Lactation Consultant

Patient Education: Provide high-quality, culturally sensitive one-on-one bedside coaching, teach outpatient breastfeeding classes, and facilitate community support groups. What You'll Do: Clinical Assessments: Conduct comprehensive lactation assessments by reviewing maternal/infant medical histories, evaluating milk transfer, observing latch/positioning, and monitoring infant weight patterns.

What We Offer:

Join the Novant Health East Cooper Medical Center team as a Lactation Consultant!

 

In this role, you will serve as the clinical expert in managing the breastfeeding mother-baby dyad.  Your expertise will support families from normal newborn deliveries to complex neonatal and post-surgical feeding cases, ensuring an inclusive, empowering environment for all new parents. 

  

Location: Novant Health East Cooper Medical Center 

Address: 2000 Hospital Dr., Mt Pleasant, SC 29464 

Schedule: 4 8-hour shifts starting by 8:30am.  Weekend and holiday rotation required. 

 

Why choose this role? 

• Comprehensive Benefits: We offer a competitive package including health, financial security, and generous paid time off to support your life inside and outside of work. Health, Dental, and Vision benefits kick in day 1!
• A Culture of Belonging: Our inclusive environment is built on collaboration and empathy, where every team member is valued and feels like family. 
• Career Growth: We invest in your future with clear pathways for internal advancement, professional development, and mentorship. 
• A Shared Mission: Join us and make a real impact on the health of our community. 

What We're Looking For:

• Education: High School Diploma or GED, required.
  • 4 Year / Bachelors Degree, preferred. Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Experience: Minimum of one year of experience in mother/baby care or breast feeding education, required. 
• Licensure/Certification: Current IBCLC certification, required.
  • Current RN licensure in appropriate state, preferred. 
• Additional Skills (required): Ability to successfully complete generic and department-specific skills validation and competency testing. Excellent customer service skills.

What You'll Do:

• Clinical Assessments: Conduct comprehensive lactation assessments by reviewing maternal/infant medical histories, evaluating milk transfer, observing latch/positioning, and monitoring infant weight patterns.
• Care Planning: Develop, implement, and document evidence-based, individualized feeding plans that address complex breastfeeding challenges.

• Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Partner closely with floor RNs, Pediatricians, Obstetricians, and Neonatologists to ensure continuity of care and safe discharge planning.

• Patient Education: Provide high-quality, culturally sensitive one-on-one bedside coaching, teach outpatient breastfeeding classes, and facilitate community support groups.

• Supply Management: Educate families on the proper selection, assembly, and sanitization of breast pumps, specialized feeding tools, and donor milk options.