Job Description
Educates and assists breastfeeding mothers and families to foster a successful breastfeeding experience. Provides direct and indirect patient care as well as serving as a resource for other members of the healthcare team. Ensures implementation of effective family-centered breastfeeding program by ongoing collaboration with pediatricians, neonatologists, obstetricians, and nursing staff; promotes breastfeeding and educates the community in prenatal and postpartum periods. Provides physical and psychosocial support, education, and discharge planning during childbirth hospitalization.
Job Responsibilities
- Performs and documents initial and ongoing breastfeeding assessment including spiritual and cultural needs; prioritizes data collection based on the patient's immediate condition or needs.
- Identifies actual and/or potential nursing diagnoses derived from assessment data, and indicates expected outcomes; reviews physician's orders with registered nurse to determine contraindicated medications for breastfeeding mothers.
- Reassesses patients and reports significant breast changes, bonding concerns, mood alterations, etc. to registered nurse in charge of unit and to obstetrician and/or pediatrician, as appropriate; identifies expected breastfeeding outcomes which are measurable, realistic and attainable in relation to resources available.
- Works with staff registered nurse to achieve maximum breastfeeding outcomes; teaches prenatal breastfeeding classes to expectant parents; facilitates post-discharge breastfeeding support group for breastfeeding women in the community.
- Provides education to maternal-child staff to reinforce and update knowledge regarding lactation process and techniques in formal in-service setting.
- Performs performance improvement activities related to breastfeeding indicators including analysis of data and implementing/evaluating process improvement programs.
- Reviews, revises, and develops maternal-child department policies and procedures relating to the breastfeeding program.
- Maintains a telephone "warm line" to answer questions and concerns of breastfeeding mothers in the community; reviews and evaluates breastfeeding products, videos, literature, and equipment keeping in mind the need for cost containment.
- Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Job Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN) required. Current License to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State required.
- Certification as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) required.
- 5-7 years of technical experience and 0-2 years of leadership/management experience required.
*Additional Salary DetailThe salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).
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