RN-Lactation Consultant
Company: Albany Medical Center
Location: Troy
Posted on: May 27, 2023
Job Description:
Department/Unit: Lactation Work Shift: Day (United States of
America) The Lactation Consultant Nurse is responsible for
providing safe, family centered patient care by assessing,
planning, implementing, and evaluating lactation capability and
care planning for the mother-infant breastfeeding dyad and family
partners in care. Coordinates and communicates with other members
of the health care team. Provides direct and indirect patient care
as well as serving as a lactation subject matter expert and
resource for other members of the healthcare team.
- Assess patients' lactation needs by obtaining medical history
of mother infant dyad.
- Educate and assists breastfeeding mothers and families to
foster a successful breastfeeding experience.
- Evaluating patient's response to care and initiates independent
and /or collaborative changes where appropriate.
- Research mother's medication to ensure the safety of
breastfeeding for the infant.
- Performs and documents initial and ongoing breastfeeding
assessment.
- Provides education to maternal child staff to reinforce and
update knowledge regarding the lactation process and techniques in
a formal setting (NICU and OB core, orient all new nurses in NICU,
L and D and Postpartum)
- Facilitates breastfeeding support on daily basis for
postpartum, NICU patients in coordination with the nurses.
- Collaborates with Speech Language Therapist and
Dieticians.
- Promotes breastfeeding and educates the community in prenatal
(Antepartum webinar support group and postpartum periods (in office
calls after discharge)
- . Ensures implementation of effective family centered
breastfeeding success by ongoing collaboration with pediatrician,
neonatologist, obstetrician, and nursing staff.
- Provides and ensures that current literature is available for
all patients and nurses. Thank you for your interest in Albany
Medical Center!--- Albany Medical is an equal opportunity employer.
This role may require access to information considered sensitive to
Albany Medical Center, its patients, affiliates, and partners,
including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and
other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes.
Workforce members are expected to ensure that: Access to
information is based on a "need to know" and is the minimum
necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use or disclosure
shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to
accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts, consistent with
Albany Med Center policies and standards, shall be made to ensure
that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access
and modification.
Keywords: Albany Medical Center, Troy , RN-Lactation Consultant, Healthcare , Troy, New York
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