Lactation Consultant PRN

If you are looking to make an impact on a meaningful scale, come join us as we embrace the Power of One!

We strive to be an employer of choice and establish a reputation for being a talent rich organization where Associates can grow their career caring for others. For over a century, we’ve served the health care needs of the people of Memphis and the Mid-South.

The Lactation Consultant provides advanced knowledge and leadership on lactation concerns, training and solutions. Provides clinical expertise by providing direct and indirect patient care. Collaborates with the health care team in assessing, designing, implementing, and evaluating population-based programs of patient care to enhance high quality-cost effective patient outcomes. Models appropriate behavior as exemplified in MLH Mission, Vision and Values.

Working at MLH means carrying the mission forward of caring for our community and impacting the lives of patients in every way through compassion, a deliberate focus on service expectations and a consistent thriving for excellence.

A Brief Overview

What you will do

• Provides advanced level of direct and indirect care to individual patients/families and/or groups of patients/families as related to lactation.
• Provides leadership and collaborates with other health professionals in regard to lactation, and develops educational resources for staff education programs which addresses the specific needs of populations of patients.
• Demonstrates collaborative leadership with researchers, other health professionals, divisions, and departments to generate knowledge and make practice changes based on research findings, as well as, the results of the organizational and departmental quality improvement processes.
• Provides leadership in meeting system, organizational, division, and departmental goals.
• Demonstrates accountability for professional responsibilities and self-development.

Education/Formal Training Requirements

• Required - Associates Degree Nursing
• Preferred - Bachelor's Degree Dietetics
• Preferred - Bachelor's Degree Nursing

Work Experience Requirements

• Required - Lactation consultant 3-5 years

Licenses and Certifications Requirements

• Required - Registered Nurse Tennessee - Tennessee Board of Nursing
• Preferred - Dietitian-Nutritionist Mississippi - Mississippi State Department of Health
• Preferred - Certified Lactation Consultant - International Board Certified Lactation Consultants
• Preferred - Registered Nurse Mississippi - Mississippi Board of Nursing
• Preferred - Dietitian-Nutritionist Tennessee - Tennessee Board of Dietitians/Nutritionist Examiners
• Preferred - Registered Nurse Arkansas - Arkansas State Board of Nursing

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Proficiency in applying advanced concepts, principles, and professional techniques in a specialized field of lactation management breastfeeding. Such proficiency is acquired through certification by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal form to patients, public, hospital and medical staff, and physicians
• Ability to function independently on assigned patient care units.
• Ability to counsel and educate others.

Supervision Provided by this Position

• There are no supervisory or lead responsibilities assigned to this position.

Physical Demands

• Frequent patient contact.
• Exposure to patient body fluids.
• Exposure to excessive heat or cold as required.
• Ability to react quickly to emergency situations.
• Ability to read and write to communicate orally and in writing with other individuals.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 50 lbs. without assistance.
• Ability to sit in one place, stand, walk, squat, kneel, reach, twist, crawl, and bend throughout the shift.
• Ability to perform repetitive hand and wrist motion, as well as using hands for gripping and squeezing.
• Ability to use hands and feet together for repetitive coordinated motions.
• Good hand-eye coordination.
• Competent computer skills.

Our Associates are passionate about what they do, the service they provide and the patients they serve. We value family, team and a Power of One culture that requires commitment to the highest standards of care and unity.

Boasting one of the South's largest medical centers, Memphis blends a friendly community, a thriving and growing downtown, and a low cost of living. We see each day as a new opportunity to make a difference in the lives of the people in our community.