Lactation Consultant - Mother Baby

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Lactation Consultant – Mother Baby – F/T Days

Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey

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Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

Together, we keep getting better—advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

The Lactation Consultant position skillfully provides direct patient care and consultation services for breastfeeding support in accordance with professional nursing standards. The consultant assesses, teaches, and evaluates lactation education programs to childbearing clients, their families, and appropriate HC staff. They assist mothers in increasing breastfeeding skills, attain lactation goals, serve as a lactation resource for hospital staff, students, and community members, and design and deliver education programs.

• Demonstrate knowledge of growth and development principles and respond to specific patient issues.
• Apply competencies for infant (0‑12 mo), toddler (13 mo‑4 yr), adolescent (13‑17 yr), young adult (18‑34 yr), and adult (35‑65 yr) populations.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate a plan of care for patients experiencing lactation difficulties.
• Conduct bedside lactation rounds daily and document all interventions.
• Utilize effective teaching methods based on adult learning principles.
• Assist parents and families in understanding alternatives to meet lactation goals and communicate with the health team.
• Develop and conduct competencies, workshops, and in‑services for staff, reinforcing current trends in lactation.
• Assist breastfeeding mothers in other hospital areas as needed.
• Review, evaluate, or revise departmental breastfeeding policies using evidence‑based principles (AWHONN, IBCLC, ACOG, HUMC).
• Participate in daily discharge teaching classes in collaboration with the Mother/Baby RN.
• Promote awareness of HUMC rental station in the Woman’s Gift Shop.
• Perform additional duties such as assignment in the nursery or covering newborns on overflow units.
• Attend yearly International Conference to maintain certification and inform leadership of trends.
• Maintain mandatory education requirements for the medical center.
• Identify needs of the patient population served, modifying and delivering care accordingly.
• Adhere to standards identified in the Medical Center’s Organizational Competencies.

• Graduate of an NLN/AACN accredited nursing program.
• Minimum 5 years of Maternal & Child Health or Nursery experience as a staff nurse.

• International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC).
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP).
• NJ State Professional Registered Nurse License.

Starting at $ annually. Post‑dated salaries may vary based on market data, experience, education, certifications, skills, location, internal equity, and budget factors.

• Health, dental, vision, paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and retirement benefits.
• Workplace excellence, collaborative environment, work‑life balance, compassionate nursing culture, mentoring programs.
• Substantial tuition reimbursement.

HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH (HMH) IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding, genetic information, refusal to submit to a genetic test, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, national origin, nationality, ancestry, disability, marital status, liability for military service, or status as a protected veteran.

Apply through the Hackensack Meridian Health career portal. Eligible candidates will be contacted by the recruiting team.