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Description Summary: The Registered Nurse Lactation Counselor provides expert lactation support and education to breastfeeding mothers and infants, utilizing the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized care. This role involves providing in-person consultations, telephone follow-ups, and outpatient services to address lactation challenges, enhance breastfeeding success, and ensure mothers and infants receive optimal care. The Lactation Counselor works closely with lactation consultants, physicians, nursing staff, and other healthcare providers to coordinate care, provide education, and ensure continuity of lactation support after discharge. The role also includes patient education, staff training, and promotion of lactation resources. Responsibilities: Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders. Patient Education and Counseling: Educate mothers and families about proper breastfeeding techniques, infant feeding cues, and the benefits of breastfeeding. Develop and implement personalized care plans that support breastfeeding success. Provide emotional support and encouragement to empower families to meet their breastfeeding goals. Document all interactions, assessments, and care provided in accordance with hospital policies and patient privacy regulations. Offer timely and responsive assistance to mothers requiring follow-up care, ensuring they feel supported in their breastfeeding journey. Collaboration and Coordination of Care: Collaborate with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers to ensure seamless continuity of care for breastfeeding families. Communicate and coordinate effectively with hospital staff to ensure lactation needs are addressed during hospital stays and post-discharge. Follow up with patients to monitor progress, address any concerns, and adjust care plans as needed. Outpatient Lactation Support: Provide individualized lactation support to mothers and infants through outpatient follow-up, including in-person visits and telephone consultations. Assess breastfeeding techniques, infant latch, milk supply, and overall breastfeeding goals. Address common lactation challenges, including sore nipples, low milk supply, latch issues, and breastfeeding pain, using evidence-based strategies. Provide guidance and support for mothers and infants experiencing more complex issues. Training and Education for Staff: Assist in the training and education of hospital staff, including nurses and other healthcare providers, to ensure accurate and consistent lactation information is provided to patients. Promote best practices in lactation care across the hospital through in-service training and educational resources. Program Development and Improvement: Contribute to the development and improvement of lactation services, ensuring they align with current evidence-based guidelines. Participate in quality improvement initiatives and audits to enhance patient outcomes and satisfaction. Additional Responsibilities: Carries out other duties as assigned. Job Requirements: Education/Skills Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) required Bachelor's degree in nursing or related field preferred Experience In hospital experience preferred Outpatient follow-up care experience preferred In-depth knowledge of lactation practices, breastfeeding management, and maternal-infant health required Must have strong clinical assessment and critical thinking skills to address patient needs effectively Excellent communication, counseling, and interpersonal skills required Must be able to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team and support diverse patient populations Strong organizational and documentation skills needed Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications RN License in the state of employment or compact required IBCLC (International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant) certification required BLS (Basic Life Support) required. In accordance with the CHRISTUS Health License, Certification, and Registration Verification Policy, all Associates are required to obtain the required certifications for their respective positions within the designated time frame. Work Schedule: 4 Days - 10 Hours Work Type: Full Time

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives. Work Shift Day (United States of America) Job Summary: The Nurse Navigator (NN) is a licensed registered nurse with disease-specific clinical knowledge who offers individualized assistance to patients, families, and caregivers to help overcome barriers to care. Utilizing the nursing process, a nurse navigator provides education and resources to facilitate informed decision making and timely access to quality health and psychosocial care throughout all phases of the cancer continuum. This role is both patient and provider facing with the ability to interface both in person, telephonically, and electronically though it is not a bed/chair side position. The primary functions of this role are to promote timely access to care and compliance to the plan of care. Key responsibilities and impact of this role in the organization is guided by foundational concepts to establish and grow programs by supporting the program and job responsibilities determined by patient needs, the community, and the organization. This role supports timely access to care and the Wellstar Specialty Program. Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions: Patient Coordinator and Liaison 1. Key Role/Responsibility A. Serves as subject matter expert in the field of navigation. B. Improves patient care timeliness and access to care. C. Collaborates with program leaders and administration to perform and evaluate data from the community needs assessment to identify areas of improvement that will affect the patient navigation process and program. D. Provides relationship-based patient centered care that is consistent with population specific characteristics (e.g. age, gender, disease, etc) in a manner that adapts service delivery to reflect an understanding of diversity. E. Participates in growth and development activities with the navigation team. Providing leadership in elements of program needs that the navigators' expertise implores. F. Collaborates with overall navigation team for cross coverage and subject matter expertise to coordinate high level care for all patients. 2. Key Role/Responsibility A. Performs the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation and evaluation) in the performance of evidence based practice, uses analytical/critical thinking and insuring that care is individualized; coordinating care through effective partnerships recognizing that caring is central to achieve optimal patient care outcomes. B. Coordinates the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care that promotes the professional care delivery model. This includes, but is not limited to diverse and inclusive interdisciplinary communication methods (interdisciplinary rounds, case review, inpatient navigation visits and coordination with case management, etc); completion of timely documentation and promotion of a respectful, inclusive clinical environment. C. Demonstrates teamwork and collaboration by practicing in a manner that is fiscally responsible and promotes the recruitment and retention of all healthcare team members. D. Participates and supports performance improvement inclusive of all stakeholders, promoting an inter/intra-disciplinary process and actively supports/participates in shared governance at all levels in the system. E. Coordinate care as recommended at specialty clinics and multidisciplinary care rounds within the scope of the nurse navigator. Identify gaps in services and take action to locate, bridge resources/services. 3. Key Role/Responsibility A. Completes all initial and ongoing professional competency assessment, required mandatory education, and population specific education. B. Serves as a preceptor and/or or mentor for other professional nurses (and staff or students for all disciplines) to ensure that there is a current and future qualified workforce; modeling the professional practice of nursing and creating a healthy work environment C. Takes initiative to be apprised of advances and developments that impact care of the individual with cancer and institutions that provide cancer care by actively participating in local, state, and national oncology and navigation professional practice opportunities. Promotes Evidence based practice, nursing research and performance improvement in nursing. D. Upholds all health care system/organizational policies and procedures and navigation competencies put forth by this job description and professional association including legal, regulatory and accreditation requirements and standards ensuring by way of example, such goals as TJC Patient Safety Goals and WellStar Health Systems safety absolutes. E. Participates in data collection, poses relevant clinical questions to advanced evidence based practice. Consults appropriate experts and uses appropriate resources and evidence to address practice questions. F. Supports efficient and effective use of human and material resources, including practice in additional areas of support in times of identified and approved need. Performs other duties as assigned Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct. Required Minimum Education: Associates Nursing or Diploma (Nurse) Nursing or Bachelors Nursing-Preferred Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s): All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated. ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support or ARC-ALS - Amer Red Cross Advanced Life Support or ACLS-I - ACLS - Instructor or ACLS-P - ACLS-Provisional (180 Days) within 180 Days BLS - Basic Life Support or ARC-BLS - Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor RN - Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact Additional License(s) and Certification(s): Required Minimum Experience: Minimum 3 years nursing practice Required and Minimum 2 years nursing with disease specific experience Preferred and Outpatient care or care coordination experience Preferred Required Minimum Skills: Join us and discover the support to do more meaningful work-and enjoy a more rewarding life. Connect with the most integrated health system in Georgia, and start a future that gives you more.

Description CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - New Braunfels (CSRH-NB), nestled in the heart of downtown New Braunfels, is a full-service, 94-private bed facility that continues to expand to meet the needs of New Braunfels' strong population growth. Innovative equipment and procedures are utilized, including an Outpatient Imaging Center, orthopedic and surgical services, rehabilitation, a renovated birthing center, including 24/7 neonatal coverage, emergency care, wound care/hyperbaric center, 3D mammography, and comprehensive heart care, from diagnostics to open-heart surgery. Summary: The competent Nurse, in the same or similar clinical setting, practices independently and demonstrates an awareness of all relevant aspects of a situation. Provides routine and complex care, with the ability to on long-range goals or plans. Continues to develop the ability to cope with and manage contingencies of clinical nursing. Makes appropriate assignments and delegates to other care providers as a means to help manage the clinical situation. Responsibilities: Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders. Consistent with the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice, provides nursing care utilizing the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention and evaluation for assigned patients. Addresses increasingly complex psychological, emotional, cultural, and social needs of patient and families in accordance with their level of practice. Using the appropriate protocol, administers medications and treatments; monitors for side-effects and effectiveness of the treatment prescribed. Documents patient history, symptoms, medication, and care given. Assess learning needs and provides education to patients, family members and/or care givers; identify issues and resources. Job Requirements: Education/Skills Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, preferred Experience 1 year of experience in the related nursing specialty preferred Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications BLS required RN License in state of employment or compact Work Schedule: 5 Days - 8 Hours Work Type: Full Time