Nutrition Lab Technician

Assists clinical professionals in providing optimal nutritional care to hospitalized patients through accurate, safe, and timely handling, storage, preparation, and distribution of formulas and/or human milk. Provides basic education and guidance to inpatient and outpatient families.

Responsibilities

• Retrieves, reviews, and verifies patient human milk and/or formula orders via EMR.
• Scans all human milk at various intervals to ensure accurate tracking and safe delivery.
• Provides education to parents for proper labeling, transport, and storage of human milk.
• Offers milk expression education to mothers of inpatients, outpatients, and by telephone.
• Receives and maintains donated human milk from the community for delivery to the Mother’s Milk Bank of Colorado.
• Tracks and maintains a breast pump rental/loan program for families and staff.
• Maintains adequate inventory of formula lab supplies and formulas by performing daily inventory and stocking.
• Rotates formulas and supplies using FIFO (first in, first out).
• Assesses daily utilization of formulas and proactively alerts supervisor of concerns for surges in use of non-stock or non-formulary formulas.
• Coordinates with Registered Dietitians and Clinical Nutrition leadership on non-formulary formula orders to ensure compliance, secure prior approval, and maintain adequate stock.
• Accurately calculates and measures ingredient components for all formula and human milk mixtures, including routine double checks.
• Utilizes nutrition knowledge to clarify physician orders for formula with RD’s and medical care team when necessary.
• Prepares human milk and/or formula according to provider orders using aseptic technique.
• Provides basic education to patients and families on formula mixing instructions under RD supervision.
• Delivers prepared human milk and/or formula to designated locations accurately and timely.
• Utilizes critical thinking, communication, and emotional intelligence to triage formula and human milk lab calls and in-person interactions.
• Communicates with supervisor, RD’s, RNs, and care teams regarding concerns related to orders, mixing recipes, storage, and administration.
• Maintains a clean, sanitary, safe, and orderly formula/human milk lab in compliance with federal, state, and local health regulations.
• Receives expressed human milk from mothers who are dropping off and maintains an accurate inventory.
• Communicates with care team through daily rounding to consider factors impacting feedings.

Requirements

• One (1) year of healthcare-related experience.
• Associate of Science degree (no specific area of study required).
• CNA certification preferred.

Schedule

• 0.50 FTE; 20 hours/week (eligible for benefits).
• 10-hour shifts: 8:30 AM–7:00 PM or 8:00 AM–6:30 PM.
• Weekend and holiday rotation required.

Pay

Hourly Range: $17.57 to $26.35, dependent on applicant's relevant experience.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits package, including base pay and incentives.
• Paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, and company-provided life and disability insurance.
• Paid parental leave and 403b employer match (retirement savings).
• Robust wellness program and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit.
• Annual employee bonus program based on organizational performance.
• Annual base pay increases based on performance over the previous year.