Hourly Wage Estimate: 36.50 - 53.25 / hour
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Strong staffing Support when it matters most. Technology and tools that streamline patient monitoring and communication to help you work more efficiently. Robust supply chains to keep you fully equipped. Ongoing clinical education to improve your skills. As a Registered Nurse at HCA HealthONE Mountain Ridge, you’ll have all the staffing support, technology and resources you need to deliver safe, high-quality care—so you can focus on what you do best.
Job Summary and Qualifications
I. Position Summary: The lactation consultant is a skilled member of the health care team who provides lactation consultation to patients via direct interactions and provides clinical support and care to all breastfeeding mothers. Promotes breastfeeding and assists with facilitating change within the clinical settings using evidence-based, practical, clinical management. The lactation consultant takes patient histories, performs breast and feeding evaluations, develops treatment plans, and makes appropriate referrals as indicated. Participates in the Mom Baby monthly staff Meetings. Works cohesively with NICU, Mom/Baby and Labor & Delivery staff to promote a consistent lactation program, both inpatient and outpatient services and ensure continuity of care for ongoing breastfeeding success. Job duties also may include but not be inclusive of: skin to skin, phone triage ~ lactation services, and assisting customers who attend the Baby on the Weigh Club.
II. Position Requirements:
A. Licensure/Certification/Registration: Current licensure in the State of Colorado as a Registered Nurse, or current active multistate Registered Nurse license. Lactation certification from an approved training program. CLC certified.
B. Education: Graduated from Nursing School. Lactation certification from an approved training program.
C. Experience: Must possess practical skills, clinical judgment and knowledge of the lactation field. Must have comprehensive practical experience working with breast feeding mothers and infants. One or more years of lactation, parent education experience.
D. Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Must possess extensive practical skills, clinical judgment and knowledge of the lactation field. Strong background in adult education, interpersonal skills, health professional education, developing, implementing and monitoring teaching activities. Excellent physical assessment and interviewing skills required. Must have current knowledge of various interventions and equipment used in supporting breast feeding mothers and infants.
Benefits
HCA HealthONE Mountain Ridge, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
- Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
- Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
- Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
- Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
- Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
- Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts
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HCA HealthONE, one of the largest and most comprehensive healthcare systems in the Rocky Mountain region, offers more than 170 care sites in the Denver-metro area. Offering services across the continuum of care to meet patients’ total healthcare needs, HCA HealthONE includes seven acute care hospitals, a dedicated flagship pediatric hospital, a rehabilitation hospital, CareNow® urgent care clinics, mental health campuses, imaging and surgery centers, physician practices, home and hospice care, and AirLife Denver, which provides regional critical care air and ground transportation. Among HCA HealthONE’s acute care hospitals is Mountain Ridge (formerly North Suburban Medical Center), a 157-bed, Level II state-designated trauma facility. Mountain Ridge strives to meet and exceed the needs of the north metro Denver communities by also providing two freestanding, full-service emergency rooms and an outpatient surgery center. Consistently among the Denver Business Journals’ list of top corporate philanthropists in the Denver-metro area, HCA HealthONE was named as one of the most community-minded organizations by The Civic 50 and contributed more than 1 million through cash and in-kind donations last year alone, along with more than 400M in federal, state and local taxes.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated 3.7 billion in costs for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
"Nurses play a pivotal role and are the backbone of healthcare delivery. At HCA Healthcare, we are dedicated to ensuring nurses have necessary tools and resources to provide world-class patient care, advocating for the profession and helping to shape the future of nursing."
Sammie Mosier, DHA, MA, BSN, NE-BC
Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive, HCA Healthcare
If growth and continued learning is important to you, we encourage you to apply for our Registered Nurse Lactation Consultant PRN opening. Our team will promptly review your application. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities 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.
