Lactation Consultant - Lactation Center - 12-Hour - PER DIEM - Days | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Job at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, California

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  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
  • California

Job Description

Job Description

Make a difference every single day!

When the work you do every single day has a crucial impact on the lives of others, every effort, every detail, and every second matters. This shared culture of happiness, passion and dedication pulses through Cedars-Sinai, and it???s just one of the many reasons we???ve achieved our fifth consecutive Magnet designation for nursing excellence. From working with a team of dedicated healthcare professionals to using state-of-the-art facilities, you???ll have everything you need to do something incredible???for yourself, and for others. Join us and discover why U.S. News & World Report has named us one of America???s Best Hospitals.

Our Lactation Program

Breastfeeding gives your baby the best possible nutritional start, but new moms often have questions and concerns about it. The Cedars-Sinai Lactation Program and breastfeeding resources can help any mom be more confident and overcome nursing problems, even if you???ve had difficulty before.

Summary of Essential Duties:

Under the supervision of the Supervisor for Lactation Services, the Lactation Consultant is responsible for providing breastfeeding education, instruction, and hands-on assistance as needed to all patients in the Medical Center who elect to breastfeed. This care shall be provided in accordance with the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners' Code of Ethics and the International Lactation Consultant Associations' Standards of Practice.

The Lactation Consultant is a competent clinician who provides care in a skilled and effective manner. Utilizing appropriate decision-making skills and exhibiting competence in the clinical, cognitive and interpersonal skills required to independently and safely manage the routine breastfeeding care of the patient. The Lactation Consultant establishes a plan of care, sets goals, determines priorities, and evaluates outcomes within established standards of practice.



Qualifications

Job Requirements:

  • High School Diploma/GED. (Bachelor???s degree in healthcare highly preferred).
  • Certified as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC).
  • Basic Life Support certification required.
  • Minimum of one (1) year experience as a Lactation Consultant. (Experience in a hospital setting preferred).
  • Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
  • Ability to interact well with clients and staff of diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds.
  • Ability to demonstrate critical thinking, clinical competency, and the technical skills needed to care for breastfeeding patients.


Req ID : 2234

Working Title : Lactation Consultant - Lactation Center - 12-Hour - PER DIEM - Days

Department : Lactation Center

Business Entity : Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Job Category : Patient Services

Job Specialty : Patient Services

Overtime Status : NONEXEMPT

Primary Shift : Day

Shift Duration : 12 hour

Base Pay : $47.50 - $48.49

About Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Providing healthcare for more than 100 years, Cedars-Sinai has evolved into one of the most dynamic and highly renowned medical centers in the world. Along with caring for patients, Cedars-Sinai is a hub for biomedical research and a training center for future physicians and other healthcare professionals. This attracts exceptional talent to Cedars-Sinai, including world-renowned physician-scientists who seek a place where they can both conduct research and see patients--the ideal formula for discovery and its translation into cures. Our patients benefit from access to doctors at the top of their fields, and our researchers have an ideal community in which to study the impact of healthcare challenges, and reflect that knowledge in their research. The greater Los Angeles area in which Cedars-Sinai resides possesses unparalleled cultural and ethnic diversity which offers outstanding opportunities for translational and clinical research and a dynamic environment for medical education.Although community based, Cedars-Sinai is a major teaching hospital affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Cedars-Sinai has highly competi ... tive graduate medical education programs in more than 50 specialty and subspecialty areas, a graduate program in biomedical sciences and translational medicine, a clinical scholars program directed towards junior physicians with aspirations to become clinical scientists, and post graduate training opportunities.There are more than 250 full-time faculty members at Cedars-Sinai. The voluntary medical staff, comprised of more than 2,200 specialty board-certified or board-qualified physicians, represent all of the specialties and subspecialties and collaborate with full-time medical staff in the teaching responsibilities of the graduate medical education programs.

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