Milk Technician

Responsibilities

• Receives milk from mothers who are dropping off and stores expressed mother's milk.
• Scans all milk specimens at various intervals to ensure accurate tracking history.
• Ensures appropriate education for proper labeling, transport, and storage.
• Retrieves daily orders for feeding and prepares according to medical orders.
• Distributes prepared milk feedings to the bedside refrigerators at the appropriate intervals.
• Cleans and pasteurizes the equipment used for milk preparation and any other reusable feeding equipment daily.
• Cleans and disinfects preparation areas.
• Ensures that refrigerators in prep room and bedside locations are functioning within appropriate temperature ranges.
• Accepts delegated tasks based on the appropriate training and certification.
• Performs other unit-specific duties, as required.

Requirements

• Utah Food Handler Permit must be obtained within 30 days of employment.
• High school diploma, or the equivalency.
• Completion of a basic math competency test at a minimum of 85% accuracy.
• Completion of a hospital-provided Medical Terminology Course within one year of employment.

Qualifications

• Ability to perform essential functions of the job as outlined above.
• Demonstrated excellent attention to detail.
• Demonstrated basic math and computer skills.
• Ability to manage time and prioritize well.
• Ability to work independently, and with an interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication skills.