Endoscopy Technician

Creating Life Better Here starts with you. At San Juan Regional Medical Center, we're more than a healthcare provider-we're a values-driven organization dedicated to delivering exceptional care. As a team member, you help fulfill our mission to make life better here for our community.

The Endoscopy Technician is responsible for technical equipment used in the Endoscopy procedure to promote smooth operations. They provide assistance to the team of Endoscopy nurses and physicians while providing support to the patient as needed to promote efficient and safe procedures.

Required Behaviors:

• As you go about fulfilling this mission, your work habits and work relationships should embody SJRMC's values. These values are our culture, our identity as an organization. Sacred Trust, Personal Reverence, Thoughtful Anticipation, Team Accountability and Creative Vitality ask more of us than merely completing some list of tasks. Our values ask for a deeper level of commitment, and what is asked of us we freely give because we believe in our mission.

Required Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Prior medical experience and knowledge of medical terminology helpful
• Complete GI Associate's skill validation test & achieve GI Technical Specialist (GTS) within six (6) months of hire
• Basic Life Support certification within three (3) months of hire

Preferred Qualifications:

• GI Associates skill validation test

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Inspects and decontaminates by washing and maintaining endoscopes and other GI instruments per department protocols.
• Assists department personnel in changing linens, cleaning beds & procedure rooms.
• Assembles equipment as needed and changes suction tubing between each patient.
• Orders supplies approved by the manager & keeps procedure rooms stocked to par levels.
• Transports patients in & out of procedure rooms, and to inpatient rooms & discharge areas.
• Preserves skin integrity when providing patient care & transport.
• Understands hearing and visual impairments to protect patients from injury.
• Understands the complications associated with endoscope manipulation.
• Understands full view of the lumen must be seen by way of video screen during procedure.
• Demonstrates courtesy to patients, families, co-workers, and physicians.
• Maintains confidentiality to patient information.
• Directs questions to appropriate personnel.
• Responsible for personal continuing education.
• Wears PPE when appropriate, is fitted for TB mask, cleans BP cuffs after every patient use, washes hands per protocol and follows contact and isolation precautions.
• Each employee is responsible for implementing SJRMC's Service Standards into their daily work

Safety, Courtesy, Effectiveness, and Stewardship

• Other duties as assigned

Physical Demands and Environmental Work Conditions:

• Recognize potential exposure to blood borne pathogens and/or hazardous materials, noxious/irritating fumes, long hours, and unforeseen conditions that might generate stress may be encountered.
• Must be able to see with corrective eyewear and hear clearly with assistance.
• Must be able to walk, stand, bend, squat, climb, kneel, and twist frequently.
• Must be able to lift greater than fifty (50) pounds and push up to three hundred (300) pounds frequently.
• Responsible for on-call duties as assigned by GI Lab Manager