• Job Description

  Req#: 47000

  Overview

  This is a FTE 0.9, working 36 hours per week, non-exempt role.

  Shift: 7am-7pm, every other weekend

  Minimum rate: $18/hr

  The Human Milk Tech's position is responsible for the preparation, distribution, inventory, and management of both Human Milk (HM) and Donor Human Milk (DHM). Demonstrate competencies relative to infection control principles, appropriate technical calculation (weights and measures conversions, including metrics).

  Why Nationwide Children's Hospital?

  The moment you walk through our doors, you feel it. When you meet our patient families, you believe it. And when you talk with anyone who works here, you want to be part of it. Welcome to Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Where Passion Meets Purpose .

  Here, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are integrated into our core values and practices. We are passionate about building, sustaining and evolving an inclusive and equitable environment. We are seeking individuals who live these values and want to share their experiences and efforts in support of our collective mission.

  We’re 14,000 strong. And it takes every one of us to improve the lives of the kids we care for, and the kids around the world we’ll never meet. Kids who live healthier, fuller lives because of the knowledge we share. We know it takes a Collaborative Culture to deliver on our promise to provide the very best, innovative care and to foster new discoveries, made possible by the most groundbreaking research. Anywhere.

  Ask anyone with a Nationwide Children’s badge what they do for a living. They’ll tell you it’s More Than a Job . It’s a calling. It’s a chance to use and grow your talent to make an impact that truly matters. Because here, we exist simply to help children everywhere.

  Nationwide Children’s Hospital. A Place to Be Proud .

  Responsibilities

  • Manages receiving and labeling of mother's HM according to procedure. Inputs information into the MOMS barcoding system. Organizes and performs inventory of HM supply for each patient in refrigerators and freezers.
  • Cleans work surfaces and equipment prior to HM preparation, and in between each individual patient milk preparation, follows aseptic technique, follows infection control policies, maintains cleanliness of refrigerators and freezers on a daily and as needed basis.
  • Prepares individualized HM feedings following established procedures. Performs identification of HM containers using bar code scanning, thaws, fortifies, and labels bottles of HM. Communicates with appropriate nursing personnel for needed assistance with daily order changes and feeding order clarification.
  • Stores prepared feedings in patient care unit refrigerators, removing expired HM. Uses proper storage times and temperatures for HM at all times, rotates stored HM to use oldest HM first and to minimize undue wastage. Runs the expired milk report daily.
  • Monitors daily inventory and orders additional nutrition room supplies as needed, stocks nutrition room with all needed supplies.
  • Monitors refrigerator and freezer temperatures and notifies engineering for assessment of potential/actual problems.
  • Participates in department in-services to maintain appropriate competence.

  Qualifications

  Education: High school diploma or equivalent, required.

  Skills: Strong verbal and written communication skills.

  Knowledge of computer and software. Exhibit basic mathematical skills.

  Ability to understand and interpret basic medical terminologies.

• About the company

  Nationwide Children's Hospital is a nationally ranked pediatric acute care teaching hospital located in Columbus, Ohio.

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