Lactation Consultant

Job overview

Lactation Consultant, onsite, in Urbana, IL. Salary is $30.39 - $52.27 per hour. Carle Health is a large healthcare system serving central and southeastern Illinois. This role serves as the expert resource on human lactation, facilitating the development and maintenance of skills for optimal care of the breastfeeding dyad. The consultant acts as a resource, educator, and mentor to patients and healthcare professionals.

What you'll do

• Serves as a consultant when difficulties with lactation are beyond the knowledge and/or training of the health care provider.
• Consults, develops and implements lactation plans of care.
• Serves as a liaison and/or facilitator between the community and hospital providing ongoing expertise, education and support to groups and individuals.
• Provides a communication link between the hospital and health care provider’s office to assure coordination of patient care and maintains communication with health care providers concerning patients experiencing lactation and breastfeeding problems.
• Demonstrates appropriate assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation based on stages of life and developmental status.
• Educates patients, families and health care team members.
• Provides education for mothers and family in correct lactation management.
• Develops and implements ongoing lactation educational program annually on lactation for the healthcare team.
• Participates in lactation program development and implementation.
• Works with the appropriate shared governance structure on issues relating to lactation.
• Participates in development of policies, procedures, algorithms and guidelines specific to lactation practice at site and system levels.
• Collects data, identifies, monitors and evaluates quality and safety issues related to practice.
• Maintains phone consultation system for lactation questions and problems.
• Represents the lactation department at unit/system/community meetings.
• Evaluates and integrates research findings into lactation practice.
• Maintains current knowledge of lactation research and reflects this knowledge in current lactation practice.
• Participates in lactation research projects.
• Pursues continuing education relevant to lactation consultant practice including reading current professional journals, participating in workshops, seminars, in-service programs, conferences, accredited courses, and professional organizations.

What we're looking for

Education

Bachelor's Degree: Related Field

Experience

Mother baby/obstetrics

Skills & competencies

lactation consultant

breastfeeding

nursing

urbana

il

full time

day shift

$30.39+/hr

About the employer

Carle Health is hiring for this role. Industry: Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists). Sector: 62.