Lactation Consultant
About The Position
The Lactation Consultant is a member of the Mother/Baby nursing team and is responsible for educating and supporting mothers who plan to breastfeed, monitoring of infants at risk for delayed breastfeeding, and assisting the mother/infant pair with feeding and bonding. Responsibilities include staff education, assisting with departmental policy and procedure development and evaluation, monitoring outcomes related to breast-feeding and infant nutrition and participation in continuing education and professional development activities. As a clinical nurse, this individual spends majority of his/her time (> 50%) coordinating, ensuring and providing direct patient care activities on the unit through: provision of nursing rounds, assessments and treatments; facilitating admission, transfer and discharge activities; provision of patient and family-centered education; care coordination and individualized treatment planning as applicable, etc.
Requirements
- Graduate from a nursing school with a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in nursing
- Has a minimum of 2 years nursing related experience.
- Current RN licensure to work in Kentucky.
- CLC required, IBCLC preferred and if applicant does not currently have IBCLC, then will work to gain IBCLC certification within three (3) years of hire date.
- Must obtain BLS within 30 days of hire.
- Adequate hours in lactation education to sit for Lactation Certification Exam IBCLC.
Nice To Haves
- IBCLC preferred
Responsibilities
- Educating and supporting mothers who plan to breastfeed
- Monitoring of infants at risk for delayed breastfeeding
- Assisting the mother/infant pair with feeding and bonding
- Staff education
- Assisting with departmental policy and procedure development and evaluation
- Monitoring outcomes related to breast-feeding and infant nutrition
- Participation in continuing education and professional development activities
- Provision of nursing rounds, assessments and treatments
- Facilitating admission, transfer and discharge activities
- Provision of patient and family-centered education
- Care coordination and individualized treatment planning as applicable
Benefits
- Health, Vision, Dental and Pet Insurance
- Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually
- Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
- 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire
- Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
- PTO Sell Back Program
- Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation)
- Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial support
- Retirement with Company Match
- Identity Theft Protection
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
