When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.
The BIDMC Nursing Mission is to build on a legacy of nursing excellence by caring with compassion, advancing the art & science of nursing, and advocating for the health of patients, families, and communities.
Schedule
Per diem
Day shifts available
About the Unit
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and Special Care Nursery provide high‑quality, family‑centered care for infants requiring specialized support.
The care model is individualized and developmentally supportive, designed to promote physiologic stability and optimal growth for each infant. Families are essential partners in the care process. Parents participate in decision‑making and are engaged from admission through discharge.
An interdisciplinary team approach guides all aspects of care delivery. The unit culture is collaborative, respectful, and grounded in open communication. The team benefits from strong educational programs, professional development opportunities, and consistently high staff retention.
The Lactation Consultant Nurse practices as a professional registered nurse using the nursing process as the foundation for care delivery. In this role, the nurse provides specialized lactation support and direct nursing care to infants and families in the NICU setting. Training, competency validation, and ongoing performance evaluation are overseen by the department’s Nurse Leader to ensure safe, evidence-based practice.
Essential Responsibilities:
Demonstrates the ability for decision making by integrating theoretical knowledge with practical experience in caring for patients.
Coordinates the care of patients and directs assistive personnel in order to provide safe, effective, efficient, equitable and timely, patient-centered care.
Demonstrates a commitment to patients, staff, and to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The individual nursing practice reflects the goals of the Medical Center. Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own nursing practice and patient safety.
Works in a collegial and collaborative relationship with other health professionals to determine healthcare needs of patients and families. Develops relationships with patients and families that maintain and communicate trust and respect. Communicates effectively in the exchange of information. Demonstrate the ability to act as a patient advocate.
Maintains annual mandatory education requirements, which include emergency skills and unit based competencies. Identifies needs for continued growth and development in conjunction with the unit based educator or clinical nurse specialist. Participates in activities that contribute to professional development of self and quality improvement activities.
Required Qualifications:
Associate's degree required. Bachelor's degree in Nursing preferred.
License Registered Nurse required.
American Heart Association – Basic Life support Certificate required.
IBCLC Certified
0-1 years related work experience required.
Basic familiarity with computers. Ability to navigate at a basic level within web-based applications.
Competencies:
Pay Range:
$38.00 - $98.19
The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.
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