Milk Technician

Job description

Department: 35125 Advocate Christ Medical Center - NICU Status: Full time Benefits Eligible: Yes Hou rs Per Week: 36 Schedule Details/Additional Information: 1200-2100 4-9 hr nights Pay Range: $20.80 - $31.20 Essential Functions: - Manages receiving and labeling of mother's human milk and donor milk according to procedure. - When collecting and preparing milk/ formula performs patient identification in accordance with the system policy. Performs bar code scanning of all human milk containers using feeding management system. - Prepares individualized human milk feeding one patient at a time, always for safety. - After hand hygiene performed, prepares infant and pediatric formulas/human milk according to recipes and follows procedures for preparation, sterilization, labeling, cooling, storage, and delivery of formulas to patient units. - Uses advanced math skills to provide detailed calculations for all additives and fortifiers placed in Human milk. - Follows system policy for patient identification when handling, thawing, mixing, fortifying, and distributing Human Milk. Performs identification of human milk containers using human milk scanning and feeding management system. - Labels...