Lactation Consultant Job at MerrimackHealth, Lawrence, MA

  • MerrimackHealth
  • Lawrence, MA

Job Description

As the Lactation Consultant at Lawrence General Hospital, you will be responsible for educating women, families, health professionals, and the community about breastfeeding and human lactation; facilitating the development of policies which protect, promote, and support breastfeeding; acting as an advocate for breastfeeding as the child-feeding norm; and providing holistic, evidence-based breastfeeding support and care from preconception to weaning for women and their families.

Encourage informed decision-making about infant and child feeding; display sensitivity to the learner’s culture; provide positive feedback and emotional support for continued breastfeeding, especially in difficult or complicated circumstances; and share current evidence-based information and clinical skills in collaboration with other health care professionals. The Lactation Consultant will provide services on any unit in the hospital that is necessary – primarily maternity, labor and delivery, special care nursery and pediatrics.

Requirements

  • High school diploma required; Bachelor’s degree preferred
  • The current IBLCE requires: International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners.
  • BLS required upon hire; NAS required to be completed during the orientation period.
  • Minimum one year experience teaching/facilitation of lactation services preferred.
  • Bilingual (Spanish) desired, not required.

Job Tags

Daily paid

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