Posted in Other 30+ days ago.
Location: Hartford, Connecticut
Job Title
Milk Technician - Full Time 40-hr
Status
Full Time
Education and Experience
High School Diploma, GED, or a higher level of education that would require the completion of high school, is required. Strong Math and computer skills required, including successful passing of math proficiency pre-testing related to milk feeding orders. Ability to comprehend simple medical terminology.
Job Responsibilities
Performs a variety of duties that related to the daily operations of Human Milk/Feeding room. These include and are not limited to the preparation and delivery of fresh/frozen mom's own human milk, donor human milk and infant/pediatric formulas according to physician orders and accurate recipes utilizing metric weights and measures. This includes transfer of information concerning patient formula orders via electronic medical record and feeding management technologies required to safely deliver infant/human milk feedings.
Techniques must adhere to all food safety/sanitation regulations and standards established by the hospital and regulatory agencies. The technician is responsible for safe and effective operation and cleaning of equipment needed to prepare infant/pediatric feedings and maintain sanitation in the milk preparation room. Processes human milk/formula orders and maintains temperature records. Performs required quality assurance monitoring activities along with inventory activities.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
Performs a variety of tasks that relate to the preparation and delivery of human milk and infant/pediatric formulas and transfer of written and electronic information concerning patient formula orders. Techniques must adhere to all food safety/sanitation regulations and standards established by the hospital and regulatory agencies. The technician is responsible for safe and effective operation of equipment needed to prepare infant/pediatric feedings and maintain sanitation in the preparation room. Processes human milk/formula orders and maintains temperature records. Performs required quality assurance monitoring activities.
Position Specific Role Responsibilities
Safely and accurately prepares and delivers properly labeled human milk feedings to hospitalized patients within regulatory guidelines utilizing specialized equipment such as: gram scale, liquid measures, and centrifuge.
Communicates with nutrition, lactation and nursing staff along with mothers who are dropping off, storing, and/or picking up expressed human milk to ensure proper labeling and storing of expressed human milk.
Communicates with nurses, lactation consultants, formula technicians, co-workers and parents to receive and clarify daily diet orders and ensures accurate preparation and labeling of human milk feedings.
Completes necessary paperwork for accurate quantities of expressed human milk and fortifiers to be used for preparation, inventory, billing and tracking.
Maintain daily inventory of expressed human milk and needed supplies. Places inventory orders to maintain adequate PAR levels of donor milk, fortifiers and supplies. Puts away orders when received, rotates inventory and disposes of expired inventory.
Cleans and sanitizes work area and equipment using approved technique.
May cross train for coverage of Infant Formulary team.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
None.
Milk tech certification and food safety training preferred.
Infosys Limited
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Infosys Limited
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Infosys Limited
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