Part time 20 Hours/Week
8am-4:30pm
onsite
Summary:
The Lactation Consultant is responsible for assessment, planning, education, and discharge planning for lactation counseling. Responsibilities:
- Responsible for assessment, planning, education, and discharge planning for lactation counseling.
- Acts as resource person for staff for specialty area.
- Counsels lactating mothers on an inpatient basis and outpatient basis for Akron Children's Hospital Lactation Counseling Center.
- Responsible for identifying pre-natal care, lactation counseling, and infant care education/support group needs in the community and for assisting with the Center's program development and program implementation in these areas.
- Other duties as required.
Other information:
Technical Expertise
- Experience in counseling lactating mothers is required.
- Experience in developing new programs is preferred.
- Experience in working with multi-disciplinary teams is preferred.
- Experience working with all levels within an organization is required.
- Experience in healthcare is preferred.
- Proficiency in MS Office [Outlook, Excel, Word] or similar software is required. EPIC software is preferred.
Education and Experience
- Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is required or must be obtained within 5 years from date of hire.
- Certification:
- Registered Nurse licensure is required.
- Current Health Care Provider BLS training from the American Heart Association is required.
- International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant is required
- Years of relevant experience: 3 to 5 years is required.
- Years of experience supervising: None
Will consider candidates with the Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) certification upon hire with successful completion of IBCLC (International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant) certification within
Part Time
FTE: 0.500000
Status: Onsite
