Endoscopy Technician II, 40 Hours

Exemption Status:

Schedule Details:

Scheduled Hours:

Shift:

Hours:

Cost Center:

Union:

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver - regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

I. Major Responsibilities:

1. Prepares procedure rooms for endoscopic procedures. Assist with patient transfer to and from procedure rooms, prepares vital sign monitoring systems, and position patient appropriate to procedure. Assist health care team with patient care, ensuring proper airway protection via oral suctioning during upper endoscopic procedures.
2. Assembles necessary equipment specific to procedure, to include scopes and instruments used for therapeutic and diagnostic treatments. Troubleshoots and ensure proper working order of computer and equipment. Ensures availability of equipment properly sized for the procedure.
3. Assists physicians and health care staff with advanced endoscopic procedures. Utilizes specimen retrieval instruments and other devices to assist with procedures. Collects, records and labels tissue samples and other specimens.
4. Assists physicians and health care staff with routine and emergency procedures, as assigned.
5. Assist physicians with hemostatic instruments including but not limited to clips, electrocautery devices, bicaping, argon plasma coagulation and variceal ligation and banding.
6. Maintains, cleans and disinfects endoscopes and accessories utilizing an automated scope washing system. Changes high-level disinfection solutions, filters, log paper, and printing ribbons as needed. Records scope washing, broken equipment, and high- level disinfectant changes according to policy and procedure.
7. Maintains equipment and supplies, cleaning of procedure rooms, and patient care equipment and areas in accordance with policy and procedures. Restock and properly maintain procedure rooms, travel carts, and travel equipment supply boxes.
8. Retrieves and restocks linens, patient nutrition supplies, and general order supplies. Rotate stock in supply room and procedure rooms as necessary. Assures accurate inventory of supplies based on approved levels. Initiate requisition for supply re-stocking and special-order items.
9. Properly dons and dofs PPE and wears radiation protection including dosimeter during all fluoroscopy procedures.
10. Responsible for covering a rotation of on-call hours to meet endoscopic emergency needs on weekdays, weekends, and holidays.
11. Demonstrates a commitment to maintain effective communication with patients, families, peers, and other members of the health team.

II. Position Qualifications:

License/Certification/Education:

Required:
1. Equivalent to high school plus additional specialized training.
Preferred:
1. SGNA certification preferred.

Experience/Skills:

Required:
1. Minimum of two years of relevant experience required.
2. Knowledge of patient care, endoscopy procedures and basic GI anatomy.
3. Advanced knowledge of endoscopic procedures.
4. Must be flexible with scheduling needs.
5. Must be able to work independently and work well in teams.
6. Ability to exercise good judgment, discretion and communication skills.
7. Good interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
Preferred:
1. Surgical Instrument technician or Central Sterile Technician experience is preferred.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We're striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health - for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.