Lactation Consultant-Day Shift

City/State

Norfolk, VA

Overview

Work Shift

First (Days) (United States of America)

Sentara Leigh Hospital located in Virginia Beach, VA is hiring a Lactation Consultant

• Full-time/Day Shift for Labor Delivery Postpartum and Recovery.

Sentara Benefits:

Sentara employees strive to make our communities healthier places to live. We're setting the standard for medical excellence within a vibrant, creative, and highly productive workplace. For more information about our employee benefits, CLICK HERE!

Sentara has added all of these additional benefits and incentives to those

benefits that already existed.

New Incentives & Benefits:

• Parental and Caregiver Leave

• Education Assistance Program or Student Loan Benefit

• Emergency Back-up Care

• Auto, Home & Pet Insurance Options

• Adoption Reimbursement

• Immediate matching of 403(b) (50% up to the first 6%)

Join a team that has a mission to improve health every day and a vision to be the healthcare choice of the communities that we serve!

Registered Nurses CLICK HERE to chat with a Sentara Recruiter Monday-Thursday

2PM-3PM EST

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Job Summary

The Lactation Consultant focuses on helping breastfeeding women and their families define and achieve their breastfeeding goals by providing evidenced based care, customer service, and cultural sensitivity. Provides breastfeeding education to other health care professional team members, possesses clinical knowledge and skills to meet lactation practice standards as required by International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE).

Position requires RN "or" PA. IBCLC must be obtained within two years of hire date. NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program-Sections 1-4 and 9) completion within 6 months of hire. Experience in perinatal setting preferred. BLS required within 90 days of hire. All Registered Nurses who do not have their BSN will be required to sign a BSN Agreement committing to successfully obtain their BSN within 5 years of hire.

Qualifications:

BLD - Bachelor's Level Degree: Nurse Practitioner (Required), N-2YR - RN-Associate's Degree (Required)

Basic Life Support (BLS)

• Certification

• American Heart Association (AHA) RQI, Physician Assistant License (PA) - State License

• North Carolina, Physician Assistant License (PA) - State License

• Other/National, Physician Assistant License (PA) - State License

• Virginia Department of Health Professionals (VADHP), Registered Nurse (RN) Single State

• Nursing License

• North Carolina, Registered Nurse (RN) Single State

• Nursing License

• Virginia Department of Health Professionals (VADHP), Registered Nurse License (RN)

• Nursing License

• Compact/Multi-State License

Nursing, Physician Assistant

Skills

Communication, Critical Thinking, Service Orientation, Speaking

Sentara Healthcare prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

Per Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), some clinical environments require proof of education; these regulations are posted at ecfr.gov for further information. In an effort to expedite this verification requirement, we encourage you to upload your diploma or transcript at time of application.

In support of our mission "to improve health every day," this is a tobacco-free environment.