Lactation Consultant PRN - L&D

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) – Medical-Surgical

Job Type: Part-Time | PRN

Schedule: 12 hour shifts | 6:45pm-7am or 6:45am-7pm

 

Your Experience Matters at Canyon Vista Medical Center

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. At Canyon Vista Medical Center, we are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. Here, you’re not just valued as an employee, but as a person. As a Lactation Consultant joining our team, you’re embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion, and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

 

How You’ll Contribute

 Join our team in a supportive environment that fosters growth and learning. Work with cutting-edge technology. The Lactation Consultant plans, implements, monitors, and evaluates the Lactation Program and services offered. The Lactation Consultant serves as a resource to staff and patients. 

Essential Functions

• Collaborates with healthcare team members to provide patient, staff and community education and support. 
• Assesses patient condition including physical, psychosocial and age-specific needs related to lactation. 
• Provides direct instructions, interventions, and support in resolving patient breast feeding issues. 
• Assists health care team in maintaining current knowledge base and competency with breast feeding. 
• 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.
• Assesses local community need for breastfeeding education, and participates/teaches in programs to address identified needs as appropriate.
• Use 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. 
• Updates skills and knowledge by attaining 15 contact hours annually and provides documentation of completion.
• Assists with orientation and training of others as directed.

 

More About Canyon Vista Medical Center

People are our passion and purpose. Come work where you are appreciated for who you are not just what you can do. Canyon Vista Medical Center is located in Sierra Vista, Arizona and is a 106 bed Joint Commission Accredited offering a number of specialty services. We are proud to serve our community with a Level III Trauma unit, Center of Excellence for Total Joint Replacement, Level I Nursery, American College of Radiology Accredited Facility, as well as many other state of the art services to ensure our patients are cared for. 

 

Why Choose Us: 

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:

• Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage — with medical plans starting at just $10 per pay period — tailored benefit options for part-time and PRN employees, and more.
• 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.

 

What we’re looking for:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree Preferred

• Licenses: Current RN License- Preferred

• Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS); International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE)

• Minimum Work Experience: 3 years of experience in Mother/Baby/Nursery environment; Preferred: Education experience in clinical and/or classroom setting

 

EEOC Statement:

Canyon Vista Medical Center is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunities for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of color, race, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, gender identity, sexual orientation, veterans' status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

About UsLifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country. About the TeamWe employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.