LPN - Lactation Consultant PRN - L&D

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) – Women & Children

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.

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