Dietetic Technician
Core
Provides age-appropriate nutrition care, prepares sterile breastmilk and formula, and manages food service for specialty patients in a pediatric hospital.
Role type
Dietetic Technician I (clinical nutrition support)
Builds
Sterile unit-dose forms of breastmilk and formula; specialized patient meal plans
Domain
Pediatric healthcare / Clinical nutrition
Required skills
Sterile preparation techniques, calorie calculation, nutritional risk screening, patient education, family-centered care, regulatory compliance
Preferred skills
Human milk handling, infant/enteral formula preparation, nutritional software systems (CBORD, Nutritionist Pro)
Technologies
CBORD, Nutritionist Pro, Timeless Medical
Responsibilities
Prepare sterile breastmilk and formula pursuant to physician orders, assist with food service line for specialty patients, calculate and document calorie counts, screen patients at nutritional risk, provide education and monitoring for low nutritional risk patients
Seniority
Entry-level, hands-on IC