GID Lab Technician / Endoscopy Lab

Emory Healthcare•Atlanta, GA

23h•$24 - $28•Onsite

About The Position

We're seeking a GID Lab Technician for Emory John's Creek Hospital, responsible for being a capable certified technician who cares about the quality of their work an ensuring the safety for all patients. This individual will: Assist the physician in performing all routine and complex gastro-intestinal diagnostic procedures. Orient and train lower level technicians, provides pre and post-operative education to patients. Deal directly with other hospital departments to schedule patient procedures, order supplies, or conduct in-service education to other staff members of the hospital. Perform techniques using specialized equipment such as endoscopes, light sources, and GID accessory equipment, cautery and photocoagulation, monitoring equipment, peritoneoscopy equipment, motility machines, or other related equipment; performs preventive maintenance on equipment and troubleshoots equipment problems. Set up and assist the gastroenterologist with procedures such as gastroscopy, dilatation, colonoscopy, electrocoaugtery, flexible protoscopy, anoscopy, peritoneoscopy, liver biopsy, sclerosis, motility, secretin studies, gastric analysis, small bowel endoscopy, transesophageal cardiography, or other procedures. Operate EKG and other monitoring equipment, discontinue IV fluids, begin and assist in CPR, administer oxygen, monitor vital signs during endoscopy or recovery room procedures and notify the physician of any abnormalities or significant changes. Under nursing or physician supervision, may draw-up and administer medications.

Requirements

Two years Gastro-Intestinal Diagnostic Laboratory Technician experience.

Responsibilities

Assist the physician in performing all routine and complex gastro-intestinal diagnostic procedures.
Orient and train lower level technicians, provides pre and post-operative education to patients.
Deal directly with other hospital departments to schedule patient procedures, order supplies, or conduct in-service education to other staff members of the hospital.
Perform techniques using specialized equipment such as endoscopes, light sources, and GID accessory equipment, cautery and photocoagulation, monitoring equipment, peritoneoscopy equipment, motility machines, or other related equipment; performs preventive maintenance on equipment and troubleshoots equipment problems.
Set up and assist the gastroenterologist with procedures such as gastroscopy, dilatation, colonoscopy, electrocoaugtery, flexible protoscopy, anoscopy, peritoneoscopy, liver biopsy, sclerosis, motility, secretin studies, gastric analysis, small bowel endoscopy, transesophageal cardiography, or other procedures.
Operate EKG and other monitoring equipment, discontinue IV fluids, begin and assist in CPR, administer oxygen, monitor vital signs during endoscopy or recovery room procedures and notify the physician of any abnormalities or significant changes.
Under nursing or physician supervision, may draw-up and administer medications.