Lactation Consultant

About the role

Canyon Vista Medical Center is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a Lactation Consultant joining our team, you're embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier.

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.
• Assesses 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, such as nutritional requirements, 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
• 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

Benefits

• Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees
• Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off
• Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match
• Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs)
• Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities