Milk Lab Technician-Neonatal Intensive Care Unit-FT

University of Mississippi Medical Center•Jackson, MS

18h•Onsite

About The Position

The Milk Lab Technician prepares, labels, stores, and delivers feedings for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and other assigned areas. Feedings include expressed breast milk, pasteurized donor human milk, ready-to-feed formula, specialized formulas, and medical nutrition supplements. The technician follows written formulations and established preparation procedures, quality-control standards, aseptic techniques, and food safety and sanitation standards. The role includes calculating and preparing feedings, verifying new or questionable orders with a registered dietitian, using clinical information systems to obtain orders and print labels and production lists, operating and maintaining Milk Lab equipment, and storing and delivering prepared feedings. The technician also performs inventory management, maintains documentation and bar-coded safety systems, sanitizes the preparation room and equipment, and completes logs, audits, data tracking, and other quality-improvement and record-keeping tasks.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
At least one of the following: six months of experience working in a healthcare environment supporting patient care; Pharmacy Technician registration with the Mississippi State Board of Pharmacy; Pharmacy Technician certification from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board; or CPT certification administered by the National HealthCareer Association.
Ability to read, write, and perform necessary mathematical tasks.
Ability to pass a math competency test.
Basic computer skills.
Ability to resolve problems and respond to simple written or verbal instructions.
Interpersonal skills to gather and share information with the multidisciplinary team courteously and professionally.

Responsibilities

Prepare feedings accurately according to written formulations and established procedures, using quality-control standards and aseptic techniques.
Measure powders and liquids precisely.
Verify new or questionable feeding orders with a registered dietitian and obtain standardized recipes as needed.
Use the clinical information system to obtain patient feeding orders and print labels and production lists.
Maintain competence in computer and printer systems and Milk Lab equipment.
Store prepared feedings properly until delivery and deliver them to unit refrigerators.
Clean and sanitize Milk Lab work surfaces before and after each feeding preparation.
Clean utensils, equipment, and storage areas used in the Milk Lab.
Calculate new formulations or standardized recipes manually or with software and obtain verification from a registered dietitian.
Prepare and maintain log sheets and compile audit and data-tracking records as needed.
Perform inventory management and maintain documentation and bar-coded safety systems.
Complete quality-improvement and record-keeping tasks.