Job Summary:MaineGeneral Health. We’re With You. Be With Us

MaineGeneral Health is a comprehensive non-profit system with the mission of enhancing, every day, the health of our patients, our families and our communities.

If you are looking for the opportunity to support your friends, family, and your community through your work at MaineGeneral Health...Come be with us

Job Description:

The Opportunity:

• Organize requested informational material and presentations for community regarding WIC, nutrition & breastfeeding

• Authorize electric breast pump rentals.

• Communicate with State WIC Agency pertaining to monthly reports and cost containment.

• Review breastfeeding materials and visual displays for WIC offices.

• Oversee MG WIC agency electric breast pump follow-up contact reports and electric breast pump inventory tracking according to state policy.

• Work with WIC authorized electric breast pump rental programs to ensure authorization and rental returns.

• Represent MG WIC at State WIC Agency and local meetings pertaining to breastfeeding and presents information from these meeting to WIC staff.

• Monitor and develop breastfeeding training for all WIC staff.

• Prepare and submit breastfeeding outreach plan to State WIC agency.

• Review and submit required Breastfeeding Peer Counselor reports and data to State WIC agency.

• Train and Supervise WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselors.

• Organizes and conducts WIC outreach clinics to populations of WIC-eligible participants outside of main site service area as determined by State WIC Agency policy.

• Ensures the outreach clinics have comparable opportunities for WIC services as provided at main sites.

• Works with community partners to ensure that WIC outreach clinics are inviting, comfortable, and safe for WIC participants.

• Connects with community services and WIC vendors to increase awareness of WIC services in their area and address issues and concerns.

• Engages in outreach efforts to maintain client participation numbers to ensure clinic viability.

  You Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in nutrition and/or health-related field or Registered Dietetic Technician

• Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) required (or course completed within 12 months of hire), IBCLC preferred

• Valid State of Maine Driver's License with clean driving record required.

• Excellent critical thinking and communication skills.

• Ability to complete required WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counseling Training and Continuing Education credits

  Scheduled Weekly Hours: 32

  Scheduled Work Shift:

  Job Exempt: No

  Benefits:

Supporting all aspects of our employees’ wellness – physical, emotional and financial – is a critical component of being a great place to work. With the wide range of benefits and programs available, employees have the resources they need to be well at every stage of life and plan for the future.

Physical Wellness:

• We offer quality health, dental, and vision benefits and wellness programs and resources to provide employees access to resources for a healthy lifestyle and help manage health care costs.

• Employees have access to industry-leading leave for new parents.

• A generous earned time plan is offered to all employees - We believe employees need and deserve time away from work to observe holidays, be with family, go on vacation, or simply take care of themselves.

  Emotional Wellness:

When life gets challenging, employees have access to our Employee Assistance Program for employees and anyone in their household.

Financial Wellness:

• An employee discount program is available to all employees for services provided by MaineGeneral Medical Center.

• Tuition Reimbursement is available to all employees to further develop skills and career.

• We offer eligible employees up to 2% of eligible pay in 403(b) company-matching contributions plus another 2% in the 401(a) retirement income plan.

• Three insurance plans are available to protect your family from the sudden loss of income in the event of your death, terminal illness or serious injury from accident.

• We offer both short-term and long-term disability insurance to replace a portion of your income if you become disabled and cannot work for a period of time.

  Career Mobility:

Helping our employees develop their skills and grow their careers is critical to how we retain our talent and sustain our business. We do this by offering our teammates a variety of leadership-supported programs and learning and development resources for every stage of their professional development. We know that our employees are our most valuable resource – they’re how we grow our business and care for our community.

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Vet/Disability Assistive technologies are available. Application assistance for those requesting reasonable accommodation to the career site is available by contacting HR at (207) 861-3440 .

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Vet/Disability: In furtherance of MaineGeneral's policy regarding Equal Employment Opportunity, MaineGeneral has developed a written Affirmative Action Program which sets forth the policies, practices and procedures that MaineGeneral is committed to in order to ensure that its policy of nondiscrimination and affirmative action is accomplished.

The Affirmative Action Plan for Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities is available for inspection by any employee or candidate for employment upon request, during normal business hours, in the Human Resources Department. Assistive technologies are available. Application assistance for those requesting reasonable accommodation to the career site is available by contacting HR at (207) 861-3440 . EEO is Law (https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf)