Lactation Specialist

Rochester Regional Health

93d • $29 - $34

About The Position

The Lactation Specialist will provide 1:1 outpatient lactation appointments and community education, including but not limited to Child Birth, infant feeding, and heart saver/infant safety. The role involves all necessary documentation and data collection related to these services.

Requirements

• Certification as a lactation consultant or 1-2 years experience working with pregnant/breastfeeding individuals.
• Must obtain IBCLC certification within 1 year of the position start date.

Nice To Haves

• Provides age and culturally appropriate assessment, interpretation of clinical and laboratory data and develops and implements age appropriate interventions and plans of care including education within the parameters of his/her position responsibilities and licensure.
• Ensure staff considers age related concerns such as hearing, vision, speech and level of understanding, when interacting with patients, employees and families.
• NRP Preferred.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Baby Café according to Baby Café USA guidelines.
• Weekly record keeping of Baby Café participants.
• Assist with lactation related issues as needed while facilitating lactation based topics during Café hours.
• Use evidence based best practices according to the IBCLE Code of Conduct/scope of practice and work with interdisciplinary team to obtain best outcomes for mother and infant.
• Schedule one on one lactation appointments with discharged breastfeeding mothers and infants.
• Assist in the patient referral process with patients directly or through correspondences with local providers.
• Report weekly statistics from Baby Café and lactation appointments.
• Provide Early Breast Feeding education for the Women's Care center.
• Support pediatric practice when parent needs assistance and check in with maternity unit patients and provide support when able.
• Provide Community Education programming for Child Birth, Infant Feeding and Infant Safety /Heart Saver classes.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees