Shift : Full Time Days (7a-7:30p typically), 3 12s/Week, with every other weekend and rotating holidays
Work Arrangement : On-site
Department : Neonatal ICU
Facility : Children’s Hospital – 1021 Hitt St, Columbia, MO
Compensation :
· Base Pay Range: $16.68 - $26.31 per hour, based on experience
· Shift Differentials:
o Additional $2.00 per hour for weekend shift
ABOUT THE JOB
Our Milk Tech role prepares, labels, and stores formula an human milk in the nutrition room. The role is responsible for various additives, and calculating and dividing feedings appropriately for all babies receiving breast milk or donor milk. In our NICU, every second counts—and every action changes a life trajectory. It is a 64-bed unit with all private rooms. We utilize a family-centered care model where parents are treated as partners and use advanced technology and innovation, working with cutting-edge neonatal equipment including high-frequency ventilation, therapeutic hypothermia, and continuous neuromonitoring.
ABOUT MU HEALTH CARE
MU Health Care is proud to be named one of Forbes’ Best-in-State Employers seven years in a row, and that’s largely a result of the incredible culture and team we’ve built. At MU Health Care, we have an inspired, hard-working and collaborative environment driven by our mission to save and improve lives. Here, we believe anything is possible and rally around solutions. We celebrate innovation and offer opportunities to be a part of something bigger — to have a voice and role in the work that is serving our community and changing the field of medicine.
Our academic health system — the only in mid-Missouri — is home to seven hospitals, including the region’s only Level 1 Trauma Center and region’s only Children’s Hospital, as well as over 90 specialty clinics. Here you can define your career among our many clinical and nonclinical positions — with growth, opportunity and support every step of the way.
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EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
· Health, vision and dental insurance coverage starting day one
· Generous paid leave and paid time off, including ten holidays
· Multiple retirement options, including 100% matching up to 8% and full vesting in three years
· Tuition assistance for employees (75%) and immediate family members (50%)
· Discounts on cell phone plans, rental cars, gyms, hotels and more
· See a comprehensive list of benefits here .
DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION
· Responsible for precise measurement and mixture of breast and donor milk and formula daily.
· Responsible for daily management of breast milk supply for the respective patient population.
· Routinely ensure proper preparation for the timely thawing of breast and donor milk.
· Adhere to hospital guidelines for storage, temperature monitoring, and expiration dates, daily.
· Utilize specific mathematical skills and appropriate spreadsheets to calculate and measure additives in the milk, i.e., protein, iron, and calories, daily.
· Calculate and divide milk into individual feeds while assuring proper adherence to milk supply management and waste avoidance, daily.
· Accurately receive, identify, store, verify, and prepare all human and donor milk feedings as ordered by the providers caring for hospitalized infants.
· Process, store, and prepare all formula feedings and other products as ordered by the providers caring for hospitalized patients.
· Maintain a sanitary, well-supplied environment in the nutrition room, including the milk and formula preparation area, as well as milk refrigerators and freezers, following the procedures of the hospital and the nutrition room.
· Prepare feedings accurately according to established written formulations following pre-established feeding preparation procedures and adhering to quality control standards and aseptic technique.
· Use correct and accurate techniques to measure powders and liquids.
· Verify new or questionable feeding orders with the care team for accuracy…