Milk Bank Technician

Socket.dev; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 19,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Children's Hospital is seeking a Milk Bank Technician to store, prepare, and deliver mother’s own milk and pasteurized donor milk for hospitalized infants. You will weigh, measure, and prepare per physician orders, and document feedings in the patient care area.

Knowledge of milk collection, storage, sanitation, and accurate reporting is essential. A high school diploma and 6 months healthcare experience are required; an associate or bachelor’s in nutrition may substitute for experience.

Qualifications

• High school graduate, GED, or equivalent.
• 6 months healthcare-related work experience.
• An associate degree or a bachelor's degree in nutrition or a Healthcare related field can substitute for 6 months experience.

Responsibilities

• Accurately weigh, measure, and prepare mother’s own and/or pasteurized donor human milk for infant feeding per physician’s orders.
• Follow sanitary techniques to prepare and store milk for infant feeding.
• Document and deliver properly labeled human milk feedings to the appropriate patient care area.
• Maintain inventory log of mother’s own milk storage volume.
• Communicate with parents about milk inventory status and transportation/storage quality standards.
• Coordinate Milk Bank technician schedule and assignments; adjust workload as needed.

Skills

Milk handling procedures

Milk documentation

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

We are searching for aMilk 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

Minimum Qualifications:

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

** an associate degree or a bachelor's degree in nutrition or a Healthcare related field can substitute for 6 months experience**

Preferred Qualifications

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

Responsibilities:

• 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. "

Since 1954, Texas Children's has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years.

Texas Children's comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children's Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children's Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children's Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children's Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children's Health Plan, the nation’s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children's Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children's Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children's Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation.

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

Texas Children's 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.