Description
Description
Position Highlights:
Work/life: You will find support to help you manage your personal life while building a career.
Employee-centric: Tuition reimbursement, loan forgiveness, comprehensive major medical, dental and vision insurance, paid time off, 401(k), health and wellness offerings, monthly employee events, and more.
Lifestyle: Sandusky was voted "Best Coastal Small Town in America". You will have the opportunity to enjoy living and working in this growing area along the beautiful shores of Lake Erie.
About Firelands Health:
Our goal at Firelands Health is to be the best & preferred independent healthcare employer for the Sandusky Bay region.
Firelands Health is the area's largest and most comprehensive resource for quality medical care. We are "big enough to care for you, and small enough to care about you". We are locally managed and governed as a not-for-profit healthcare facility, serving the counties of Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Huron, covering a regional service area with over 300,000 residents. Our mission is to provide excellent healthcare, promote community wellness, and improve the lives we serve.
Our Core ACE Values: Attitude: We choose to be positive and inclusive every day. Commitment: We are committed to exceed the expectations of those we serve. Enthusiasm: We will work passionately to make a difference.
What You Will Do:
Under the general direction of the Nurse Director, has responsibility for providing comprehensive, family-centered breastfeeding instruction and information to participants in FRMC's Community Breastfeeding Education Programs and to the post-partum clients both in-house and after discharge. Provides educational programs for the nursing staff, nursing students and medical students in reference to breastfeeding.
FUNCTIONS:
Adherence to Medical Center/Department Policy
Maintain acceptable attendance/punctuality records in accordance with FRMC policy.
Follows dress code.
Observes confidentiality.
Adheres to safety policies.
Participates in continuing education and clinical competency as appropriate.
Follows Department of Nursing and Medical Center policies and procedures.
Precepts new employees and students as defined in FRMC's preceptor policy.
Patient and Staff Education
Actively instructs and assists breastfeeding mothers on the post-partum unit.
Provides follow-up phone calls after discharge to breastfeeding clients who have been seen by the Lactation Educator.
Provides outpatient support to breastfeeding clients on an as needed basis. Responds to all calls received in regards to breastfeeding concerns.
Actively instructs breastfeeding class participants utilizing the principles of adult education and the nursing process in order to meet the needs of the adult learner.
Conducts the breastfeeding educational programs within the hospital facilities or at community sites as indicated.
Maintains current knowledge in areas covered in the community breastfeeding education program. Incorporates evidence-based practice into daily patient care.
Participates in an on-going evaluation of the breastfeeding class and assists the Director with updating procedures, format and content of the breastfeeding program by utilizing current standards of care and evidence-based practices.
Service Coordination
Actively participates in the marketing process of the breastfeeding programs as assigned.
Serves as a liaison for department volunteers.
Ensures that adequate supply levels for department folders and class materials and equipment are maintained.
Establishes and maintains relationships with the public and such professional groups as may be appropriate.
Information Processing and Documentation
Communicates patient information to caregivers.
Documents information.
Charges for equipment, supplies, and treatment.
Assists Nurse Director with QA data collection, documentation, and interpretation.
Care of Environment & Equipment
Maintains unit.
Maintains equipment.
Interpersonal Skills
Communicates with peers, other health team members, patients, visitors and students.
Maintains adaptability.
Supports unit team.
Resolves problems.
Participates in new employee orientation.
Demonstrates service excellence and ACE.
What You Will Need:
Must possess a current license as a Registered Nurse from the State of Ohio.
Must be currently certified in CPR (and recertified bi-annually).
Lactation Counselor or Consultant Certification required (or obtained within 12 months of hire).
Must be knowledgeable regarding the nursing process and its application, including the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care.
Prefer minimum of one year's experience in pertinent clinical specialty. Nurses who do not meet this requirement must obtain experience through competency based orientation (CBO).
Possess a service orientation.
Works independently as well as functioning as a team member.
Capable of adapting to changing environment.
Represents FRMC to the community. Acts as an ambassador and advocate for FRMC.
Knowledgeable of equipment used in pertinent clinical area (see unit-specific competency base orientation [CBO], location of reference manuals, and resources for consultation.)
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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