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Lactation Consultant, per diem
Winchester, Massachusetts
Organization Facility: Winchester Hospital Category: Labor & Delivery Job ID: JR77445 Date posted: 08/08/2025Job Type: Per Diem
Time Type: Part time
Work Shift: Rotating (United States of America)
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.
Job Description:
Winchester Hospital is a 5x Magnet designated, Top Massachusetts recognized 223-bed regional hospital that is the leading provider of comprehensive health care services in the northwest suburban Boston area.
This is a per diem position which includes a weekend and holiday rotation.
JOB SUMMARY: This professional licensed staff position contributes to the Hospital’s mission to care, to heal, and to excel in service to our community by utilizing the nursing process in the coordination and delivery of quality, safe clinical care. Utilizes compassion, empathy, and respect to provide hands-on assistance and support to all breastfeeding families. This professional licensed position will have an impact on families’ long term success with breastfeeding by acting as a hospital-wide resource to and educate staff and family members about breastfeeding.
As part of the Mother Baby Unit team, this position:
Serves as a consultant for clinical practice within breastfeeding specialty to the hospital nursing staff, obstetric, pediatric, neonatology and family medicine providers.
Utilizes the nursing process and evidenced-based practices to provide quality and safe patient care by performing comprehensive material child feeding assessments and implementing individualized feeding and nursing plans of care. Provides lactation consultations and triages lactation phone calls for nursing mothers.
Establishes a therapeutic relationship with the patient, the patient's family and significant others by involving them in each step of the process and accommodates factors that may influence the provision of care. Provides support and encouragement to enable mothers to successfully meet their breastfeeding goals.
Performs all required documentation accurately, legibly and timely.
Maintains a clean and safe work environment to enhance patient satisfaction and a culture of safety.
Education
Required:
Graduate of a state-approved and/or accredited RN program required. Preferred: BSN strongly encouraged.
Experience
Required: At least three years of clinical experience as registered nurse in Maternal Child Health
Preferred: At least one year of experience in patient and staff education and lactation consulting.
License
Required:
Valid State of Massachusetts Registered Nurse license.
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
International Board Certified Lactation Consultants certification (IBCLC).
Basic Life Support
Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) is an integrated health system dedicated to creating healthier communities — one person at a time — through seamless care and ground-breaking science, driven by excellence, innovation and equity.
Founded in 2019, our system brings together academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, community and specialty hospitals, primary and specialty care, behavioral health and home care services, and more than 5,900 physicians and 36,000 employees to care for more than 1.7 million patients in communities across Eastern Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire. Together, we are changing healthcare for the better.
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