Lactation Consultant

Supports the mission of People's Community Clinic by providing breastfeeding support and education to PCC patients in a timely, effective, and efficient manner.

This role is a temporary grant-funded role through 8/31/25, with the potential for extension beyond the initial grant period. This role is full-time, 40 hours per week; consideration will be given to applicants desiring part-time hours. The full-time biweekly salary for this role is $2,384.62 - $2,769.23, which is equivalent to an annualized range of $62,000 - $72,000, and this role is benefit-eligible.

• Coordinate Lactation programming with Lactation Supervisor and Director of Early Childhood Programs
  • Identify opportunities to improve workflow, work processes, and patient care and work cooperatively to implement those improvements.
  • Attend/participate in relevant meetings and trainings within the department and clinic-wide.
  • Attends formal lactation training, including conferences, workshops, or teleseminars with new/updated information on lactation issues.
  • Mentors peer breastfeeding counselors through formal training, ongoing guidance, and supervision.

• Perform direct patient education and advocacy
  • Assesses infant’s readiness to breastfeed at infant’s well-child checks (WCC), weight checks, or specific lactation visits.
  • Provide breastfeeding counseling to PCC patients in the clinic and over the phone and provide follow-up support for lactation management issues according to clinic resources.
  • Provide one-on-one and group breastfeeding counseling in the clinic.
  • Prepares/develops educational breastfeeding materials as needed.

• Coordinate patient care and follow-up
  • Assist the providers with assessments of and referrals for outside services for lactation
  • Collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to optimize the number of breastfeeding infants.
  • Keep accurate records of patient contacts and report assessment findings to appropriate staff.
  • Educate on breast pump use in adherence to specific pump brand. 

• Coordinate in-house and outreach opportunities
  • Serve as the liaison to Mom’s Place for additional support and supplies.
  • Facilitate and teach breastfeeding information to PCC staff.
  • Serves as clinic’s liaison on breastfeeding matters. Represents PCC Lactation services to the community.

• Adhere to HIPAA guidelines.

Education: 

• B.S. or B.A. or higher degree with graduation from an accredited university.

Experience:  Minimum three years related related experience serving diverse patient populations in a community health setting.

Certificate/License:  IBCLC Certification Required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:  

• Bilingual in English/Spanish and familiarity with Hispanic population culture.
• Understanding of the theory and practice of breastfeeding, following public and community health service practices and generally accepted professional and ethical standards of patient-centered care.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective and consistently cordial working relationships with physician(s), other employees, and patients;
• Able to manage time effectively to ensure efficiency and timely follow through on tasks; able to accommodate changes in the workplace (e.g. procedures, scheduling, staffing, etc.); able to work effectively under pressure; maturity, flexibility, stability, initiative;
• Interest in and commitment to provision of high quality healthcare to vulnerable populations.

People’s Community Clinic is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, language, disability, pregnancy, gender identity or sex stereotyping.

Our Benefits Include:

• 18 PTO days per year & 11 paid holidays
• Major Medical Health Insurance Coverage. Most employees experience $0 in out-of-pocket medical expenses.
• Dental & Vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employer paid Life Insurance
• Employer paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Annual Training
• 403(b) with 4% employer matching

People’s Community Clinic is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, language, disability, pregnancy, gender identity or sex stereotyping.

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