Registered Nurse

3 weeks ago

Albany, United States Albany Medical Center Full time

Department/Unit:

Lactation

Work Shift:

Day (United States of America)

The Lactation 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 . Recognizes and appreciates that each employee’s work is valuable and contributes to the success of the Mission.

  • Hourly Min= $28.90
  • Hourly Max= $47.61
  • 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.
  • Evaluate 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.
  • Perform and document initial and ongoing breastfeeding assessment.
  • Provide 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)
  •  Consult and facilitate breastfeeding support for antepartum, postpartum and NICU patients/families in collaboration with the nursing and provider staff
  • Collaborate with Speech Language Therapists, OT/PT, Dieticians, and other stakeholders.
  • Promote prenatal and postpartum community breastfeeding education the community and childbirth education classes
  • Ensures implementation of effective family centered breastfeeding success by ongoing collaboration with pediatrician, neonatologist, obstetrician, and nursing staff
  • Provides and ensures that current educational literature is available for all patients and nurses.
  • Provide lactation consult on request for any breastfeeding mother admitted to the hospital
  • Assists employees returning to work with breastfeeding plan of care
  • Maintain all required qualifications of position
  • Assesses and evaluates patient needs for, and responses to, care rendered.
  • Applies sound nursing judgment in patient care management decisions.
  • Collaborates with the nursing team to create a Plan of Care for all patients.
  • Directs and guides ancillary personnel and maintain standards of professional nursing.

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.

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