Infant Nutrition Associate-TH 9 NICU-Day Shift (35 Hours)

NYU Langone Hospitals; New York (NY); On-site; USD 49,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

NYU Langone Health invites applications for an Infant Nutrition Associate-TH 9 NICU-Day Shift (35 Hours). The INA handles mother’s HM and donor milk, ensuring safe processing and accurate labeling for NICU patients.

Responsibilities include Epic data entry, inventory management, aseptic prep, feeding order coordination, and proper storage. Minimum qualifications include an associate degree; a Bachelor’s degree is preferred.

Qualifications

• Associate degree required; college degree preferred.
• Ability to read, understand and perform basic math.
• Ability to understand and interpret basic medical terminologies.
• Ability to use computer/software.
• Organization and detail-oriented.

Responsibilities

• Manages receiving and labeling of mothers HM according to procedure.
• Inputs information into the Epic-timeless system.
• Organizes and performs inventory of HM supply for each patient in refrigerators and freezers.
• Cleans work surfaces and equipment prior to HM preparation, and in between each individual patient milk preparation.
• Prepares individualized HM feedings following established procedures.
• Stores prepared feedings in patient care unit refrigerators, removing expired HM.
• Delivers HM to appropriate bedside refrigerators and bins.
• Monitors daily inventory and orders additional nutrition room supplies as needed.
• Monitors refrigerator and freezer temperatures.
• Participates in department in-services to maintain appropriate competence.

Skills

Medical terminology

Basic math

Computer skills

Organizational skills

Reading comprehension

Education

Associate degree

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Epic systems

Job description

NYU Langone Health is a fully integrated health system that consistently achieves the best patient outcomes through a rigorous focus on quality that has resulted in some of the lowest mortality rates in the nation. Vizient Inc. has ranked NYU Langone the No. 1 comprehensive academic medical center in the country for three years in a row, and U.S. News & World Report recently placed nine of its clinical specialties among the top five in the nation. NYU Langone offers a comprehensive range of medical services with one high standard of care across 6 inpatient locations, its Perlmutter Cancer Center, and over 320 outpatient locations in the New York area and Florida. With $14.2 billion in revenue this year, the system also includes two tuition-free medical schools, in Manhattan and on Long Island, and a vast research enterprise with over $1 billion in active awards from the National Institutes of Health.

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Position Summary

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Infant Nutrition Associate-TH 9 NICU-Day Shift (35 Hours). In this role, the successful candidate The Infant Nutrition Associate (INA) is responsible for highly specialized tasks for the preparation, inventory, distribution and management of mother's breast milk. Both Human Milk (HM) and Donor Human Milk (DHM) will be processed for nutritional needs/additives in supporting the neonate in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The INA will demonstrate competencies relative to infection control principles, appropriate technical calculation (weights and measures conversions, including metrics), knowledge of common medical abbreviations and terminologies, available formula products and human milk additives. The INA will effectively communicate with members of the health care team.

Job Responsibilities

• 1. Manages receiving and labeling of mothers HM according to procedure
• - Inputs information into the Epic-timeless system
• - organizes and performs inventory of HM supply for each patient in refrigerators and
• - freezers
• 2. Cleans work surfaces and equipment prior to HM preparation, and in between each individual patient milk preparation
• - Follows aseptic technique
• - Follows infection control policies
• - Maintains cleanliness of refrigerators and freezers on a daily and as needed basis
• - Maintain cleanliness of storage bins (in refrigerators and freezers)
• 3. Prepares individualized HM feedings following established procedures
• - Performs identification of HM containers using bar code scanning
• - Thaws, fortifies, and labels bottles of HM
• - Communicates with appropriate nursing personnel for needed assistance with daily order
• - changes and feeding order clarification
• - Uses bottle warmer per policy to either thaw or warm milk
• - Weighs formula powder for use as fortifier if needed
• 4. Stores prepared feedings in patient care unit refrigerators, removing expired HM
• - Uses and practices proper storage times and temperatures for HM at all times
• - Rotates stored HM to use oldest HM first and to minimize undue wastage
• - Daily run the expired milk report and dispose HM both literally & in fact from the Epic-timeless system
• 5. Delivers HM to appropriate bedside refrigerators and bins
• - Removal of the discharged patient bins
• 6. Monitors daily inventory and orders additional nutrition room supplies as needed
• - Stocks nutrition room with all needed supplies
• - Monitors expiration dates of open cans of formula
• 7. Monitors refrigerator and freezer temperatures
• - Adheres to Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP)
• i. Maintain accurate record of the daily refrigerator and freezer temperatures
• - Notifies engineering for assessment of potential/actual problems
• 8. Participates in department in-services to maintain appropriate competence.
• 9. Maintains a working knowledge of technical terminologies and classifications as appropriate for the proper completion of job duties.
• 10. Performs additional duties as assigned.

Additional Position Specific Responsibilities

• . Successful completion of human milk technician orientation including classroom, skill competencies, and tests.
• . Annual competency completed to meet job requirements.
• . Active ServSafe certification.

Minimum Qualifications

• To qualify you must have a 1. Associate degree required, college degree preferred
• 2. Ability to read, understand and exhibit basic mathematical skills.
• 3. Ability to understand and interpret basic medical terminologies.
• 4. Ability to use computer/software.
• 5. Organization and detail-oriented..

Preferred Qualifications

• Completion of Formula/Human Milk Technician Training Program

Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

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