Lactation Consultant

About the role

Canyon Vista Medical Center in Sierra Vista, AZ is seeking a Lactation Consultant on a PRN basis with varied shift schedules. This position offers comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage, life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave, and paid time off. Additionally, there are higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance, and a 401(k) retirement package with company match.

Responsibilities

• Teaches, coaches, supports, and mentors nursing staff and other healthcare learners to promote evidence-based clinical practice, and support breastfeeding skills to mother-infant dyad.
• Serves as a consultant to nursing, members of the healthcare community, and to the larger community in areas of lactation.
• Understands the diverse cultural, physical, emotional, and psychological response to birthing, lactation, and parenting.
• Affirms the local community's need for breastfeeding education and participates/teaches in programs to address identified needs as appropriate.
• Uses current lactation theories and research to develop evidence-based feeding plans that address individual feeding issues, while respecting the family's breastfeeding goals.
• Participates in the development, implementation, and evaluation of standards of practice, guidelines, policies, procedures, and protocols within area of lactation.
• Participates in the design, implementation, and evaluation of programs and projects in lactation and breastfeeding to meet goals and objectives of the organization and department.
• Participates in interdisciplinary performance improvement and clinical research to promote evidence-based lactation services and to improve clinical outcomes.
• Provides lactation support and services to new mothers and infants.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Licenses: Current RN License - Preferred.
• Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS); International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE).
• 3 years of experience in Mother/Baby/Nursery environment.
• Education experience in clinical and/or classroom setting.
• Updates skills and knowledge by attaining 15 contact hours annually and provides documentation of completion.
• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.

Qualifications

• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.

Skills

• Teaching and coaching skills.
• Supporting and mentoring nursing staff and other healthcare learners.
• Consulting with nursing, healthcare community, and community members.
• Understanding diverse cultural, physical, emotional, and psychological responses to birthing, lactation, and parenting.
• Developing evidence-based feeding plans.
• Participating in performance improvement and clinical research.
• Providing lactation support and services.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage, life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave, and paid time off. Additional benefits include higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance, and a 401(k) retirement package with company match.

Pay

The pay for this position is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

This position offers varied shift schedules including holidays, extended shifts, night and/or weekend shifts, standby, and/or on-call.