RN / Registered Nurse - Outpatient Lactation Consultant - Part Time - Days

Job Requirements

ProMedica Toledo Hospital is one of the largest acute-care facilities in the region. Our 794-bed hospital is staffed by more than 4,800 professional healthcare employees who serve a 27-county area throughout northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan. We also have the area’s largest board-certified medical staff, which is made up of more than 1,000 primary care and specialty physicians. Excellent customer service skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment are a must. In addition, for 15 consecutive years, residents of Greater Toledo have named us the Consumer Choice Award winner in our market. In fact, we’re the only hospital in northwest Ohio to receive this honor.

Position Summary: 

The Outpatient Lactation Consultant functions as a breastfeeding expert within an interdisciplinary team caring for breastfeeding families in an outpatient setting. The lactation consultant utilizes evidence-based practice to inform clinical decisions, and applies lactation expertise to the nursing process, staff and community education, and family care planning/delivery. Other duties include, but are not limited to:

• Perform infant and adult vital signs, blood glucose checks and other measures of assessment and diagnostic as directed
• Identify and escalate abnormal vitals, assessment findings and diagnostics immediately
• Conduct in-person and telehealth professional nursing visits
• Assess breastfeeding dyad in perinatal period for pertinent health, pregnancy, lactation and birth history and needs
• Conduct needs assessment to determine patient breastfeeding goals and appropriate patient learning strategies
• Serve as system and community resource for breastfeeding and lactation expertise

Schedule Hours: 8a - 4:30p

Additional Information: This position will be working at the Center for Health Services building on the Toledo Hospital Campus (2150 Central Ave, Toledo, OH 43606)

• Associate Degree in Nursing, BSN preferred 
• At least 3-4 years of clinical nursing experience, preferably two of which in maternal-child nursing or a related field 
• Current RN license in the State of Ohio
• International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) preferred, related certifications considered on individualized basis
• Prefer 1 year of experience as a lactation counselor, consultant or peer
• Prefer previous experience with developing and delivering staff education. Previous experience as an outpatient nurse.

The above list of accountabilities is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by the incumbent; it should not be considered exhaustive.

ProMedica is a mission-based, not-for-profit integrated healthcare organizational headquartered in Toledo, Ohio.  For more information, please visit www.promedica.org/about-promedica

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex/gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, physical or mental disability, military or protected veteran status, citizenship, familial or marital status, genetics, or any other legally protected category. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a job with ProMedica, please contact employment@promedica.org

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