Location: Columbia, Missouri
Shift: Days with rotating weekends and holidays. Able to accommodate three twelve hour shifts or four eight and one four hour shifts.

Location: Women's Hospital

Department: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Salary: $16.68 - $26.31 based on applicable experience plus $2/hr shift differentials for nights, weekends, evenings

ABOUT THE JOB

As a milk technician you will assist the NICU with preparation of donor milk, human milk, and formula. Fill human milk, donor milk, and formula feeding orders for patients in the NICU.

Prepares a variety of duties related to the daily operations of Human Milk/feeding room. These include:

• Checking in donor milk and mothers breastmilk into our electronic milk system
• Maintain adequate inventory or supplies to meet patient needs for milk preparation.
• Maintain sanitation and cleaning in the milk preparation room.
• Fill human milk and and/or donor milk feeding orders for patients- this can include specialized recipes that require attention to detail for accuracy, thawing and freezing milk, adding fortification to milk and drawing up a set volume for each infant.
• Removes damaged formula cans and outdated formula stock from inventory and disposes per facility guidelines.
• Uses correct technique to measure solids and liquids.
• Communicates with supervisor, patient care areas and RN's regarding problems with feeding orders, human milk/formula storage, or administration.
• Transcribes feeding order information to prepared feeding labels.
• Covers, labels, and dates formula requiring refrigeration.
• Completes necessary paperwork for accurate quantities of expressed human milk and fortifiers to be used for preparation, inventory, billing and tracking.

Assists in training other employees in feeding preparation and proper handling techniques as needed.

Complete mandatory education outlined in the Milk Room Policy.

Perform other duties as delegated by nursing staff and unit management as needed in both routine and emergent situations.

ABOUT MU HEALTH CARE

MU Health Care is a growing academic health system in mid-Missouri comprised of multiple hospitals — including the region's only Level 1 Trauma Center and region's only Children's Hospital — and over 50 specialty clinics located throughout the region.

As an MU Health Care employee, you'll be part of an exceptional team committed to our mission of saving and improving lives. Our core values of inclusion, respect, service, discovery, responsibility and excellence foster a collaborative work environment where you can grow your career.

Learn more about MU Health Care. Learn more about living in Columbia, MO.

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

· Health, vision and dental insurance coverage starting day one

· Generous paid leave and paid time off, including nine 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

Assist nursing staff /ancillary staff in the transfer of patients from bed to bed, stretcher or wheelchair, pickup and delivery of patient meal trays and assisting with patient feeding as directed. Demonstrate the ability to organize workload and manage multiple tasks while maintaining a clutter free and orderly environment including prompt answering of unit telephones and accurate delivery of messages and information to patients, families, visitors, staff and personnel upon request. Educate and train new staff members in the responsibilities of the Care Team Associate role. Perform other duties as delegated by nursing staff and unit management as needed in both routine and emergent situations. Perform patient position changes, placement and removal of patient equipment, daily hygiene care, simple non-sterile dressing changes, finger stick glucose checks, may perform venipuncture to obtain a blood sample, maintain quality control checks and delivers/retrieves lab specimens and supplies as requested. Responsible for accurate and timely entry of information into computerized bed-management system. Responsible for prompt response to patient call lights and addressing patient needs using positive guest relations skills while ensuring patient vital signs, intake, output, height and weight are obtained and documented as directed. May complete unit/department specific duties as outlined in department documents REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

One of the following:

--Completion of a Fundamentals of Nursing course within 180 days; or

--Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA); or

--Experience with direct patient care such as a medical assistant, nursing assistant, emergency medical technician (EMT), or surgical technician in the past three (3) years; or

--Completion within the last three (3) years, or will complete within 180 days, an Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP) training program; or

--Nursing licensure candidate who was unsuccessful on the state licensure examinations in the past three (3) years; or

--Completion a nursing program outside the United States and is awaiting the licensure examination in this country.

Completion of an above qualifications pathway, including patient care experience or a supervised clinical log, within 180 days as a condition of continued employment in this job classification.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Additional license/certification requirements as determined by the hiring department.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met with or without reasonable accommodation. The performance of these physical demands is an essential function of the job. This position is very active and requires ambulating, reaching, and moving objects weighing up to and over 20 lbs. This role also routinely comes into contact with patients who may have contagious illnesses. This position is in a health care facility open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Rotating shifts as well as holiday and work during inclement weather will be required. Equal Opportunity Employer

The University of Missouri System is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Equal Opportunity is and shall be provided for all employees and applicants for employment on the basis of their demonstrated ability and competence without unlawful discrimination on the basis of their race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable state or federal law. This policy applies to all employment decisions including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, training, promotions, pay practices, benefits, disciplinary actions and terminations. For more information, visit https://www.umsystem.edu/ums/hr/eeo.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable state or federal law.