JOB SUMMARY
Position: Formula and Milk Handling Technician
Company: PHSA
Job Location: BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC
Job type: Casual
Salary: $28.65 per hour
WORK PERFORMED
- Maintain strict adherence to aseptic procedures, Food Safe guidelines, and safety practices and procedures related to the handling of human milk, and the handling and preparation of infant, enteral and metabolic formula, including following the Guidelines for the Preparation of Human Milk and Formula in Health Care Facilities.
- Prepare all infant and enteral formula and human milk feeds, with or without added nutrition products by preparing and portioning into aliquots for feeding by nurses at the patient bedside as per the Nutrition Order and in accordance with established guidelines, policies, procedures and standards.
- Collect human milk from NICU for labelling, storage and preparation with added nutrition products.
- Deliver human milk and formula to clinical areas as appropriate according to established safety standards; rotate and/or remove expired products.
- Receive and review new and existing Nutrition Orders.
- Use the appropriate software technology to calculate or manually calculates amount of nutrition products to be added to human milk, or amount of product to prepare infant, enteral or metabolic formula required to achieve Nutrition Order.
- Verify accuracy utilizing mathematical calculations as required.
- Clean and sanitize work area daily according to established procedures to ensure that aseptic conditions are maintained, including the preparation space and equipment required for the labelling, handling, preparation and storage of human milk.
- Perform additional cleaning tasks as per schedule and following standardized procedures and protocols to maintain an aseptic environment.
- Operate equipment including hot water dispenser, blender, dishwasher, refrigerator and freezer required for storage and preparation of human milk, infant, enteral or metabolic formula according to established procedures and protocols to maintain an aseptic environment.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Completion of a recognized two (2) year Food Service Supervisor Program.
- Completion of Grade 12.
- One (1) year’s recent related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
