Milk Bank Technician

Texas Children's Hospital•Austin, TX

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About The Position

We are searching for a 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 Texas Children’s presence in Austin helps support a pediatric population of more than half a million and keeps kids healthy and happy from birth to adulthood. Texas Children’s first health care location in Austin, Texas Children’s Urgent Care West Gate, opened in March 2018, providing high quality pediatric-focused care after hours and on weekends. There are now more than 15 Texas Children’s Pediatric primary care practices in the greater Austin area providing full-service family care including routine childhood immunizations, well visits, and sick care. Our Specialty Care Center in Austin includes a multidisciplinary group of pediatric specialists committed to providing comprehensive care across a wide spectrum of services. Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, is our new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin families. To join our community of more than 15,000 dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org. 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.

Requirements

High school graduate, GED, or equivalent
6 months healthcare-related work experience
a BS degree in Nutrition or Healthcare related field can substitute for 6 months experience
Knowledge of milk collection, storage, preparation, measurement, and sanitary techniques
all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards

Nice To Haves

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.