Endoscopy Tech
Endoscopy Tech
Lone Tree, Colorado
Overview
When you join USPI, you’re joining a caring, compassionate team who provides excellence in patient care across all of our facilities. As part of our staff, you’ll work with a high level of professionalism and commitment to our patients by providing safe, efficient patient care throughout their health experience. We follow the highest standard for nursing excellence, quality patient care, and innovation.
- Job Type: PRN
Success Profile
What makes a successful Endoscopy Tech at our location? Check out the traits we’re looking for and see if you have the right mix.
- Team player
- Multi-Tasker
- Positive
- Compassionate
- Analytical
- Detail-Oriented
Culture
Our mission is to treat each and every one of our patients, and their families, as if they were our own family member. Each patient, each family, each and every time.
- Working with compassion and respect for others and each other, supporting our communities and advocating for our patients
- Acting with integrity and the highest ethical standards – always
- Delivering results through accountability and transparency
- Embracing inclusiveness for all people in our workplace and in the communities we serve
Benefits
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Healthcare
Medical, dental, vision, healthcare/dependent FSA, life and disability insurance
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401(k) Retirement Plans
Secure your future with plans that also include employer discretionary match
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Tuition Reimbursement
Up to $1,500 maximum reimbursement per year
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Paid Time Off
Up to 15 PTO days per year and 6 paid holidays
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Work/Life Balance
Benefits such as paid holidays and vacation help you keep a healthy work-life balance
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Compensation
Competitive salaries
Responsibilities
Job Summary: Assists endoscopy team during endoscopy procedures. Arranges and inventories sterile/HLD set-up for procedure,and passes items as needed to the endoscopy team. Assists in preparing and moving patients, and in cleaning the endoscopy room. The Endo Tech is responsible for the provision of care to meet identified patient outcomes and to achieve the goals of the facility as directed by the Registered Nurse. Provides a centralized distribution and control of supplies and equipment to the facility. In charge of shipping and receiving, stores prepared articles and supplies in designated areas. Maintains and tracks inventory according to facility procedures.
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Delivers safe patient care as directed by the Registered Nurse and according to surgery center policy and procedure.
- Maintains and demonstrates current skills and knowledge in aseptic technique, personal protective equipment, cleaning and preparation of equipment, and procedure room.
- Follows OSHA and other standards for protection against blood borne pathogens and body fluids.
- Efficiently and effectively assists physician with procedures.
- Anticipates physicians’ needs both in preparing for procedure and during procedure.
- Uses proper cleaning materials to clean instruments and scopes
- Handles scopes in a manner which prolongs “life” of Instruments
- Maintains proper records of instrumentation processing
- Demonstrates principles of aseptic techniques
- Utilizes appropriate personal protective equipment during all components of instrument processing
- Uses chemicals properly and according to directions on the manufacturer’s label.
- Stores all supplies in properly labeled containers and in proper area
- Cleans and disinfects rental equipment.
- Responsible for all inventory control programs in accordance with facility safety and security procedures.
- Reports the patient's planned outcomes to the Registered Nurse in a timely and appropriate manner.
- Demonstrates ability to respond to patient care and facility needs in an emergency situation. Initiates and implements basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) as appropriate.
- Demonstrates knowledge of specific responsibilities in all emergency situations.
- Demonstrates ability to meet patient's and family's learning needs as identified in the plan of care.
- Orients the patient and family to the patient care environment routines.
- Implements the teaching plan as directed by the Registered Nurse.
- Demonstrates competence in treating, and caring for individuals based upon age-specific needs utilizing a developmental perspective.
- Provides appropriate interventions related to safety issues.
- Demonstrates appropriate knowledge and competence of designated skills identified for position.
- Adheres to bloodborne pathogen standards and standard precautions to include the use of appropriate personal protective equipment (eg, gloves, masks, eye protection, face shields) when cleaning the room and equipment and when handling any potentially infectious materials (eg, disposing of liquid waste).
- Demonstrates proper cleaning and care of the endoscopy equipment.
- Performs hand hygiene when gloves are removed and as soon as possible when hands are soiled.
- Demonstrates the containment, cleaning, disinfection, and surveillance processes that are necessary during construction, repair, renovation, or demolition.
- Responsible for the receipt and distribution of floor stock, office and stock supplies and rental equipment.
- Maintains adequate levels of inventory, not allowing stock items to deplete, but not “over stocking”
- Returns or removes excess stock
- Ensures that rental equipment has safety and performance check by biomedical personnel.
- Ensures that all equipment is issued proper tags.
- Maintains bulk storage areas arranged by sections; labels shelves in areas to note what items belong on what shelves.
- Keeps carts and shelves to standards: 6” from floor, 18” from ceiling.
- Checks all incoming shipments for damage.
- Performs hand hygiene when gloves are removed and as soon as possible when hands are soiled.
- Demonstrates the containment, cleaning, disinfection, and surveillance processes that are necessary during construction, repair, renovation, or demolition.
Pay: $19.60 - $28.42
Required Skills:
Qualifications: High school graduate or equivalent. Current CPR. Preferred two years’ experience in endoscopy. Computer skills (Microsoft Office, Outlook, Word and Excel preferred).
Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or
employee’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin,
age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or
expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Tenet will
make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities
unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.
Tenet participates in the E-Verify program.
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