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Department: Clinical Nutrition

Schedule: Monday-Friday, Day Shift

General Purpose of Job:

To prepare and deliver formula orders for hospitalized patients. Perform a variety of clerical and clinical support functions related to food service and nutritional care of formula feedings for infant and pediatric patients for the Clinical Nutrition Department.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Maintains utmost level of confidentiality at all times.
• Adheres to hospital policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates business practices and personal actions that are ethical and adhere to corporate compliance and integrity guidelines. 
• Unpacks, labels and stores formula, medical nutrition supplements, and supplies in their designated storage area; rotates supplies using first-in, first-out (FIFO) method.
• Inspects nourishment room refrigerators on all units for unused, previously prepared formula. Discards according to established protocols.
• Uses computer and electronic medical record to complete daily formula order reports, unit formula sheets, patient labels, production logs and other paperwork.
• Demonstrates strict adherence to safety and sanitation practices and procedures related to proper handling, preparation, cleaning and storage of all nourishment items, equipment, supplies and food contact surfaces in the Feeding Preparation Room.
• Prepares feeding orders that are not available as a ready-to-feed formula according to patients prescribed diet/formula order.
• Calculates, prepares, delivers, and monitors specialized infant formula, modulated infant or pediatric formulas and medical nutrition supplements.
• Accurately measures powders and liquids according to formula mixing recipe, adheres to quality control standards and procedures to ensure proper sterilization/sanitation of infant feeds.
• Delivers all formula as ordered to each unit throughout the day. Covers, labels and dates formula requiring refrigeration according to formula room policy.
• Restocks the Feeding Preparation Room for the following day.
• Interacts closely with Dietitian in areas of uncertainty.
• Adheres to dress code and personal hygiene policy to ensure safe and sanitary operations in the Formula Preparation Room; jewelry will be limited to a solid band ring; no earrings or facial jewelry allowed; fingernails must be kept short, clean, healthy, and unpolished; no fingernail enhancements or artificial nails shall be worn.
• Participate in and attend departmental meetings, staff development, and professional programs, as appropriate.
• Participate in ongoing process improvement activities within the department and hospital.
• Preform miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Education and/or Experience:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations.

• Food Handler’s Permit or Food Safety Certification, must be obtained within two (2) weeks of hire date.