Lactation Consultant Registered Nurse

Description

Introduction

Do you have the career opportunities as a Lactation Consultant Registered Nurse you want in your current role? We invest in what matters most to nurses like you – at home, at work, and at every stage in your career. We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Medical City Plano which is a part of the nation’s leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Benefits

Medical City Plano, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
  
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
  
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
  
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
  
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
  
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
  
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
  
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
  
• Colleague recognition program
  
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
  
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Do you want to work where you have a voice? Nurses are at the forefront of our commitment to the care and improvement of human life. At HCA Healthcare, there are many ways for nurses to have a voice through professional practice councils, advisory councils, vital voices surveys, and units of distinction. We learn from our multi-generational nursing family. We partner with our Nurses at Medical City Plano!

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Lactation Consultant is responsible for understanding and assisting with the lactation process. Provides expert care in lactation management in accordance with the International Lactation Consultant Association and Standards of Practice for International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners or The Academy of Lactation Policy and Practice code of ethics, respective of current certification. Serves as an expert consultant to maternal- child staff, physicians and other healthcare professionals in the management of patients with complex breastfeeding problems. Participates in program management to support and encourage successful breastfeeding through the first year of life. Participates in program development activities to facilitate successful exclusive breastfeeding for inpatient mother/infant dad.

What you will do in this role:

• Provide care in an evidenced-based environment.

• Practice autonomously, consistent with practice standards and research based policy/procedures.

• Exercise independent judgment within the context of interdisciplinary patient care.

• Provide care/treatment/services within the theoretical framework of modeling and role-modeling.

• Delegate tasks appropriate to meet the needs of the individual patient.

• Plan, implement, revise and delegate nursing care with patient safety as the primary goal.

• Perform necessary technical skills as delineated through education, expertise, and unit requirements.

• Incorporate teaching into all aspects of nursing practice.

• Document pertinent data in a concise manner.

• Participate in development and evaluation of professional practice by participating on unit and/or hospital committees, special projects and attendance at staff meetings and town halls.

• Actively participate in unit and/or hospital performance improvement activities.

• Attendance and being on time, ready to work your scheduled hours is an essential job function.

What qualifications you will need:

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• Neonate Resuscitate must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date
• Graduate of a School of Nursing, BSN required /MSN preferred
• CLC required; (IBCLC) International Board Certified Lactation Consultant must be obtained within 6 months
• Unencumbered Texas RN license

Medical City Plano opened in 1975 and provides Plano and Collin County with advanced health care. Medical City Plano is a 600+ bed acute care hospital. We have more than 2,000 employees and over 1,400 physicians on staff. Our main campus in Plano has a cancer treatment center and cardiovascular programs. We have The Bariatric Surgery Institute, a Wound Care Center and inpatient rehabilitation. We also offer complete women's and children's services. This includes a high-risk antepartum unit and a Level 3 neonatal intensive-care unit. We were the first hospital in Dallas, Collin or Denton counties to be named a Comprehensive Stroke Center by the Texas Department of State Health Services. Medical City Plano was the first Level I Trauma Center in Collin County and The Burn and Reconstructive Center of Texas was the first burn center in Collin County. As a part of the Medical City network of hospitals and specialists, patients are ensured access to leading medical experts and advanced healthcare innovations.

"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If this opportunity is your next step in your career path, we encourage you to apply for our Lactation Consultant Registered Nurse opening. We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.