NICU Nutrition Diet Tech

Job Description:

Posting Specifics

Pay Rate: Based on Experience

Shift Details: 36 hours a week / full time benefits

Daytime shift - 8 - 12 hours

Scope
As a NICU Nutrition Diet Tech you need to know how to:

• Act as a receptionist for mothers who are dropping off and storing expressed breast milk in the hospital.
• Ensure appropriate education for proper labeling, transport and storage.
• Retrieve daily orders for feedings.
• Calculate new formulations or standardized recipes. Obtain verification formulation with the NICU registered dietitian or patients provider as needed.
• Prepare expressed breast milk, donor milk or formula according to provider order.
• Label and scan all feedings per NICU guideline.
• Distribute prepared feedings to the bedside at appropriate intervals.
• Clean and sterilize the equipment used for daily milk/formula preparation and any other reusable feeding equipment.
• Ensure proper operation of all equipment and report problems to the appropriate supervisor.
• Clean and disinfect returned grant and rental breast pumps.
• Maintain all refrigerators, freezers, coolers and any other equipment used for storing or transporting feedings, and maintain daily temperature logs for prep room appliances.
• Participate as a member of the NICU Nutrition Committee.
• Participate as a member of Quality Assurance Team that develops and reviews plan for all steps in milk preparation and administration according to HACCP process.
• Report to the NICU Manager and secondarily to the NICU Lactation Consultant.

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Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Minimum of one (1) year in a direct care hospital or clinic office setting with exposure to all day-to-day operational functions
• Demonstrated knowledge of medical terminology
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and organize tasks in a fast paced setting
• Excellent math skills with the ability to pass a timed math test
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret technical procedures/policies related to the NICU Nutrition Room as well as demonstrate knowledge and skill in pasteurization/aseptic technique and in basic milk expression management and techniques

Preferred Qualifications

• Pediatric or subspecialty experience
• Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish
   

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Location:

Saint Joseph Hospital

Work City:

Denver

Work State:

Colorado

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

36

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. 

$19.29 - $23.80

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.

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