Lactation Consultant

As the Lactation Consultant at Merrimack Health, you will be responsible for educating women, families, health professionals, and the community about breastfeeding and human lactation; facilitating the development of policies which protect, promote, and support breastfeeding; acting as an advocate for breastfeeding as the child-feeding norm; and providing holistic, evidence-based breastfeeding support and care from preconception to weaning for women and their families.

Encourage informed decision-making about infant and child feeding; display sensitivity to the learner's culture; provide positive feedback and emotional support for continued breastfeeding, especially in difficult or complicated circumstances; and share current evidence-based information and clinical skills in collaboration with other health care professionals. The Lactation Consultant will provide services on any unit in the hospital that is necessary - primarily maternity, labor and delivery, special care nursery and pediatrics.

Requirements:

• High school diploma required; Bachelor's degree preferred
• The current IBLCE requires: International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners.
• BLS required upon hire; NAS required to be completed during the orientation period.
• Minimum one year experience teaching/facilitation of lactation services preferred.
• Bilingual (Spanish) desired, not required.