Milk Bank Technician

About the Role

We are searching for a Milk Bank Technician to store, prepare, and deliver a mother's breast milk and/or pasteurized donor human milk to hospitalized infants. This position will assist mothers of hospitalized infants in expressing milk for their infants as necessary. The schedule for this role is 8-hour shifts, 5 days a week.

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.

Responsibilities

• Accurately weighs, measures, and prepares mother’s own and/or pasteurized donor human milk for infant feeding per physician’s orders.
• Calculates accurate quantities of mother’s own/pasteurized donor human milk and human milk fortifiers based on diet order.
• Monitors all needed milk preparation/storage supplies and discards expired nutritional additives.
• Uses and practices proper storage times and temperatures for human milk at all times to minimize bacterial growth and according to written standards.
• Rotates stored milk to minimize undue wastage.
• Enters patient charges into EPM computer system on a daily basis.
• Prepares labels to accurately identify mother’s own/pasteurized donor human milk for individually prepared feedings.
• Maintains competencies required to efficiently and effectively utilize milk preparation/storage equipment and supplies.
• Communicates with parents delivering milk to the Milk Bank to ensure proper collection and storage of mother’s own/pasteurized donor human milk.
• Communicates with appropriate medical/nursing personnel for needed assistance with feeding order clarification.
• Communicates inventory shortages or special-order needs to Manager as appropriate to meet patient care needs.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED.
• 6 months of healthcare-related work experience (a BS degree in Nutrition or a Healthcare-related field can substitute for 6 months of experience).

Preferred Qualifications

• 1 year of nutrition or breastfeeding education experience.

Skills

• Knowledge of milk preparation, measurement, and sanitary techniques.
• Ability to maintain sanitation levels.
• Basic computer operation skills.
• Ability to operate electronic scales, analyzer, and centrifuge with a high degree of accuracy.

About Us

Texas Children’s presence in Austin supports a pediatric population of more than half a million and keeps kids healthy and happy from birth to adulthood. Texas Children’s first healthcare 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, offering 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.