Milk Bank Technician (Per Diem)

We are searching for a per diem Milk Bank Technician-- someone to store, prepare and deliver a mother's breast milk and/or pasteurized donor human milk to hospitalized infants. To provide assistance to mothers of hospitalized infants expressing milk for their infants in a manner appropriate and as necessary.

Think you’ve got what it takes?

• Knowledge of milk collection, storage, preparation, measurement, and sanitary techniques
   

• High school graduate, GED, or equivalent
• 6 months healthcare-related work experience
   

** an Associate's Degree or a Bachelor's degree in Nutrition or a Healthcare related field can substitute for 6 months experience**

• 1 year nutrition or breastfeeding education experience
• any knowledge or experience of Milk Preparation room or Milk Lab

• →Accurately weighs, measures, and prepares mother’s own and/or pasteurized donor human milk for infant feeding per physician’s orders
• →Uses sanitary techniques according to established procedures to prepare and store mother’s own/pasteurized donor human milk for infant feeding
• →Documents and delivers properly labeled human milk feedings to appropriate patient care area
• →Maintain inventory log of mother’s own milk storage volume
• →Communicates with parents delivering milk to the Milk Bank regarding status of mother’s milk inventory and to ensure quality standards for transportation and storage of mother’s milk.
• →Communicates with co-workers' status of mother’s milk inventory and location where milk is stored
• →Accurately documents the number of syringes/bottles, milk volumes and additives (when applicable) of human milk preparation on the daily Milk Bank Record
• →Provides active membership in hospital work teams/committees that require Milk Bank participation
• →Participates in the review/update of Milk Bank policies, procedures and workflows and provides feedback to departmental leadership
• →Participates in quality improvement activities per department and institutional programs
• →Coordinates Milk Bank technician schedule and assignments; adjusts workload of team as needed

"As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards. "