Formula Technician

Texas Children's Hospital; Katy (TX); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Children's Hospital West Campus seeks a Formula Technician to manage patient formula orders and research protocols, delivering care that is developmentally appropriate for pediatric patients.

You will weigh, measure, and aseptically prepare formulas per physician orders, calculate recipes, ensure timely delivery to patient care areas, and maintain compliance with departmental policies and hygiene standards.

Qualifications

• H.S. Diploma or GED required.
• Bachelor's Degree Health Related Field preferred.
• 6 months Healthcare work experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Accurately weighs, measures, and prepares formulas per physician's orders using aseptic technique.
• Calculates formula recipes per physician order.
• Escalates concerns about medical order errors appropriately.
• Ensures timely delivery of modified or special formula/modular orders to patient care areas. Responsibility
• Adheres to departmental policies and procedures through maintaining proper uniform in compliance with policy.
• Performs hand hygiene and aseptic technique; ensures proper temperature control of products throughout transportation, mixing, and delivery processes.
• Maintain environmental cleanliness of office space, preparation room and product storage daily.

Skills

Healthcare experience

Education

H.S. Diploma or GED

Bachelor's Degree Health Related Field preferred

Job description

Job Description

We are searching for a Formula Technician. Someone who will manage patient formula orders and research protocols as well as any needed communication in a manner developmentally appropriate for the ages of patients served.

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Qualifications

• H.S. Diploma or GED required.
• Bachelor's Degree Health Related Field preferred.
• 6 months Healthcare work experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Accurately weighs, measures, and prepares formulas per physician's orders using aseptic technique.
• Calculates formula recipes per physician order.
• Escalates concerns about medical order errors appropriately.
• Ensures timely delivery of modified or special formula/modular orders to patient care areas. Responsibility
• Adheres to departmental policies and procedures through maintaining proper uniform in compliance with policy.
• Performs hand hygiene and aseptic technique; ensures proper temperature control of products throughout transportation, mixing, and delivery processes.
• Maintain environmental cleanliness of office space, preparation room and product storage daily.

About Us

Texas Children Hospital West Campus is Houston's first community hospital designed, built and equipped exclusively for children in one of the city's most rapidly growing communities in the area from Sugar Land to Bryan-College Station, Texas. Located at I-10 and Barker Cypress, our 515,007-square-foot hospital houses the only 24/7 pediatric emergency room in the Greater West Houston area, four operating rooms, 16-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 46 acute care beds, advanced imaging services including MRI and CT scans, a neurophysiology sleep lab, a pathology lab and a full-scale pharmacy.

To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.

Texas Children is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.