Community Lactation Consultant

2 weeks ago

Washington, United States Children's National Hospital Full time

Lactation Consultant who performs client care activities and program design. Responds effectively to common client care issues. Works collaboratively with all members of the WIC/Health care team in the delivery of client care.

**Qualifications**:
**Minimum Education**
Bachelor's Degree Minimum Bachelor’s degree with 8 college courses in Nutrition or Health Sciences (required) And
Master's Degree (preferred)

**Minimum Work Experience**
1 year Minimum of one year experience in lactation consulting, preferably in the community or an outpatient setting
Successful completion of the Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) competency-based training for WIC Breastfeeding Curriculum (levels 1-4) OR completion of a State-approved competency-based breastfeeding training that is consistent with the FNS Breastfeeding Curriculum 1-4 upon hire.

Minimum of one year of experience in counseling breastfeeding mother/infant dyads (required) And

**Required Skills/Knowledge**
Excellent interpersonal relationship skills; excellent oral, written communication/documentation, and presentation skills
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, to multi-task and to prioritize workload accordingly

**Required Licenses and Certifications**
IBCLC required Upon Hire (required)

**Functional Accountabilities**
**Assessment and Planning**
- Gather physical and demographic data on patient/family.
- Based on assessments, contribute to and develop individualized plan of care with client and family.
- Work collaboratively with on-site primary care team /WIC team members at CNMC to determine breastfeeding initiation rate and exclusive breastfeeding
- Develop a program in collaboration with WIC services for a breastfeeding service to Primary care/WIC clients. Follows the IBCLC Scope of Practice as issued by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners

**Implements Plan of Care**
- Demonstrate competency in Lactation Consultant skills.
- Follows DC Health’s appropriate documentation tool for consultation.
- Be part of a multidisciplinary team to address barriers to breastfeeding at Primary care/WIC and provide breast feeding in-service accordingly
- Assist with the facilitation of pre natal visits to promote breastfeeding at Primary care/WIC and serve as a liaison between WIC and the community via advocacy and outreach with breast feeding promotion activities for National Breastfeeding Month and World Breastfeeding Week activities
- Ability to provide lactation consults to staff and clients and provide breast pumps as needed
- Provides timely follow-up services by telephone, home visits, WIC clinic visits, and/or hospital visits and refers to 24/7 lactation consultant telehealth service as needed
- Work with our Public Relations department to promote breastfeeding in the community and hospital.
- Provide orientation and ins-service for staff on breastfeeding at accredited OB-Gyn clinics/Children's primary care clinics and WIC
- Mentors and supervises peer counselors

**Evaluates Plan of Care**
- Integrate quality measures that will be able to demonstrate outcomes from the development of a community-based program.
- Submit monthly contact report to DC Health and present bf rates/Enrollment during monthly staff meetings

**Ensures that Patient/family understand plan of care and health status implications**
- Identify learning needs and contribute to teaching of client/family based on breast feeding care and support
- Seek assistance to meet client’s educational needs.

**Safety**
- Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance
- Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation
- Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation
- Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication
- Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers
- Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance

**Organizational Accountabilities**
**Organizational Accountabilities (Staff)**
**Organizational Commitment/Identification**
- Anticipate and responds to customer needs; follows up until needs are met

Teamwork/Communication
- Demonstrate collaborative and respectful behavior
- Partner with all team members to achieve goals
- Receptive to others’ ideas and opinions

Performance Improvement/Problem-solving
- Contribute to a positive work environment
- Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to change
- Identify opportunities to improve clinical and administrative processes
- Make appropriate decisions, using sound judgment

Cost Management/Financial Responsibility
- Use resources efficiently
- Search for less costly ways of doing things

Safety
- Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance
- Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation
- Stop in the face of uncertainty

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