Endoscopy Technician II, 40 Hours

UMass Memorial Health•Worcester, MA

12d•$23 - $50

About The Position

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 and advanced technical and patient care duties under the direction of physicians and nurses. Prepares rooms and equipment for procedures and cleans and reprocesses a variety of endoscopes and accessories. Maintains and stocks instruments and supplies.

Requirements

Equivalent to high school plus additional specialized training.
Minimum of two years of relevant experience required.
Knowledge of patient care, endoscopy procedures and basic GI anatomy.
Advanced knowledge of endoscopic procedures.
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.

Nice To Haves

SGNA certification preferred.
Surgical Instrument technician or Central Sterile Technician experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Prepares procedure rooms for endoscopic procedures. Assist with patient transfer to and from procedure rooms, prepares vital sign monitoring systems, and position patient appropriate to procedure. Assist 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. Ensures availability of equipment properly sized for the procedure.
Assists physicians and health care staff with advanced endoscopic procedures. Utilizes specimen retrieval instruments and other devices to assist with procedures. Collects, records and labels tissue samples and other specimens.
Assists physicians and health care staff with routine and emergency procedures, as assigned.
Assist 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. Records scope washing, broken equipment, and high- level disinfectant changes according to policy and procedure.
Maintains equipment and supplies, cleaning of procedure rooms, and patient care equipment and areas in accordance with policy and procedures. Restock and properly maintain procedure rooms, travel carts, and travel equipment supply boxes.
Retrieves and restocks linens, patient nutrition supplies, and general order supplies. Rotate stock in supply room and procedure rooms as necessary. Assures accurate inventory of supplies based on approved levels. Initiate requisition for supply re-stocking and special-order items.
Properly dons and dofs PPE and wears radiation protection including dosimeter during all fluoroscopy procedures.
Responsible for covering a rotation of on-call hours to meet endoscopic emergency needs on weekdays, weekends, and holidays.
Demonstrates a commitment to maintain effective communication with patients, families, peers, and other members of the health team.