RN Lactation Consultant

About This Role

This RN Lactation Consultant position provides specialized lactation management care, offers staff development, and acts as an expert consultant to healthcare professionals. The role focuses on supporting breastfeeding patients within a family-centered maternity care model.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert care in lactation management according to ILCA Standards of Practice for IBCLC Lactation Consultants
• Provide informal and formal staff development learning activities related to breastfeeding management
• Serve as an expert consultant to maternal-child staff, physicians, and other healthcare professionals in managing complex breastfeeding problems
• Participate in program development activities
• Practice according to the family-centered maternity care model
• Participate in the development, coordination, managing, facilitating, conducting, and evaluating of onboarding and orientation programs for nursing and other healthcare personnel
• Conduct orientation to facilitate a positive learning environment and incorporate organizational values/culture
• Identify learning needs of staff and assess practice gaps by comparing competencies to actual practice
• Plan educational content with learner engagement
• Partner with the Clinical Education Market Director to review outcomes data to evaluate and refine aptitude management activities
• Demonstrate an expertise of adult educational theory and apply evaluation methodologies into courses and curriculum

Requirements

• Associate Degree
• Continuing education in lactation and breastfeeding
• Experience with breastfeeding management
• Current IBCLC certification
• Current BLS provider certification
• NRP certification within 3 months of hire

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited professional school of nursing (preferred), Associate Degree (required), BSN required within 24 months of hire into RN position if hired after 6/1/2012, Continuing education in lactation and breastfeeding (required)
• Minimum of two years’ experience in maternal-child health nursing in an acute care setting (preferred), Experience with breastfeeding management (required)

Nice to Have

• Graduate from an accredited professional school of nursing
• BSN required within 24 months of hire into RN position if hired after 6/1/12
• Minimum of two years’ experience in maternal-child health nursing in an acute care setting
• Current RN License in the State of Texas or compact license

Benefits

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