staff - Registered Nurse (RN) - Lactation RN - $36-54 per hour

Inova Health System is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Lactation RN for a nursing job in Dunn Loring, Virginia.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty : Lactation RN
• Discipline : RN
• Start Date : ASAP
• Duration : Ongoing
• Shift : days
• Employment Type : Staff

Inova Fairfax Medical Center is looking for a dedicated Registered Nurse (RN) Lactation Consultant to join the team. This role will be full-day / evening shift 36 hours / week Sign-on bonus and relocation assistance eligible.

Lactation / Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Women’s Service Line

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.

C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits :

• Committed to Team Member Health : offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement : Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance : offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support : offering all Inova team members, their spouses / partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work / Life Balance : offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities.

Registered Nurse (RN) Job Responsibilities :

• Performs comprehensive patient health assessments by interpreting multiple data sets and synthesizing their interrelationships
• Formulates individualized plans of care based on assessment findings and interpreting trends in patient populations to achieve best practice
• Conducts all patient care in a patient and family centered manner, integrating knowledge, skills and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families throughout the continuum of care
• Advocates for patients' rights from the patient and family perspective and provides counsel while acting as a resource to resolve issues
• Accesses resources from all disciplines to achieve desired patient outcomes and coordinates healthcare and alternate services for patient / family transition planning
• Documents all patient care activities, as per documentation standards, and assists healthcare team members with documentation
• Evaluates the process to achieve outcomes, anticipates patient variances and makes revisions to plans of care
• Makes clinical decisions based on experience, patient population data and intuition while promoting the development of clinical decision making of all team members
• Communicates effectively, works cooperatively with others, and has respect for and an understanding of other clinical disciplines
• Assists staff to assess patients' learning needs and outcomes measurement of patient education
• Provides direction and guidance to others regarding practice while serving as a clinical resource, preceptor, and mentor and delegates patient care activities and coordinates unit activities as needed
• Utilizes standards, guidelines and pathways for care delivery and ensures that the process for delivery of care is synthesized from direct patient / family communication, technology and other healthcare team member collaboration
• Demonstrates evidence of self-development by obtaining a minimum of six formal contact hours and maintains own Team Member Continuing Education Record
• Evaluates clinical and quality outcomes and contributes to performance improvement initiatives
• May perform additional duties as assigned

Additional Information :

• Work schedule : Day / evening shifts, 36 hours / week. Evenings shifts are typically 11am-11pm. Staff will be expected to work weekend requirement and holiday retirement as set by unit.
• Education Requirement : BSN from an accredited school of nursing. If RN has an Associate’s Degree (ADN); must complete BSN within 5 years of start date.
• Experience : Required 1 year of experience as a Registered Nurse, for Critical Care units, 1 year of experience as a Registered Nurse in a critical care setting or completion of a critical care fellowship.
• Required Certification : Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification from the American Heart Association required upon start For Critical Care Units : Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support - Within 6 Months For Pediatric Units : Pediatric Advanced Life Support- Within 6 Months For Infusion Center Units : Obtain chemo card- within 3 months of hire
• Required Licensure : Licensed or eligible for licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse or an active multi-state Registered Nurse license
• Preferred Qualifications : Currently holds IBCLC with minimum two years of postpartum inpatient experience.

Inova Job ID #657364. Posted job title : registered nurse (rn) lactation consultant- full time days / evenings