Job Summary: The Registered Nurse (RN) Lactation Consultant is responsible for the delivery of quality patient care through the nursing process of assessment, diagnosing, planning, implementation, and evaluation. This position participates as an essential member of the healthcare team providing education, support and lactation therapy for the breastfeeding inpatient, outpatient, Mother-baby couplet and mothers’ of premature or other high-risk newborns.

Essential Job Functions & Accountabilities:

1. Delivers nursing care to assigned group of patients to include education directed towards identified knowledge deficits, treatment planning, pain management and discharge planning utilizing the nursing process.
2. Delivers quality nursing care while minimizing the risk of infection, contamination, harm, or injury. Maintains safe and clean working environment ensuring compliance with procedure rules and regulations.
3. Collaborates with multidisciplinary team to optimize numbers of breastfeeding and breast milk feeding infants.
4. Develops and implements standards of care, policies and procedures for breastfeeding/breast milk management.
5. Assesses infant’s readiness to breastfeeding/breast milk feeding.
6. Documents teaching and consultation and response in the medical record. Reports findings to appropriate staff.
7. Provides education to parents who are interested in breastfeeding/breast milk feeding. May include: bedside consultation, classes, reading materials, or other methods identified as needed.
8. Participates in discharge teaching related to breastfeeding/breast milk feeding.
9. Provides telephone counseling to breastfeeding/breast milk feeding mothers in the community.
10. Provides education for prenatal and postpartum breastfeeding mothers and assists with the education of Network employees on the subject of lactation support.
11. Serves as a resource person for physicians, CNMs, NP, PAs, nurses and other healthcare providers in order to promote optimal care.
12. Provides and coordinates patient care, educates patients and public about various health conditions, and provides advice and emotional support to patients and family members.
13. Maintains accurate, detailed reports and records and directs care with regard to age and developmental stage, presenting complaint, and pertinent history.
14. Modifies patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses. Monitors, records and reports symptoms and changes in patients' conditions.
15. Job description is not an all-inclusive list of duties and may be subject to change with or without notice. Staff are expected to perform other duties as assigned.
16. Must be able to complete all job duties and functions of the role with or without assistive/adaptive devices, and/or reasonable accommodations.
17. Work environments may differ based on job functions and location. Work is subject to schedule changes and/or variable work hours.