Endoscopic Technician
4 hours ago
As an Endoscopic Technician at Kaiser Permanente, you will play a vital role in assisting Gastroenterologists and RNs with colonoscopy and panendoscopy procedures. Your primary responsibility will be to provide patient care, room set-up and turn-over, sterilization of equipment, and other duties as needed. You will ensure that each patient receives a safe, comfortable, and private environment.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Ensure patient safety in the preparation and provisioning of care related to but not limited to medications, procedures, infection prevention, fall prevention, including consistent use of two patient identifiers and procedural time outs.
- Report safety hazards, accidents, and incidents and unsafe working conditions promptly.
- Assist in patient flow providing support as necessary.
- Communicate in an attentive and individualized manner in every encounter.
- Participate in the coordination and facilitation of care for the patient.
- Cooperate and communicate effectively with other team members to accomplish the workload.
- Provide each patient a safe, comfortable, and private environment.
- Adhere to KFHPW safety standards.
- Assist Gastroenterologists and RNs with colonoscopy and panendoscopy procedures.
- Assist with biopsies and other procedure needs.
- Assist physician with the patient which includes holding, positioning, or turning the patient, upon the physician's direction.
- Deploy forceps or other equipment and/or medications, under direct supervision and order of the physician.
- Anticipate physician needs for safe patient care and next actions.
- Use high level disinfection techniques to clean endoscopy scopes via manual cleaning and/or washes sterilizers.
- Coordinate supply with Central Sterile Technician (CSR) ensuring safe practice and handling of scopes.
- Assist in the collection and labeling of specimens and preparation for pathology analysis.
- Reviews and communicates to physician and other medical providers appointment schedule to determine patient visit order and solicits special instructions or requests for the day, greets and escorts patient to examination or treatment room in a respectful, warm, and caring manner.
- Responsible for room set-up and turn-over throughout the day.
- Ensure the correct equipment is in place, pre-test for safety and functionality.
- Ensure correct and sufficient supplies are readily available.
- High School Diploma OR General Education Development (GED) required.
- Basic Life Support required at hire.
- Medical Assistant Certificate required at hire.
- Gastroenterology Technician Specialist Certificate within 6 months of hire.
- Completion of SGNA Technician Associates Program within 6 months of hire.
- Minimum six (6) months of gastroenterology procedure experience.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support.
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