In-Home Certified Lactation Consultant I & II
Mahmee
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Posted on Aug 20, 2024
Mahmee is on a mission to make the United States the best place in the world to give birth by providing wraparound pregnancy and postpartum care that treats the whole you! Mahmee's overarching goal with infant feeding is to deliver expert-level lactation support and education to families in-hospital and post-discharge. While promoting breastfeeding remains a primary objective, we are committed to respecting a family's right to choose the best feeding method for them.
Mahmee is backed by some of the most well-known venture capital investors in the world, including Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Mark Cuban, Serena Williams, and Arlan Hamilton, among others.
We provide lactation support services seven days a week.
The goal of this role is to deliver quality, compassionate bedside patient care in an in-home setting to improve breastfeeding outcomes.
To accomplish this goal, you’ll need knowledge in:
- Breastfeeding support and guidance for infants from birth through one year of life
- Evidence-based Indications for infant feeding supplementation
- Milk collection, handling, and storage guidelines
- Breastfeeding management strategies for patients of low-risk to high-risk issues.
- Operation of various brands of breast pumps and their indications for use.
- Knowledge of normal and abnormal infant feeding behaviors and sleep patterns
- Knowledge of galactagogues and nutrition requirements to support lactation.
- Have a thorough understanding of the challenges and needs of high-risk patients.
- Understand the common feeding challenges of dyads with complex medical situations such as SGA, pre-term delivery, hyperbilirubinemia, IUGR, IGT, and low/high milk production.
- Latching and Positioning instruction
- Understands the negative impacts of triple feeding plans.
- Knowledge of various cultural practices, especially during lactation and the postpartum period.
You must have all of these skills:
- Performing maternal and infant assessments to identify breastfeeding challenges and conditions requiring medical treatment.
- Providing non-judgemental, compassionate care, with excellent bedside manner and cultural humility.
- Assess feeding and milk transfer using an infant scale.
- Strong clinical skills combined with critical thinking abilities.
- Providing hands-on instruction on latch and positioning techniques.
- Able to 'read the room' and exercise judgment in unusual or stressful situations
- Proficiency in selecting and using feeding devices such as supplemental nursing systems, nipple shields, and finger feeding to improve health outcomes.
- Skilled at communicating treatment plans and rationale to patients, colleagues, support persons, and care providers.
- Ability to prioritize and manage workload
- Counseling skills
Your responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Travel to patient homes in the Greater Los Angeles area to provide clinical lactation care.
- Conduct lactation consultations in patient homes using clinical strategies to solve common breastfeeding issues in the first 12 months of life.
- Use clinical and critical thinking skills to assess, diagnose, and treat breastfeeding challenges.
- Construct age-appropriate and sustainable feeding plans that support the health of the dyad and their feeding goals while prioritizing the patient's comfort and experience.
- Educate and instruct families on human milk storage and handling guidelines, the use of feeding devices, and various models of breast pumps.
- Collaborate with colleagues and the Lactation Manager on the patient caseload, treatment plans, patient follow-up, referrals, and challenges identified.
- Document all patient care and interactions in the company's EHR.
- Counsel patients on breastfeeding techniques and strategies, individualized to the dyad's unique feeding goals.
- As part of an interdisciplinary team, make appropriate referrals to MDs, ENTs, breast specialists, occupational and physical therapist pedodontists, and other identified medical professionals to address breastfeeding concerns.
Requirement
- Active IBCLC Certification
Mahmee’s Commitment as an Equal Opportunity Employer
Mahmee values diverse experiences. If you have important skills that we haven't listed here, please don’t hesitate to apply and tell us more about your unique expertise. Just like we fight for equitable access to healthcare, we also stand for equitable access to career opportunity. Inclusive hiring is incredibly important to our organization, and we welcome individuals of all cultural backgrounds and experiences to apply to our open positions. We especially encourage members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply, including women, people of color, LGBTQ people, veterans, and people with disabilities.