Hi, all, I checked with Kathleen Bruce first, to be sure it was ok to
post what amounts to a classified ad:
This list is where I got started, and so this is where I'm hoping to
find someone reading these pages who has been hankering for a fulltime
(or parttime) position in a practice devoted exclusively to
breastfeeding medicine. This is a search for a professional position in
our practice. If you're not interested, before you move on to the next
email, please do think of friends or colleagues not on this list who
might be interested.
The practice: Breastfeeding Resources is a small private specialty
practice in Stratford Connecticut, which I started eight years ago.
The space: We have three "exam rooms" each decked out with floral homey
type furniture, a glider and/or loveseat, a sink, an electronic scale,
etc., We also have several staff rooms, including a "kitchen" where we
have a washer/dryer to do all our towels and pillowcases,
reception/waiting room, and a "living room" where we do classes, play
with slings, have a mother's group lunch every Wednesday, and have drop
in visits.
Our patients: We currently see about 750 new dyads each year. They come
primarily from our own and surrounding counties, but also from anywhere
in Connecticut, from New York, and Massachusetts. They are a good cross
section of folks, including a good chunk of them who are that 30 year
and up motivated and educated. The vast majority of our visits are paid
by insurance, public or private.
Our staff: We, who serve these families, are currently ten women: six
clinical and four support, four of us fulltime or nearly so, and six of
us halftime or less.
Clinical staff: We are two docs, two nurse practitioners, and two
lactation consultants. Actually five of us are IBCLC, the sixth is
taking the boards this year. Both LCs and both NPs are also LLLleaders,
and one of our receptionists is also a LLLleader. One of our NPs is
extremely parttime, being our "research person," a half day a week,
working mostly on faculty at a nearby university. One MD/IBCLC is just
returning a couple days a month from maternity leave, one RN/IBCLC is
soon to be going on extended maternity leave. We are having trouble
keeping up with the increasing volume of patients referred to us. Right
now we are trying to see about ten dyads a day, and answer phone
messages from another twenty or thirty.moms a day. We need help.
Who we are looking for:
We are very specifically looking for a nurse practitioner or doctor, who
is either already IBCLC, or, who already has enough lactation experience
that, after another year (with us) of mother-baby dyads under her belt,
will be qualified to sit for the IBLCE boards next year (and/or, if
physician, qualified for Fellowship in the Academy of BF Med.) Must
already live in Connecticut or be prepared to relocate quickly. We
really need someone yesterday. We would prefer fulltime, but will be
happy to consider a parrtime or shared position.  We are a relaxed and
easy going bunch, get along well (with all that oxytocin flowing all the
time!), and look for that in future staffmembers. In the absence of an
extensive literature about breastfeeding management, we have to keep
learning from the babies and the mothers, so we look for people who are
inquisitive, reflective, and analytical, and yet totally able to engage
their own right brains, and connect with the families they support.
Replies: Please don't reply to the list, as I am set to NOMAIL. Instead,
please send an email reply to: Christina Smillie [log in to unmask]
Include a CV or resume if you have one readily available electronically,
but a personal letter about yourself is most important.
Thanks, Tina Smillie

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