Lactation Consultant RN

@ Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanentekaiserpermanente.com

Lactation Consultant RN

Riverside, CA
Posted 1 day ago

About the job

Our organization develops educational programs for clinical staff, ensuring regulatory compliance, professional development, and quality improvement in healthcare services.

Requirements

  • Minimum two years teaching experience
  • Experience in breast-feeding education
  • Computer literacy required
  • Knowledge of adult learning
  • Experience with postpartum/mother-baby

Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree or 4 years related experience
  • Registered Nurse License (California)
  • IBCLC certification within 12 months
  • Experience in postpartum care
  • Strong communication skills

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Job Summary:

Collaborates with Education Consultants and managers to develop, design, deliver and evaluate/improve education strategies and special projects/programs based on clients departmental goals and needs, as well as organizational goals/objectives. Implements education programs and strategies and coordinates to meet regulatory program requirements and organizational needs.

Essential Responsibilities:


  • Develops, coordinates and evaluates programs to meet regulatory requirements and organizational, departmental and discipline specific needs.

  • Designs, develops, and coordinates activities for continuing professional education for staff.

  • Collaborates with consultants to develop special projects in professional education, development and learning.

  • Communicates and markets education programs to a broad target audience using appropriate methods, and based on identified/assessed needs.

  • Participates in classroom instruction on developed projects.

  • Makes recommendations for cost/quality strategies, works within budget; serves as expert resource to staff and departments in defining and meeting educational, clinical, quality and cost outcomes and performance measures.

  • Develops, implements, monitors and evaluates/improves the orientation, cross training and education/competency processes/systems for clinical staff.

  • Responds to corporate and industry changes in clinical practice and professional education and provides necessary training, education and development which improves organizational performance.

  • Ensures compliance and documentation of organizational records based on regulatory agency standards.


Basic Qualifications:
Experience
  • Minimum two (2) years of previous teaching experience required or previous recent experience in in-service education in clinical service area (usually two (2) to five (5) years.).
Education
  • Bachelors degree or four (4) years of experience in a directly related field.
  • High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.
License, Certification, Registration

  • Registered Nurse License (California)

  • International Board Lactation Consultant Examiners Certificate within 12 months of hire
Additional Requirements:
  • Experience in breast-feeding education and postpartum and/or mother-baby.
  • Knowledge of Standards of Care pertinent to breast-feeding education.
  • Adult learning knowledge required.
  • Demonstrated ability to utilize interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills and group facilitator/process skills.
  • Computer literacy required.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Masters Degree preferred.
  • CPR instructor preferred.
  • Certified Lactation Educator (CLE).
  • Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC)
  • BLS
  • PALS.
  • Working knowledge of Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Strong customer service skills.
  • BSN preferred.

  • Master's Degree, within the seniority sec. Teaching experience.

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    Notes:

  • Travel to other RIV service areas: MOBs, weekends, evenings,

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