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I am a lactation consultant in private practice .... who holds the contract
to provide lactation consultation services to my local hospital. I see moms
on the floor, follow up with them (briefly) by phone after discharge, and
send their names on to the local nursing mothers' support group. I think
this is a win-win situation for several reasons: the hospital isn't
entangling itself with a new employee, and the LC isn't caught up in
hopsital staffing dramas, because she is an independent contractor -- coming
and going as the job is done (just like the babyphotographer). (I, in turn,
have subcontracts with several other IBCLCs to help me fulfill my
contractual duties.)
I suggest you start out offering to work every other day, whether it is a
weekend or not. That is how my contract was originally arranged (altho the
hospital upped it to 6-day-a-week coverage a year or so later). Most Moms
are in the hospital for two nights ... so if you get there at the same time
(probably the morning hours), you should see every Mom at least once before
her discharge. If you have that rare Mom who delivers after you leave one
day, and who plans to go home before your next scheduled day, you could have
the staff call you to come in.
(Kudos to Debi Page Ferrarello IBCLC for taking me on as a subcontractor
many years ago; when she retired from lactation consulting, I was able to
take over the hospital contract I am referring to.)
Liz Brooks, JD, IBCLC
Wyndmoor, PA, USA
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