Diet Technician- Rogers Hixon Ontario Human Milk

Sinai Health is a leading academic health science centre with a provincial, national and international reputation for discovering and delivering life-changing care. Since 2015, we have provided excellent and compassionate care in hospital, community and home. Comprised of Mount Sinai Hospital, Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital, the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute and our system partner Circle of Care, we translate scientific breakthroughs, push boundaries for health solutions, and educates future clinical and scientific leaders.

Sinai Health has a bold vision and strategy for the future: To create Canada's leading health system pushing the boundaries to realize the best health and care for complex patients. A key enabler of this vision is Sinai Health’s People Plan - which provides an explicit commitment to our people about our commitment to creating a workplace culture and environment that is safe, caring, equitable, compassionate and accountable in order to ultimately provide optimal care to patients and their family caregivers.

To support us on our journey, Sinai Health System is looking for a **Diet Technician** to support our **Rogers Hixon Ontario Milk Bank **at our Mount Sinai Hospital Location.

The Diet Technician performs all duties necessary to ensure all breast milk recipes and infant formulas for Mount Sinai Hospital nurseries are prepared accurately and efficiently.

**Responsibilities**:

- Collect frozen breast milk from single infant room and freezers in NICU
- Sort frozen breast milk and place in freezer
- Rotate all breast milk in freezer in FIFO (First In, First Out Method)
- Order any products and materials required
- Check rotation and expiry dates on products
- Collect daily feeding orders for each baby from nurseries database
- Check that daily feeding volumes are accurate and be aware of any feeding changes
- Print labels for each day's feedings
- Communication with lactation consultants and/or primary nurses on breast milk volumes
- Maintain daily log of refrigerators and freezer temperatures both in the milk preparation room
- Monitor equipment, temperature controls and troubleshoot when necessary
- Prepare monthly quality assurance reports and production summaries
- Prepare probiotics for preterm infants
- Cleans and sanitizes all work surfaces in the milk preparation room before and after each recipe preparation
- Prepare and handle expressed breast milk following aseptic procedures
- Prepare specialized infant formulas and donor breast milk following aseptic procedures
- Accurately weigh and measure all ingredients (both liquid and powder) necessary to prepare all feedings
- Make any necessary calculations if adjustments are needed to the day's feeds
- Calculate amount of breast milk required for a 24 hour period for each baby to be thawed
- Prepared specialized breast milk or formulate recipes required for research studies
- Communicate breast milk/formula order discrepancies
- Store prepared breast milk and infant formulas properly until delivery to the nurseries
- Deliver all prepared breast milk and formulas to the NICU
- Maintain daily records of patient profiles regarding feeding orders
- Works following HACCP guidelines
- Completes daily census sheets or numbers of formulas and breast milks prepared
- Job Requirements- Successful completion of a Food and Nutrition Degree/diploma from an accredited educational institution
- Minimum of three (3) years’ of recent and related experience (those with related experience will be considered)
- Experience in a healthcare environment is preferred
- Applicants with proven equivalent recent and related training and experience may be considered
- Food Safety Training Certificate an asset
- Knowledge of safe food handling procedures
- Good communication and interpersonal skills with various levels of the organization
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, excellent problem solving skills
- Demonstrated attention to detail with a high level of accuracy
- Demonstrated leadership skills
- Proficient using information technology tools and solutions i.e Microsoft Office and Health Information Systems (ex. Cerner, Timless etc.)
- Proven organizational and time management skills
- Ability to work under pressure and meet time deadlines
- Ability to work as part of a team or independently
- Demonstrated satisfactory attendance and work performance.