Lactation Counselor

Overview

The Lactation Counselor is responsible for providing safe, family-centered patient care by assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating lactation plans for the breastfeeding, as well as for the pumping parent, and is fully collaborative with the patient, patient’s family, significant others, and members of the healthcare team. The Lactation Counselor demonstrates specialized knowledge and clinical expertise in breastfeeding and human lactation. We seek to streamline all of our Maternal and Child Health programs and Initiatives to create a Family and Baby Friendly environment that supports all aspects of mother and baby health and well-being.

Responsibilities

• Provides individual and group lactation support to Brookdale’s prenatal and post-partum patients, as well as provider and community education.
• Assists with community outreach, including attending meetings of community partners, keeping database of referral sources up to date.
• Helps patients access social service resources.
• Assists in the reporting of data to funders; helps prepare reports of program outcomes using data tracking tools.
• Provides registration, enrollment and follow up assistance for patients.
• Coordinates scheduling of meetings, special events and program activities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree preferred.

Experience:

• Minimum one (1) year work experience with perinatal support services required. 

Knowledge and Skills:

• An understanding of prenatal care/labor and delivery/newborn care is required.
• Cultural responsiveness and experience working with diverse populations.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively by phone and email.
• Strong computer and technical skills, including MS Office.
• Energy, motivation and an ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Demonstrated writing ability.
• Comfortable managing and tracking multiple projects and goals.
• Comfortable working with spreadsheets and managing large amount of data.
• Ability to work within a team and independently.

Licenses, Certifications:

• Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) or Certified Breastfeeding Counselor (CBC) required.

Physical Requirements:

• Position requires prolonged periods of standing, reaching, walking throughout the working day. 
• Position will be required to stoop, bend, lift, and carry items weighing up to 25 pounds.

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and can be modified in the future. When determining a team member’s base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., site, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of One Brooklyn Health (OBH).

OBH is an equal opportunity employer, it is our policy to provide equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, marital status, military status, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability or handicap or other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.