Decypher is seeking Lactation Consultant candidates to support the ADCMS V contract at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. The successful candidate will possess the required education, skills, and experience called for in the contract as described below. US Citizenship and active NACI clearance required.

About Decypher

Decypher is a leading integrator of professional, technology, and management solutions and services. We provide our services globally to Federal, Commercial, Local and State clients. Our employees are our most valuable assets and play an integral role in the success of Decypher and our clients. Working at Decypher is not a job, but a career where your talent and energy is respected, and you can personally make a difference. Decypher invites you to join our professional team. Decypher is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/D/V).

Responsibilities

• Performs comprehensive lactation assessment of the mother and her infant within the hospital setting in accordance with the policy and guidelines of postpartum and newborn nursery care required for Government beneficiaries.
• Provides comprehensive care to the perinatal mother desiring to lactate.
• Assesses mothers and newborns for normal/abnormal anatomy to determine ability to breastfeed.
• Creates a milieu that promotes learning for staff and patients.
• Conducts bedside lactation rounds daily.
• Integrates cultural, psychosocial, nutritional, and pharmacological aspects of breastfeeding into lactation consultant practice.
• Acts as an advocate for breastfeeding in the community, workplace, and within the health care professions.
• Maintains comprehensive client records.
• Consults with mothers having breastfeeding difficulties.
• Participates appropriately in communication and decision-making activities within the Birthing Center and Pediatric Clinic.
• Appropriately refers breastfeeding mothers for breast pump rentals and supplies.
• Plans, teaches and conducts in-service education for maternity nursing staff.
• Plans, organizes and delivers lactation management services to all breastfeeding patients, both in-patient and out-patient.
• Possesses excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Conducts quality assurance programs to monitor the caliber of the program.
• Effectively communicates and collaborates 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. Effectively uses appropriate communication format in addressing professional issues
• Uses excellent written communication skills to perform accurate documentation, both written and electronic, of all activity in accordance with requirements.

Required Education, Experience and Skills Degree: Graduate from or educated by an accredited community college, junior college, university or vocational health sciences program in one of the clinical healthcare professions on the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE) recognized Health Professions list.

Education: Complete education in human lactation and breastfeeding as specified by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE).

Certification: Current International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) Certification

Experience: Shall have provided a minimum of three years lactation consultant services, with at least two years in the inpatient hospital setting. Must have knowledge of computer operations and proficiency in the use of basic word processing, data entry and automated medical records.

Licensure: N/A