Breastfeeding & Lactation Medicine Faculty Fellow

Description

The Department of Pediatrics, Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine Division has an opening for a Faculty Fellow in person at the University of Rochester. We are particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate advanced interest in providing advanced lactation care to complex patients. Your duties as a faculty member may include a combination of patient care, teaching, independent or sponsored research, administrative duties, community outreach, and University related public service. Principal duties will include completing fellowship training in Breastfeeding & Lactation Medicine. During this time, you will strengthen your knowledge base and clinical skills in Breastfeeding & Lactation Medicine while providing excellent patient care under the supervision of attending faculty as well as independently as directed by attending faculty. This is a two year Fellowship. There is an opportunity for advanced academic degrees and research training. Faculty Rank will be determined by Education/Experience. 

*Please note this is not the online LILAC Fellowship. For more information on that program, see lilac.urmc.edu

Department of Pediatrics: http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/childrens-hospital/

Division website: breastfeeding.urmc.edu

Qualifications

Successful candidates will have shown outstanding promise and commitment to maternal, neonatal, and family care during breastfeeding and lactation. Candidates must have an advanced medical degree after residency such as MD, DO, DNP, or be a practicing CNM or NP with a Masters in Nursing with experience in either Family Medicine, Pediatrics, OBGYN, Preventative Medicine or Internal Medicine. NYS Provider license, DEA required. IBCLC preferred. Additional training or CME as a provider to lactating parents/mothers and/or infants is desirable. Candidates should show excellence in mother/parent/infant histories and physical exams, development of differential diagnosis, care plans, care of families in the postpartum period, motivational interviewing and care of the patient in a sociodemographic context. 

Application Instructions

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The referenced pay range represents the University’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the base range of compensation for this faculty position. Individual salaries will be determined within the job’s salary range and established based on (but not limited to) market data, experience and expertise of the individual, and with consideration to related position salaries. Alignment of clinical incentive-based compensation may also be applicable and will be discussed during the hiring process.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

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