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What can you Expect as a Lactation Consultant?
The Lactation Consultant conducts clinical lactation rounds assessing patients' status and problems and develop individualized care plans as well as conducts clinical training of professional, nursing, and ancillary staff. As a Lactation Consultant you will participate in discharge planning by identifying post-discharge needs and providing breastfeeding instruction, providing information on the safe use of medication with breastfeeding and breastfeeding aids as well as on community support groups and services. You will also assist in marketing lactation program to the community, establishing preceptorships and conducting informational seminars as well as maintain accurate and legible patient care records and develop reports.
You will also help design and update staff instruction manual, review current and planned educational materials, policies, and procedures. Assisting employee preparation for lactation consultant certification examination and following the mandatory reporting procedures for any incident or serious event that did affect or potentially could have affected the clinical care of any patient are key responsibilities for a lactation consultant.
Note: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned this job. They are not exhaustive lists of all duties, responsibilities, knowledge, skills, abilities and working conditions associated with the job.
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Shifts/Hours: This position will work daylight hours.
*Hours are subject to change based on business needs.
Full Time
Hospital
$74k-92k (estimate)
02/07/2023
06/19/2024
upmc.com
PITTSBURGH, PA
>50,000
1893
NGO/NPO/NFP/Organization/Association
JEFFREY A ROMOFF
$10B - $50B
Hospital
UPMC is a Pennsylvania-based nonprofit health center that provides services such as emergency care, surgical, patient care, and fitness control for individuals.
The job skills required for Lactation Consultant include Health Care, Patient Care, Basic Life Support, Leadership, CPR, Discharge Planning, etc. Having related job skills and expertise will give you an advantage when applying to be a Lactation Consultant. That makes you unique and can impact how much salary you can get paid. Below are job openings related to skills required by Lactation Consultant. Select any job title you are interested in and start to search job requirements.
The following is the career advancement route for Lactation Consultant positions, which can be used as a reference in future career path planning. As a Lactation Consultant, it can be promoted into senior positions as a Head Nurse - CCU that are expected to handle more key tasks, people in this role will get a higher salary paid than an ordinary Lactation Consultant. You can explore the career advancement for a Lactation Consultant below and select your interested title to get hiring information.