PRN Endoscopy Technician

Texas Health Flower Mound is looking for a PRN endoscopy technician, is that you?

Work location: Texas Health Flower Mound, 4400 Long Prairie Road, Flower Mound, Texas 75028.

Work hours: PRN Mon-Fri, 6:30-3pm

Here’s What You Need

· H.S. Diploma or Equivalent required.

· 1 year of GI clinical or hospital experience preferred.

· CNA - Certified Nurse’s Aide upon hire preferred or

· MA - Medical Assistant upon hire preferred or

· EMT - Emergency Medical Technician upon hire preferred and

· BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly required.

What You Will Do

CARE OF PATIENT/TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Assists physicians and nurses with GI procedures

• Sets up endoscopic equipment including specific individualized equipment after assessment of patient.

• Assists physicians and RNs throughout procedures

• Handles instrumentation from basic to complex procedures.

• Takes actions to reduce or eliminate patient risk

• Professional Accountability

• Follows policies, protocols, and guidelines set forth by THR.

• Communicates all ethical and legal concerns through the established chain of command.

• Initiates actions to protect patient rights and/or preferences.

• Attends 80% of all staff meetings or 100% of all staff meeting minutes are read.

• Attends training and educational opportunities made available to the GI Lab staff.

• Completes training modules on a timely basis.

• Communicates with the manager or educator for unit if any delay or problems exist.

• Teamwork/Partnership

• Demonstrates teamwork and partnership in delivering care in the GI Lab.

• Shares knowledge/advanced skills with co-workers to enhance efficiency of procedures.

• Is flexible in regards to schedule and requirements needed for function of the Unit.

• Works with on-call team to finish call cases in most efficient, safe, manner possible.

• Infection Control / Safety Measures

• Follows all safety measures/infection control measures throughout duties assigned.

• Assists with identification of patient

• Participates in Time-Out process

• Washes hands

• Operates automatic scope washers and understands the principles of high level disinfection.

• Cleans scopes manually according to guidelines set forth per manufacturer.

• Understands the principles of cleaning the scopes manually

• Keeps proper records and documents accordingly in daily logs in scope processing room.

• Reports any problems or concerns with scopes or scope washers.

· Additional perks of being a Texas Health employee

· Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, Student Loan Repayment Program as well as several other benefits.

· A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.

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Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org .

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