AddressCompany description:
Colac Area Health
Job description:
LACTATION CONSULTANT
Parental Leave Temporary Part Time 29 July 2024-17 August 2025
16 hours per fortnight
Colac Area Health is a values based organisation providing a unique integrated health service comprising of over 500 employees, provide Acute Care, Aged Care, Community and Allied Health Services.
The Lactation Consultant will work alongside the Maternity Team at Colac Area Health to improve the health and wellbeing of children and families providing evidence based information, support amd resources on breastfeeding and lactation.
What's required?
- Division 1 Registered Nurse and Midwife with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Qualified Lactation Consultant with IBCLC (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant)
- Minimum 5 years post graduate nursing experience
- Evidence of a focus on and a passion for Lactation Consultancy
- Superior leadership skills
- Strong interpersonal communication (written and oral) and problem solving skills
- Ability to actively lead and contribute to continuous quality improvement activities
Desirable:
- The ability to maintain an open dialogue with senior clinicians and management personnel
- Experience in development, delivery and evaluation of education
Applications close Monday 3rd June 2024.
