Registered Nurse; RN​/Lactation Consultant, OBGyn​/UROGyn; Larkspur

Position: Registered Nurse (RN)/Lactation Consultant, OBGyn/UROGyn (Larkspur), Full Time, Days
Location: California

Registered Nurse (RN)/Lactation Consultant, OBGyn/UROGyn (Larkspur), Full Time, Days page is loaded## Registered Nurse (RN)/Lactation Consultant, OBGyn/UROGyn (Larkspur), Full Time, Days locations:
Greenbrae, CAtime type:
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** ABOUT MARINHEALTH
** Marin Health is already realizing the benefits of impressive growth and has consistently earned high praise and accolades, including being Named One of the Top 250 Hospitals Nationwide by Health grades, receiving a 5-star Ranking for Overall Hospital Quality from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and being named the Best Hospital in San Francisco/Marin by Bay Area Parent, among others.
** Company:
** Prima Medical Foundation dba Marin Health Medical Network
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* Work Shift:

** 8 Hour (days) (United States of America)
** Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

** 40
* * Job Description

Summary:

** Under supervision, and in collaboration with the physician staff, the Nurse (RN) - Lactation is responsible for providing lactation consultation and education for breastfeeding mothers in the outpatient setting at Marin Health Network Outpatient clinics. The Nurse (RN) - Lactation has excellent assessment and implementation skills to assist the breastfeeding mother attain her individual goals. The Nurse (RN) - Lactation functions as a member of a multidisciplinary health care team as a consultant, educator, and mentor.

The Nurse (RN) - Lactation also acts as a role model for the medical staffs and the patients. Employees in this position must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and/or service based on the physical, psycho/social, educational, safety, and related criteria appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her assigned service area.

The Nurse (RN) - Lactation will primarily be serving newborn infants and women of childbearing age including adolescent through middle adulthood. Interface with families requires that an understanding of the dynamics between child and parent be present.
** Job Requirements, Prerequisites and

Essential Functions:

**** Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
*** Demonstrates leadership by supervising, directing, and delegating appropriately to volunteer team members Demonstrates clinical expertise by serving as a clinical expert, role model, and clinical and educational resource to the team, patients, and families Consistently demonstrates the ability to transfer scientific knowledge from social, biological and physical sciences in applying the nursing process as follows:
* Formulates a diagnosis in collaboration with the physician through observation of the patient's physical condition and behavior, and through interpretation of information obtained from the client and others, including the health team
* Formulates an age-specific care plan in collaboration with the physician and patient, which ensures that direct and indirect nursing care services provide for the patient's safety, comfort, hygiene, and protection, and for disease prevention and restorative measures
* Perform skills essential to the kind of nursing action to be taken, explains the health treatment to the patient and family and teaches the client and family how to care for the health needs
* Delegates tasks to subordinates based on the legal scopes of practice of the subordinates and on the preparation and capability needed in the tasks to be delegated, and effectively supervises nursing care being given by subordinates
* Evaluates the effectiveness of the care plan through observation of the patient's physical condition and behavior, signs and symptoms of illness, and reactions to treatment and through communication with the patient and health team members and modifies the plan as needed
* Acts as the patient's advocate, as circumstances require, by initiating action to improve health care or to change decisions or activities, which are against the interests or wishes of the patient, and by giving the patient the opportunity to make informed decisions about health care before it is provided
* Demonstrates professional accountability, as described by national lactation standards Demonstrates expertise in the area of lactation consultation skills Supervises and evaluates breastfeeding, teaching practices as demonstrated by staff to ensure consistency of teaching standards Initiates and receives referrals from the medical and nursing staffs, and coordinates the counseling of the breastfeeding family. In collaboration with the Clinical Nurse Manager, assists in the annual performance appraisal verifying each staff member’s clinical competence in breastfeeding practices.

May initiate performance counseling and develop performance improvement plans as directed by the Clinical Nurse Manager Initiates and receives referrals from the medical and nursing staffs, and coordinates the counseling of the breastfeeding family Communicates with the medical and nursing staffs as well as other key hospital…