Registered Nurse- Part Time, Lactation Consultant, Evenings Morristown NJ

The Lactation Consultant is a registered healthcare professional responsible for providing evidence-based lactation care, education, and support to breastfeeding mothers, infants, and families throughout the prenatal, inpatient, and postpartum periods. The Lactation Consultant promotes, protects, and supports breastfeeding through direct patient care, staff education, interdisciplinary collaboration, and program development initiatives.

Principal Accountabilities:
1. Assess maternal and infant breastfeeding needs through comprehensive lactation evaluations.

2. Develop individualized lactation care plans based on patient needs and clinical findings.

3. Provide breastfeeding education and counseling to expectant parents, postpartum mothers, and families.

4. Assist with breastfeeding initiation, positioning, latch techniques, milk expression, and pumping strategies.

5. Identify and address breastfeeding complications, including engorgement, mastitis, nipple trauma, low milk supply, and infant feeding concerns.

6. Document assessments, interventions, patient responses, and outcomes in the electronic medical record.

7. Facilitate continuity of care through referrals to community breastfeeding resources and outpatient lactation services.
8. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required:

1. Graduate of an accredited Nursing Program.
2. Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse.
3. BLS certification with in 6 months of hire

4. International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) or working towards

Preferred:
1. Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
2. Master’s degree in nursing or related field.
3. 2+ year of experience in Nursing or relevant area.

At Atlantic Health, our promise to our communities is;
Anyone who enters one of our facilities will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 22,000 team members. Headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation.

Our facilities and sites of care include:

• Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
• Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ
• Atlantic Health Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ
• Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ
• Atlantic Health Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ
• Atlantic Health Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
• Atlantic Health Centra State Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ
• Atlantic Medical Group
• Atlantic Visiting Nurse
• Atlantic Mobile Health
• Atlantic Rehabilitation

We have more than 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group.

We have received awards and recognition for the services we have provided to our patients, team members and communities. Below are just a few of our accolades:

• Chosen for 17 years by Fortune as one of the magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For."
• Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook Named by Newsweek as two of the “World’s Best Hospitals” in 2026.
• Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook ranked within the top three hospitals in New Jersey by U.S. News & World Report’s  Best Hospital rankings.
• Atlantic Health scored four “A” grades by The Leapfrog Group in its Fall 2025 Hospital Safety Grades, performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries and injections, as well as systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm.
• Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook are New Jersey's only hospitals to be named among America's 50 Best hospitals by Health grades in 2026.
• Named by Becker's Healthcare as one of the "165 Top Places to Work in…