Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Job Suffolk area,Virginia USA,Healthcare

Overview

Title: Breastfeeding Peer Counselor

State Role

Title:

Direct Service Associate II

Hiring Range: $16.25 - $18.00

Pay Band: 2

Agency: Virginia Department of Health

Location: WESTERN TIDEWATER HQ

Agency Website: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Western Tidewater Health District WIC Program is seeking an enthusiastic qualified individual to work in our WIC Office as a Breastfeeding Peer Counselor to provide breastfeeding information and assistance to WIC clients. This is a WAGE position. This position is based in Suffolk but the Western Tidewater WIC Program services the City of Franklin, the City of Suffolk, Isle of Wight County, Southampton County as well as Pughsville and may be required to work at the other offices within the district on occasion.

Breastfeeding Peer Counselors promote breastfeeding among WIC participants, attend local, regional, or state breastfeeding promotion, support training when possible and operate within the BFPC scope of practice as defined in the WIC Breastfeeding Curriculum. This position participates in multidisciplinary team case conferencing to develop and implement WIC participant service plans and may represent Local Agency and WIC on interdisciplinary work groups, taskforces, or coalitions.

The ideal candidate will provide breastfeeding information and assistance to WIC clients.

Provides breastfeeding encouragement, information, and counsel to prenatal and breastfeeding participants.

Provides anticipatory education about the normal course of breastfeeding.

Conducts support group meeting and assists the nutritionist with individual and other group sessions.

Contacts participants at predetermined intervals per WIC policy to provide counsel, encouragement, and information to maintain lactation. Available to participants outside of usual clinic hours and the WIC clinic environment and identifies problems or potential problems necessitating referral to the nutritionist, or WIC Designated Breastfeeding Expert (DBE).

Recruits participants to attend nutrition education classes by making clinic, telephone, and/or mail contacts.

Maintains logs of patient contacts, completes monthly activity reports and other health department forms as required utilizing the Crossroads system.

May plan and participate in community outreach events for WIC participants, particularly during Breastfeeding Awareness Month. Plans local agency breastfeeding promotion events and creates and maintains a breastfeeding-friendly environment.

Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.

The selected candidate will demonstrate the following:

Working Knowledge of:

Basic human lactation.
Breastfeeding practices
Various positioning techniques.
Basic breastfeeding management.
Manual expression of breast milk.
Collection and storage of human milk.
Good communication skills.

Ability to:

Instruct in a group and individual setting
Recognize problems related to breastfeeding and make appropriate referrals/interventions.

WAGE employees are subject to the following conditions of employment:

Wage employees serve at the will and pleasure of the appointing authority.
Continuing employment is based on available funding and business need.
Wage employees are not covered by the Virginia Personnel Act. They are not eligible for benefits provided to salaried employees (e.g., leave credits, holiday pay, insurance, grievance procedures).
Wage employees are paid only for the hours they actually work.
State law requires wage employees not work more than 29 hours per week on average over the year; may not work beyond 1,500 hours during the Standard Measurement Period (May 1 – April 30).
Once the maximum hours are reached, the employee may be rehired after the next Standard Measurement Period begins.
Wage employees may apply for all classified positions for which recruitment has been initiated.
If a wage employee is employed in a classified position, they may purchase retirement credit for time worked as a wage employee.

VDH requires all Health-Care Personnel (HCP) to provide documentation of immunization or evidence of immunity to hepatitis B, measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella; a one-time dose of tetanus,…


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