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We are seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Breastfeeding Specialist to join our team at Northern Arizona Healthcare Corporation. As a key member of our healthcare team, you will play a vital role in providing exceptional care and support to breastfeeding mothers and their families.

• Patient Care and Education
  • Conduct thorough assessments of patients seeking breastfeeding expertise
  • Implement personalized care plans to meet the unique needs of each patient
  • Prioritize and problem-solve to address changes in patient status or condition
  • Utilize pain scales to assess and address pain
  • Implement provider orders related to breastfeeding services
  • Participate in follow-up services and patient education
  • Provide family-centered care and demonstrate ability to travel to other departments
  • Deliver breastfeeding education and support skills to families, staff, and providers
  • Respond to RN requests for inpatient consultation
  • Direct and deliver breastfeeding services and supplies
  • Develop patient plans of care for breastfeeding mothers
  • Assist with and/or perform procedures
• Communication and Documentation
  • Document assessments, interventions, and patient responses
  • Communicate and document patient/family learning needs
  • Document interventions and patient response to interventions and any changes in patient condition/status
  • Communicate patient information to providers
• Administrative
  • Complete evaluations of services and program goals
  • Make referrals
  • Lease supplies and equipment
  • Assist in data collection
• Collaboration
  • Involves perinatal social workers in designated patient populations
  • Works with providers and staff to enhance their skills and understanding of the program
• Education
  • Participates in creating and sustaining a learning environment supported by evidence-based practice and research
  • Focuses on personal development areas, engaging in professional/collegial interactions with peers and students
  • Works collaboratively with peers and other healthcare providers, participating in ongoing in-service and educational seminars
  • Participates in mentoring and education of colleagues and students
• Compliance and Safety
  • Responsible for reporting any safety-related incidents in a timely fashion through the Midas/RDE tool
  • Attends all safety-related training programs
  • Performs work in a safe manner
  • Monitors work environment for possible safety issues and ensures others are also performing work in a safe manner
  • Stays current and complies with state and federal regulations/statutes and company policies that impact the employee's area of responsibility
  • Ensures all certifications and/or licenses are up-to-date and valid prior to expiration dates
  • Completes all company mandatory modules and required job-specific training in the specified time frame
  • Maintains knowledge of Breastfeeding Center protocols and all practice guidelines/general operating practices

• Education
  • High School Diploma or GED - Required
  • Bachelor's Degree - Preferred
• Certification and Licensures
  • National Certification as IBCLC - Required
  • BLS (American Heart Association) - Required
• Experience
  • Hands-on experience supporting and educating breastfeeding women - Required
  • Evaluation of Services experience - Required
  • Program Development - Preferred
  • Bilingual - Preferred