Lactation Consultant

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. This professional licensed staff position contributes to the Hospital’s mission by utilizing the nursing process in coordination and delivery of quality, safe clinical care. It provides hands-on assistance and support to all breastfeeding families using compassion, empathy, and respect.

This 24 hour position on day/evening shifts, including weekend and holiday rotations, acts as a hospital-wide resource to educate staff and family members about breastfeeding. It impacts families’ long term success with breastfeeding through comprehensive maternal child feeding assessments and individualized feeding plans. Lactation consultations and triaging of lactation phone calls for nursing mothers are key day-to-day activities.

As part of the Mother Baby Unit team at Winchester Hospital, a 5x Magnet designated 223-bed regional hospital, serves as a consultant for clinical practice within breastfeeding specialty. Consults with hospital nursing staff, obstetric, pediatric, neonatology and family medicine providers. Establishes therapeutic relationships with patients, families and significant others.

Beth Israel Lahey Health is an integrated health system dedicated to creating healthier communities through seamless care and ground-breaking science. Founded in 2019, it unites academic medical centers, community hospitals and more than 36,000 employees to care for patients across Eastern Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire. Together, changing healthcare for the better offers opportunities for professional impact.