Endoscopy Technician I, 32 Hours, Days

UMass Memorial Health; Idaho Falls (ID); Sur place; USD 25 000 - 45 000; Temps partiel

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Signing bonus

Résumé du poste

UMass Memorial Health is seeking an Endoscopy Technician to join the Endoscopy Center team in Idaho Falls on a 32-hour/week schedule. The role involves assisting with endoscopic procedures, patient transfer, and maintaining procedure rooms and equipment.

Responsibilities include processing instruments, tissue sample handling, and assisting physicians with endoscopic treatments. Strong teamwork, flexibility and good judgment are essential.

Qualifications

• Equivalent to high school plus additional specialized training.
• Three to twelve months’ experience.
• Knowledge of patient care, endoscopy procedures and basic GI anatomy.
• Must be flexible with scheduling needs.
• Must be able to work independently and work well in teams.
• Ability to exercise good judgment, discretion and communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.

Responsabilités

• Prepares procedure rooms for endoscopic procedures. Assists with patient transfer to and from procedure rooms, prepares vital sign monitoring systems, and position patient appropriate to procedure.
• Assembles necessary equipment specific to procedure, to include scopes and instruments used for therapeutic and diagnostic treatments. Troubleshoots and ensure proper working order of computer and equipment.
• Assists patients, physicians, and health care staff with endoscopic procedures as assigned. Utilizes specimen retrieval instruments and other devices to assist with procedures. Collects, records and labels tissue samples and other specimens.
• Assists physicians with hemostatic instruments including but not limited to clips, electrocautery devices, bicaping, argon plasma coagulation and variceal ligation and banding.
• Maintains, cleans and disinfects endoscopes and accessories utilizing an automated scope washing system.

Connaissances

Endoscopy

Patient Care

Flexibility

Teamwork

Communication

Formation

High School + Training

Description du poste

Exemption Status

Non-Exempt

Hiring Range

$18.30 - $32.94

Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Schedule Details

Monday through Friday

Scheduled Hours

flex

Shift

1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)

Hours

32

Cost Center

10020 - 2126 Endoscopy Center

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Performs a variety of routine technical and patient care duties under the direction of physicians and nurses. Responsible for the cleaning and reprocessing of a variety of endoscopes and accessories. Maintains and stocks instruments and supplies.

I. Major Responsibilities

• Prepares procedure rooms for endoscopic procedures. Assists with patient transfer to and from procedure rooms, prepares vital sign monitoring systems, and position patient appropriate to procedure. Assists health care team with patient care, ensuring proper airway protection via oral suctioning during upper endoscopic procedures.
• Assembles necessary equipment specific to procedure, to include scopes and instruments used for therapeutic and diagnostic treatments. Troubleshoots and ensure proper working order of computer and equipment.
• Assists patients, physicians, and health care staff with endoscopic procedures as assigned. Utilizes specimen retrieval instruments and other devices to assist with procedures. Collects, records and labels tissue samples and other specimens.
• Assists physicians with hemostatic instruments including but not limited to clips, electrocautery devices, bicaping, argon plasma coagulation and variceal ligation and banding.
• Maintains, cleans and disinfects endoscopes and accessories utilizing an automated scope washing system. Changes high-level disinfection solutions, filters, log paper, and printing ribbons as needed.

License/Certification/Education

II. Position Qualifications:

Required

• Equivalent to high school plus additional specialized training.

Experience/Skills

Required:

• Three to twelve months’ experience.
• Knowledge of patient care, endoscopy procedures and basic GI anatomy.
• Must be flexible with scheduling needs.
• Must be able to work independently and work well in teams.
• Ability to exercise good judgment, discretion and communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.

Preferred

• Prior experience as an Endoscopy Technician is strongly preferred.
• Surgical Instrument technician or Central Sterile Technician experience is preferred.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

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