Registered Nurse (RN) - Lactation Consultant Program Coordinator (Days) Pittsfield, MA

Mobile Health Team Inc•Lenox, MA

About The Position

Mobile Health Team Inc. is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse - Lactation Consultant Program Coordinator for a 13-week travel assignment in Pittsfield, MA. This position is responsible for providing expert assessment, treatment, consultation, planning, and leadership oversight for optimal lactation management in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. For patients with advanced lactation support needs, the team will formulate an interdisciplinary plan of care and communicate with the care team related to these goals and plans.

Requirements

1+ years of experience as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (BCLC) - Equivalent Certs NOT accepted is required
A MINIMUM of 2500 hours as a breastfeeding consultant is required
Experience with inpatient lactation programs [required]
Outpatient prenatal and postpartum lactation education, consultations, and/or teaching experience are required
Meditech Expanse experience is strongly preferred
Active American Heart Association BLS is required
Active Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Certification is required
Perm address must be included with the profile
Travelers must have their own vehicle for this assignment
Strong communication, professionalism, and reliability
Drug screen and background check (facility required)
Additional facility onboarding forms as assigned
COVID VACCINATION (dose date on or after 10/3/23) NOW REQUIRED FOR THIS HEALTH SYSTEM
Exemption forms are available in Downloadable Forms (Both forms REQUIRE Provider/Religious Leader Signatures), or please ask your delivery team for documents.
IF APPROVED BY HEALTHSYSTEM, TRAVELER WILL WEAR A MASK AT ALL TIMES WHILE ON SITE.
To avoid delays in processing, please include a traveler covid vaccination card/or intent to fill out the exemption form with profile submission.
THIS NEED WILL CONSIDER AN RN, OT, PT, SLP, OR PHARMACIST, AS LONG AS THEY MEET JOB REQUIREMENTS. ALL MUST BE MA LICENSED
Requested time off during the course of this assignment MUST be noted and verified at upload. RTO REQUESTS AFTER UPLOAD WILL NOT BE APPROVED!! NO MORE THAN 5 DAYS OF RTO WILL BE ACCEPTED (less is better).

Nice To Haves

Meditech Expanse experience is strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Provides excellent patient care by assisting in collaboration, development, implementation, revision, and reporting of the case management program.
Acts as a liaison between the patient, family, nurse, physicians, multidisciplinary team, and the patient's healthcare benefactor to optimize outcomes.
Serves as a consultant to the healthcare team on specific patient items.
Leads the coordination of patient care with other disciplines within the care team, monitoring the appropriateness and timeliness of care.
Ensures the interdisciplinary care plan aligns with the patient’s clinical course, ongoing care needs, and covered services by monitoring diagnostic testing, treatments, procedures, and other aspects of care, as appropriate for acute care.
Discusses with physicians the appropriateness of resource utilization, consultations, treatment plan, estimated length of stay, and discharge plan.
Focuses on complex patients, frequent emergency department utilizers, chronic pain and substance abuse patients, and homeless patients.
Collaborates with acute care case managers to ensure appropriateness of ongoing care.
Coordinates the transfer of patients to tertiary centers, including the transfer of patient information required for continuity of ongoing treatment and services.
Provides oversight and collects data required for regulatory/accreditation compliance.
Manages frequent emergency department visitors by conducting a focus study review of the previous and current admissions.