In-Home Certified Lactation Consultant
In-Home Certified Lactation Consultant
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25-08-2025
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25-08-2025
Job Description
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! Mahmees 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 familys 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 7 days a week. This role will primarily be Monday-Friday however all Consultants on the team are expected to work at least one weekend during a calendar month and will have days off during the week when they are scheduled to work that weekend.
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 youll 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 patients 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 companys EHR.
- Counsel patients on breastfeeding techniques and strategies individualized to the dyads 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
Mahmees Commitment as an Equal Opportunity Employer
Mahmee values diverse experiences. If you have important skills that we havent listed here please dont 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.
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