OverviewJoin our team as a PRN, Lactation Consultant, Registered Nurse in Tyler, TX.
Fulfilling your purpose begins here:
People First, Always. Here’s how we take care of our people:
- Competitive salaries, support teams and growth opportunities.
Your team is bigger than your department:
- UT Health Tyler, the flagship hospital of the system, has 502 licensed beds specializing in advanced acute care medicine. Our hospital includes a 24-hour ER with Level 1 trauma center, a comprehensive stroke center, more than 500 physicians and a full complement of subspecialty groups.
- We believe healthcare is a team sport and every player has something to contribute. We show compassion, celebrate differences and treat one another with respect.
Responsibilities- The Lactation Consultant is responsible for coordinating patient care and educational activities related to lactation for staff and breastfeeding mothers in inpatient or outpatient settings.
- The Lactation Consultant is respondible for providing lactation support new mother's in our LDRP (Labor, delivery, recovery, postpartum) and mother's of babies admitted in our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
- The individual is a professional caregiver who uses the nursing process to provide overall coordination, planning and management of lactation services to staff/physicians.
QualificationsJob Requirements:
Completion of Associate Degree, Diploma, Bachelor of Science in Nursing or Masters of Science in Nursing.
Completion of International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners certification.
- Minimum of five years experience in Maternal Child Nursing.