Certified Endoscopy Technologist Job at Covenant Health, Knoxville, TN

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  • Covenant Health
  • Knoxville, TN

Job Description

Certified Endoscopy Technologist, Family Care Specialists

Full Time, 80 Hours Per Pay Period, Day Shift

*Monday-Friday, 6:45am-3:15pm preferred*

Covenant Medical Group is Covenant Health’s employed and managed medical practice organization, with more than 300 top Physicians and providers spanning the continuum of care in 20 cities throughout East Tennessee. Specialties include cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, cardiovascular surgery, endocrinology, gastroenterology, general surgery, infectious disease, neurology, neurosurgery, obstetrics and gynecology, occupational medicine, orthopedic surgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation, primary care, pulmonology, reproductive medicine, rheumatology, sleep medicine and urology.

Position Summary:

Facilitates patient care by assisting physicians and nursing staff before, during, and after endoscopic procedures. Competently performs, with assistance, the majority of assigned cases in a given service/shift; may participate in difficult or complicated cases with assistance; competently performs endoscope re-processing.

Recruiter: Sarah Grey || [email protected] || 865-374-5271

Responsibilities

  • Under supervision of RN/MD, facilitates patient care by assisting endoscopist before, during, and after endoscopic procedures; follows unit standards and processes to deliver age-appropriate care for all patients; demonstrates accountability as an individual and team member in meeting patient/family needs; participates in identifying cost-effective measures for clinical care.
  • Plans, sets up, performs and cleans up the assigned endoscopy procedure; demonstrates knowledge of equipment and instrumentation pertaining to case; safely operates specialty equipment which may be used in endoscopy cases ( i.e. snares, hot biopsy forceps, alligator forceps, Resolution clips, etc…); maintains instruments and equipment integrity; performs room turn-over and terminal cleaning; utilizes supplies in a cost effective manner.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of and the ability to apply the principles of clean technique; responsible for continuously monitoring for potential for cross-contamination in the patient care areas; recognizes contamination and takes proper action to correct situation.
  • Demonstrates proper positioning techniques; knows the proper position for cases and understands the use of proper positioning aids to protect nerves, boney prominences and to maintain circulation; assists endoscopist in splinting patients abdominal wall
  • Identifies and communicates problems and variances from patient care goals and participates in finding solutions; uses available problem-solving techniques to resolve patient problems and follows through with health care team to implement solutions; clearly, efficiently, and confidently communicates significant information about patient care progress toward goals; collaborates with peers.
  • Participates in the development of others; assists in the orientation and training of new staff members.
  • Maintains appropriate standards of competency; performs, with assistance, the majority of cases per service/shift in a competent manner; may participate in difficult or complicated cases with assistance.
  • Demonstrates proper endoscope equipment reprocessing according to current standards. Manages reprocessing logs, endoscope inventory, provides reprocessing competency check offs for the endoscopy department staff, manages endoscope send outs for repair, and keeps inventory of the frequency a scope is sent out for maintenance/repair.
  • Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
  • Perform other duties as assigned or requested.

Qualifications

Minimum Education:

None specified; however, must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.

Minimum Experience:

One (1) year endoscopy experience required.

Licensure Requirement:

CBSPD GI Endoscope Certification required. In addition, Certified Surgical Tech (CST) with completion of SGNA modules or GI technical Specialist (GTS). CPR required.

Job Tags

Full time, Shift work, Monday to Friday,

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