LACTATION SPECIALIST

Description

Perform activities related to the preparation and distribution of lactose-based formulas and enteral diet packaging, intended for hospitalized patients (adults or children), in accordance with medical and dietary prescriptions, and using appropriate techniques to ensure safety throughout all processes. **Responsibilities and Duties** * Prepare and distribute various lactose-based formulas according to specific calculations for each formula type; * Autoclave or reheat different formulas according to their specific characteristics; perform cooling and store formulas under refrigeration (0–4°C); * Package and distribute enteral diets and water intended for patients undergoing Enteral Nutritional Therapy; * Sanitize baby bottles, nipples, washers, plastic containers, utensils, equipment, and the environment; * Perform other duties pertinent to the role. **Requirements and Qualifications** * Completed high school education; **Additional Information** Work Schedule: From 1:00 PM to 9:20 PM (6 days on / 1 day off) Salary Range: R$ 1.600,00 – R$ 1.800,00 (CLT) Benefits: Transportation Allowance, On-site Cafeteria, Meal Voucher, Childcare Assistance, Hazard Pay, Life Insurance, and SESC Partnership. Work Location: **Taboão da Serra – SP** **SPDM** – Associação Paulista para o Desenvolvimento da Medicina is a non-profit, philanthropic civil association, recognized as being of federal, state, and municipal public utility in its headquarters city, respectively by Decrees No. 57.925 of 03/04/1966, No. 40.103 of 05/17/1962, and No. 8.911 of 07/30/1970. The Association’s primary directive is integration into the health system, focused on treatment, disease prevention, and promotion of primary, secondary, and tertiary health care, strengthening ties with the local community and reaffirming its social commitment to serve everyone without discrimination. With institutional growth, **SPDM** has expanded its scope of action through ongoing projects in Social Assistance and Education. This broad range of activities increasingly consolidates **SPDM** as a large-scale philanthropic institution pursuing economic, social, and environmental sustainability. Thus, SPDM contributes effectively to the continuous improvement of services provided by Brazil’s Unified Health System (SUS), primarily aiming to guarantee universality and equitable access to health care—essential for human and social development. Our commitment is to foster an inclusive culture that empowers our employees to contribute their best. All qualified candidates will be considered for open positions without distinction based on ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, race, nationality, or disability. SPDM is an equal opportunity employer for all individuals who meet the minimum requirements. We value the sharing of ideas, cultivating a team-oriented work culture, respect for diversity and inclusion. **MISSION** To deliver health care with excellence, free from prejudice, distinction, or classification of citizens. **VISION** To be recognized as Brazil’s most comprehensive and competent philanthropic health organization. **VALUES** * Training and Development * Social Commitment * Reliability * Entrepreneurship * Equity * Ethics * Humanization * Quality * Ecological, Economic, and Social Sustainability * Tradition * Transparency **HGP** General Hospital of Pirajussara (**HGP**) was inaugurated on January 25, 1999, following the signing of a management agreement between the Associação Paulista para o Desenvolvimento da Medicina (**SPDM**) and the São Paulo State Department of Health, becoming one of the first public health facilities in the state to be administered by a Social Organization of Health. **HGP** addressed a longstanding demand from the populations of Taboão da Serra, Embu das Artes, and neighboring municipalities for a local health reference center serving residents of this underserved region. Prior to **HGP**, any need for health care—whether for simple or complex conditions, especially surgical cases—required residents of these municipalities to travel long distances to hospitals in greater São Paulo. The Hospital directly serves the municipalities of Taboão da Serra and Embu, collectively home to approximately half a million people, and since its inauguration, its operations have aligned with **SPDM**’s mission: delivering public health services with excellence, social responsibility, and commitment to the principles of Brazil’s Unified Health System (SUS). Over 21 years of service delivery, **HGP** has successfully achieved SPDM’s defined vision of “being an exemplary public service, recognized as a model of clinical care.” Additionally, in line with values established by **SPDM**, **HGP**, since its inauguration, upholds a “social commitment explicitly demonstrated through citizenship actions, health promotion, disease prevention, and environmental protection,” significantly contributing to regional development. **HGP** was inaugurated during a period of extreme scarcity of health resources and widespread socioeconomic vulnerability across the population. As part of local and regional development strategies and outlooks, implementation of the facility enabled provision of high-risk prenatal care, emergency and urgent hospital care, auxiliary diagnostic testing, and inpatient beds in adult, pediatric, and neonatal intensive care units.