Lactation Consultant - Casual

Hennepin Healthcare • Minneapolis, MN

23h

About The Position

The Lactation Consultant works collaboratively to improve patient care and support favorable outcomes in establishing and maintaining breastfeeding. The role promotes health and encourages self-care and parental decision-making before and after birth. The consultant serves as a clinical expert as a practitioner, consultant, and educator, ensuring services align with Hennepin County Medical Center’s mission and vision. This is a casual position in Lactation Services, with varied workdays and 8-hour shifts.

Requirements

• Current certification as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC).

Nice To Haves

• Registered Nurse.
• At least one year of experience working as an RN and IBCLC.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one bedside care to assist mothers with infant and maternal positioning, deep latch, and establishing an adequate milk supply.
• Consult with and instruct new mothers on basic and complex breastfeeding routines and techniques in inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Support patients and help solve feeding difficulties involving infants.
• Prepare equipment and educate patients and families about its proper use and maintenance.
• Document patient and family education and the mother’s and baby’s progress according to hospital standards.
• Provide breastfeeding assessments, support, and counseling through daily rounds, follow-up visits, physical assessments, and care-plan development, with particular attention to families of babies with special needs.
• Serve as a resource for nursing staff, the community, medical staff, and students.
• Assess the clinical and educational needs of pregnant and lactating women.
• Collaborate in developing nursing practice standards for breastfeeding families and breastfeeding services.
• Work with interdisciplinary team members to develop plans of care for breastfeeding families.
• Assist with coordinating and developing prenatal and postpartum breastfeeding education, as well as education for health care professionals who work with breastfeeding families.
• Assist with developing and implementing the Lactation program, focusing on inpatient and outpatient services.
• Collect and analyze breastfeeding-rate data and assist in developing quality-improvement plans to increase breastfeeding initiation and duration rates.
• Participate in research to improve patient care and nursing practice.
• Participate in the organizational Breastfeeding Collaborative committee.
• Assist with reviewing breastfeeding policies and procedures.
• Incorporate evidence-based practice into the Lactation program.

What This Job Offers

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