IBCLC Lactation Consultant RN — Acute Care Expert

Dignity Health; Santa Maria (CA); On-site; USD 79,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Dignity Health's Marian Regional Medical Center is seeking a Lactation Professional to empower new parents and promote optimal infant nutrition. You will provide education, assessment, and individualized support prenatally and postpartum, collaborating with a care team to ensure integrated support.

The role requires deep clinical knowledge, empathy, and strong communication, with responsibilities spanning planning feeding strategies, documenting assessments, and coordinating care for varied

Qualifications

• Recent minimum of three years clinical experience in Mother & Baby Care.
• Minimum of one year as a Lactation Consultant in an acute care setting.
• Registered Nurse: CA RN License.
• Basic Life Support - CPR, within 30 Days.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), within 30 Days.
• International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC).
• Certified Lactation Counser (CLC).

Responsibilities

• Performs nursing care according to Marian Regional Medical Center procedures, policies and Perinatal Services standards of care.
• Observes universal precautions.
• Uses current lactation theories and research to develop evidence-based feeding plans that address individual feeding issues while respecting the physician's and family's breastfeeding goals.
• Performs and documents initial and ongoing assessments of patients.
• Assesses the breastfeeding mother baby dyad, including the breast and infant oral characteristics, latch-on technique, milk intake and the estimate of milk production.
• Develop feeding plans for a range of infants from the normal newborn to the complex neonate.

Skills

RN License

IBCLC

Lactation Care

CPR Certified

NRP Certified

Mother Baby Care

Education

BSN

Job description

Dignity Health's Marian Regional Medical Center is seeking a Lactation Professional to empower new parents and promote optimal infant nutrition. You will provide education, assessment, and individualized support prenatally and postpartum, collaborating with a care team to ensure integrated support.

The role requires deep clinical knowledge, empathy, and strong communication, with responsibilities spanning planning feeding strategies, documenting assessments, and coordinating care for varied