Job Description:
Spectrum Healthcare Resources has a potential opportunity for a civilian Lactation Consultant Registered Nurse at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage Alaska. This contract position offers:
- Full Time
- Monday-Friday 7:30am-4:30pm
- No Weekends or On Call
Job Requirements:
The Lactation Consultant Registered Nurse will have the following requirements:
- Associates Degree of Nursing. Graduate from a college or university accredited by Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
- Basic Life Support
- International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC).
- Shall have or successfully complete Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) requirements within 6 months from date of hire.
- Shall have provided a minimum of one year lactation consultant services or minimum of 1,000- hour clinical internship.
- Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a Registered Nurse
Core Duties:
- Coordinate patient care in collaboration with a wide array of healthcare professionals
- Facilitate the achievement of optimal outcomes in relation to clinical care, quality, and cost effectiveness.
- Ensure compliance with standards of care and practice in accordance with all established policies, procedures, and guidelines used in the MTF
- Perform physical exam and health histories.
- Provide health promotions, counseling, and education.
- Administer medications, wound care, and numerous other personalized interventions.
- Clinically direct and supervise care provided by other healthcare professionals.
- Accountable for making patient care assignments based on the scope of practice and skill level of assigned personnel.
- Recognize adverse signs and symptoms and quickly react in emergency situations.
- Communicate and collaborate with a diverse group of people for the purpose of informing the healthcare team of plans/actions, for teaching/education to benefit the patient/family and organization.
- Make referral appointments and arrange specialty care as appropriate.
- Conduct research in support of improved practice and patient outcomes
Company Overview:
Spectrum Healthcare Resources (SHR) was established in 1988 to deliver systems and processes designed to meet the unique needs of Military and VA Health Systems. SHR is a leading organization that provides physician and clinical staffing and management services to United States Military Treatment Facilities, VA clinics and other Federal Agencies through various contracting vehicles. A Joint Commission Certified Health Care Staffing Services firm, SHR is the federal staffing division of TeamHealth, a Nationwide organization that serves approximately 730 civilian and military hospitals with a team of 7,100 affiliated health care professionals.
