Infant Nutrition AssociateTH NICUDay Shift Job New York New York USA,Healthcare

Position: Infant Nutrition Associate TH 9 NICUDay Shift 35 Hours
Location: New York

NYU Langone Health is a fully integrated health system that consistently achieves the best patient outcomes through a rigorous focus on quality that has resulted in some of the lowest mortality rates in the nation. Vizient Inc. has ranked NYU Langone the No. 1 comprehensive academic medical center in the country for three years in a row, and U.S. News & World Report recently placed nine of its clinical specialties among the top five in the nation.

NYU Langone offers a comprehensive range of medical services with one high standard of care across 6 inpatient locations, its Perlmutter Cancer Center, and over 320 outpatient locations in the New York area and Florida. With $14.2 billion in revenue this year, the system also includes two tuition‑free medical schools, in Manhattan and on Long Island, and a vast research enterprise with over $1 billion in active awards from the National Institutes of Health.

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Position Summary

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Infant Nutrition Associate-TH 9 NICU-Day Shift (35 Hours).

In this role, the successful candidate The Infant Nutrition Associate (INA) is responsible for highly specialized tasks for the preparation, inventory, distribution and management of mother's breast milk. Both Human Milk (HM) and Donor Human Milk (DHM) will be processed for nutritional needs/additives in supporting the neonate in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The INA will demonstrate competencies relative to infection control principles, appropriate technical calculation (weights and measures conversions, including metrics), knowledge of common medical abbreviations and terminologies, available formula products and human milk additives.

The INA will effectively communicate with members of the health care team.

Job Responsibilities

Manages receiving and labeling of mothers HM according to procedure

Inputs information into the Epic-timeless 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
Maintain cleanliness of storage bins (in refrigerators and freezers)

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
Uses bottle warmer per policy to either thaw or warm milk
Weighs formula powder for use as fortifier if needed

Stores prepared feedings in patient care unit refrigerators, removing expired HM

Uses and practices proper storage times and temperatures for HM at all times
Rotates stored HM to use oldest HM first and to minimize undue wastage
Daily run the expired milk report and dispose HM both literally & in fact from the Epic-timeless system

Delivers HM to appropriate bedside refrigerators and bins

Removal of the discharged patient bins

Monitors daily inventory and orders additional nutrition room supplies as needed

Stocks nutrition room with all needed supplies
Monitors expiration dates of open cans of formula

Monitors refrigerator and freezer temperatures

Adheres to Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP)
Maintain accurate record of the daily refrigerator and freezer temperatures
Notifies engineering for assessment of potential/actual problems

Participates in department in-services to…