Endoscopy Technician

Westchester Medical Center Health Network; Town of Mount Pleasant (NY); Sur place; USD 70 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Westchester Medical Center Health Network seeks an Endoscopy Technician to assist physicians with advanced endoscopic and interventional pulmonology procedures. You will be the technical expert for complex endoscopic equipment and instrumentation used in gastroenterology and pulmonary specialties.

The role requires knowledge of procedural support, specimen handling, and safety in various settings including OR, ICU, ED, or Radiology.

Qualifications

• 1 year in role experience, preferred.
• High School diploma or equivalent, required.
• Completion of the SGNA certification within 6 months of accepting the position, required.

Responsabilités

• Performs and serves as a technical expert in advanced Endoscopic and Interventional Pulmonology procedures.
• Provides expert assistance to the endoscopist, understanding the patient’s anatomy and abnormalities affecting the procedure.
• Recognizes emergent situations during endoscopy procedures and sets priorities to assist the team.
• Demonstrates knowledge and handling of specialty equipment and accessories.
• Assists with collection of specimens and prepares them for cytology, microbiology and pathology.
• Completes quality checks to ensure images were transferred successfully.
• Demonstrates knowledge of contrast media used during ERCP and adjusts care for allergies.
• Facilitates patient positioning and notes weight limits for fluoroscopy table.
• Understands cautery modalities and related probes for safety.
• Performs procedures in OR, bedside, ICU, ED or Radiology.
• Assists with therapeutic interventions such as dilation, polypectomy, sphincterotomy, stent placement, endostitch, G-tube and robotic bronchoscopy.
• Stays current on advanced procedures and equipment; seeks learning experiences to maintain competency.
• Recognizes patient emotional/physical needs and provides a supportive environment.
• Respects cultural, spiritual, and socioeconomic differences.
• Understands stress of illness and interacts respectfully with patients/families.
• Facilitates teamwork and assists with room setup, turnover, transport and instrument cleaning.
• Demonstrates initiative in independent projects.
• Coordinates review of special order supply inventory.
• Advances new specialty supply considerations with physicians and managers.
• Troubleshoots equipment usage and reports defects to biomed or materials coordinator.

Formation

High School diploma or equivalent

Description du poste

Job Summary

The Endoscopy Technician, under the general supervision of a Registered Nurse, assists physicians or other providers with procedures performed in the Endoscopy and pulmonary setting. This position functions as the technical expert, assisting in the performance of the most advanced procedures. This position is the expert resource in the use and maintenance of the highly complex endoscopic equipment and instrumentation used in gastroenterology and pulmonary specialties.

Responsibilities

• Performs and serves as a technical expert in the area of advanced Endoscopic and Interventional Pulmonology procedures
• Provides expert assistance to the endoscopist, demonstrating understanding of the patient’s anatomy and abnormalities which could affect the procedure.
• Recognizes emergent situations during endoscopy procedures and demonstrates the ability to set priorities to assist the endoscopy team.
• Demonstrates knowledge and proper handling of specialty equipment and accessories.
• Assists with the collection of specimens and prepares specimens for cytology, microbiology and pathology.
• Completes quality checks to ensure images were successfully transferred.
• Demonstrates knowledge and purpose of contrast media used during ERCP. Recognizes pertinent patient information modifying standard approach to care if patient has a contrast allergy.
• Facilitates proper patient positioning prior to endoscopic procedures and recognizes weight limitations for fluoroscopy table.
• Understands theory and safety when using cautery modalities including monopolar, bipolar and argon plasma coagulation and their various probes.
• Perform procedures in OR setting or at patient bedside including ICU, ED or Radiology.
• Assist with therapeutic interventions such as balloon dilation, polypectomy, sphincterotomy, stent placement, endostitch, gastrostomy tube and robotic bronchoscopy procedures
• Remains current on advanced procedures and new equipment
• Seeks out learning experiences to maintain competency in the area of endoscopy and shares knowledge through continuing education.
• Demonstrates recognition of patient’s emotional and physical needs and the ability to provide a supportive environment.
• Recognizes and respects differences in cultural, spiritual and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Understands that the stress of illness may alter patient behavior and the ability to follow through on the plan of health care; interacts respectfully in all situations including those where the patient and/or family display anger or distress.
• Facilitates teamwork by willingly assisting other team members in such activities as room cleaning, turnovers, procedure set-ups, patient transport and instrument cleaning
• Demonstrates initiative in carrying out projects independently.
• Coordinates review of special order supply inventory.
• Facilitates new specialty supply considerations with physicians, nurse manager, surgical materials coordinator and manufacturing representatives.
• Troubleshooting resource in the department for use of equipment.
• Identifies and reports defective equipment and supplies to the biomed, surgical materials coordinator or to the nurse manager.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications/Requirements

• 1 year in role experience, preferred.

Education

• High School diploma or equivalent, required.

Licenses / Certifications

• Completion of the SGNA certification within 6 months of accepting the position, required.