License
- Must pass internal Medication Test
- Multi-State Registered Nurse Licensure within 90 days
- International Board Certified Lactation Consultant
Essential:
- Multi-state licensure is required within 90 days of employment
- Must obtain IBCLC within 1 year of hire
Working Conditions:
Essential:
- Works in a hospital or clinic environment
- Potential exposure to biohazards
- Potential exposure to contagious diseases
- Communications phone, computer
- May be required to assist individuals with unmanaged emotions
- Pass pre-employment drug test
- Frequently bend, kneel, stoop, push, reach
- Standing up to 100% of shift
- Walking up to 100% of shift
- Infrequent travel
