Nurse Practitioner (APRN) or Physician Assistant - Lactation Consultation / Family Birthing Center
Hartford HealthCare
- Versailles, CT
- Permanent
- Full-time
Standard Hours: 36
Job Shift: Shift 1
Shift Details: 36 hours primarily weekday Monday- Friday. will consider weekend availabilityGet MORE from your career with Hartford HealthCareHartford HealthCare, the largest and most comprehensive healthcare system in Connecticut, has a new growth opportunity for a Family Birthing Center Nurse Practitioner to join our cohesive team to provide value-based care to patients in outpatient settings in Backus Hospital.Some highlights of this opportunity include:
- Nurse Practitioners (APRN) provide direct lactation support and education to patients and staff to ensure that a high quality, cost effective service is delivered.
- Advanced Practitioners are responsible for providing comprehensive, advanced, and specialized health services across the continuum of the patient’s lactation experience.
- This is an opportunity to work collaboratively with the Maternity Women's health services.
- These responsibilities include, but are not limited to patient and staff education, consultation and partnerships with health care resources and others within our organization, network and community.
- Assists in the establishment of lactation through education and direct patient care in the antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum periods
- Assesses for breastfeeding difficulties. Works with providers to establish an individual plan of action for patients, using hospital polices and protocols top ensure consistency of information.
- Licensed, or eligible to be licensed, as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) in the state of Connecticut.
- International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC)
- Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner or Nurse-Midwifery Program
- 1-3 years of experience in Maternal Child Heath or Family Practice