Job Title: Lactation Consultant
Location: Philadelphia, PA, 19104
Duration:3+ Months
Job Type - Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Onsite
Shift: 8-5 (M-F)
Payrate:$ 45.00 - 45.00/hr.
Overview
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide.
Job Description:
- The Lactation Consultant is responsible for providing clinical lactation services and support to patients, families, clinical teams and community.
- Collaborates with multiple departments and inter-professional teams as the expert with regard to lactation, breastfeeding and human milk management.
- Tasks include assessing, educating, implementing interventions, and monitoring outcomes of lactation support for clients.
Essential Functions
- Patient Care
- Ensures delivery of evidenced based and quality services
- Responds to consults per departmental standards
- Implements and monitors interventions with regard to breastfeeding and pumping
- Participates in patient care rounds, HMMC rounds
- Maintains patient lists within EHR
- Documents all encounters within the electronic health record
- Participates in policy/procedure development and upkeep
Lactation Education
- Educates clients on proper technique with regard to breastfeeding and pumping
- Plans and develops departmental and patient teaching sessions.
- Serves as a preceptor to students
- Participates in community outreach programs, Hospital wide breastfeeding committee, WBW
- Research/Data Collection
- Participates in research and data collection as opportunities are identified
Professional Development
- Maintains professional credentials and expands knowledge and skills.
- Develops and implements an individualized plan for professional growth and development including participation in professional organizations and activities, workshops, seminars, and staff development programs when feasible.
- Represents Client lactation program through participation in leadership of local or national professional organizations or initiatives, continuing education events and training programs when feasbile.
- Participates as expert speaker/author on lactation topics as appropriate.
Mandatory submission criteria
- Possibility for extension/conversion at the end of the assignment, if business needs align
Mandatory experience
- Minimum of 1 years of licensed experience, strongly preferred 2 years
- Mandatory education
- Bachelor’s degree in healthcare or similar field of study.
- Pediatric medical-based settings experience
- Inpatient and Outpatient experience
- Mandatory licensure/Certification
- IBCLC certification is mandatory for all candidates
Candidates will need one of the below certifications as well as the IBCLC:
- Registered Nurse (RN)
- Licensed Dietitian-Nutritionist (LDN)
- Occupational Therapist (OT)
- Licensed Physical Therapist (PT)
- Respiratory Therapist
- Osteopathic Respiratory Therapist
- Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP)
TekWissen® Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.
