Clinical Nurse Educator - Lactation Consultant - Nemours
Wilmington, DE 19803
About the Job
Responsibilities:
1. Clinical Judgment: Provides advanced assessment and interpretation, implements nursing care plans and support, and evaluates outcomes for the breastfeeding population based on physician/nurse referrals for all breastfeeding or pumping issues.
2. Facilitator of Learning: Demonstrates clinical expertise while supporting the breastfeeding mother-baby dyad. Provides evidence-based education or teaching skills to direct care staff and families.
3. Collaboration: Focuses on multidisciplinary team building while providing breastfeeding resources and support. Promotes community outreach activities to share the benefits of breastfeeding.
4. Response to Diversity: Reviews alternative approaches and implements planned change to meet the breastfeeding mother's needs considering cultural, social, family, and system diversity.
5. Clinical Inquiry: Individualizes standards and guidelines for particular patient situations. Questions and/or evaluates current practice based on patients' responses, review of literature, research, and education/learning. Maintains the knowledge and skills needed to address questions arising in practice and improve patient care.
6. Systems Thinking: Develops, integrates, and applies a variety of strategies that are driven by the needs and strengths of the mother-baby dyad. Negotiates and navigates through the system on behalf of the patient and family; anticipates needs of the mother-baby dyad as they move through the healthcare system; utilizes untapped and alternative resources as necessary.
7. Advocacy/Moral Agency: Works on behalf of the patient, family, and community; advocates from the patient/family perspective. Supports colleagues in ethical and clinical issues; achieves mutuality within patient/professional relationships.
8. Caring Practices: Recognizes and tailors caring practices to the individuality of patient and family; has astute awareness and anticipates mother-baby dyad changes and needs; follows the families lead; promotes safety throughout mother and baby's transition along the health-care continuum.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing required
- Active Delaware or compact license required
- Current American Heart Association BLS required
- Certified as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) through the IBLCE
- One to three years of experience