Lactation Consultant

Location: Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan

Job type: Part time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Nursing

Reference: 56940

Monash Women's at Monash Health is Australia's largest maternity service. As a leading maternity services provider, we offer specialised care for women having complex pregnancies as well as women experiencing low risk pregnancy and parenthood.
- Temporary, part time position
- Play an key role in the supporting women to breastfeed their new babies
- Provide education for women, their partners and staff

**About our Maternity Services at Monash Health**

We provide care and assist with births for 10,000 parents a year. Monash Health, Monash Women's provides maternity services at Monash Medical Centre Clayton campus, Dandenong Hospital and Casey Hospital.

**About The Role**

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic, suitably qualified Lactation Consultant for our maternity services:

- Monash Medical Centre, Clayton

The successful applicant for the Lactation Consultant role will be based at MMC and will be responsible for providing assessment, education and support to all areas of MMC Maternity Services where needed. They may also cross site to attend working groups to help improve/implement changes within Monash Health. They will be responsible for the delivery of evidence based high quality care and education to the women and her partner as well as to their colleagues within the Program. The lactation consultant will assist with ongoing evaluation and auditing’ to help Monash Health lactation services become more efficient. The Lactation Consultant is responsible for liaising with members of the multidisciplinary team where appropriate. They will be reporting both to internal and external bodies.

This is a temporary, part-time role, working across clinical shifts within the Maternity Services as required.

**About You**

You are an experienced lactation consultant who has a strong commitment to exceptional care and outstanding outcomes. You will work with your team in all aspects of the service including pregnancy and postnatal care and will be inspired everyday working with likeminded, passionate colleagues who share your values and purpose. You strive toward providing high quality evidence-based care as you improve breastfeeding outcomes to women and their babies. You are an advocate for Monash Health's Strategic Guiding Principles.

You Are Also:

- committed to a leadership & mentoring role
- dedicated to safe best practice & quality care
- committed to delivering patient centred care & patient advocacy
- enthusiastic, compassionate & able to work collaboratively
- excited to be accountable for and manage specific portfolios in our relentless pursuit of excellence

What You Need:

- Relevant Qualification IBCLC
- Demonstrated experience in postnatal care and breastfeeding
- Current AHPRA registration
- Australian working rights

**What We Offer**:

- access to Monash Health in-house learning portals to further expand your acute clinical skills & knowledge base
- avenues to further develop your leadership & project management skills
- mentorship & career guidance
- support to attend relevant forums & conferences
- a supportive learning environment, should you wish to undertake postgraduate studies

In addition, you will have access to benefits including salary packaging to increase your take-home pay, access to onsite staff car parking and gym, uniform and the Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.

**How to Apply**

Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed. These include:

- reference checks;
- a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months;
- a current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same);and
- proof of immunisation.

A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.

Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status. The current orders require evidence of three doses for COVID-19.