Pay: $20-25/hour, depending on experience Schedule: Full-time, days, every other weekend, no on-call, no holidays Exact schedule to be discussed during interview Requirements: • GI Technician Certification preferred • BLS Certification • 1 year of medical assistant experience or endoscopy/OR experience Responsibilities: • Assist with endoscopic procedures and patient care under the direction of RN • Preparation of endoscopic equipment, assisting doctors and nurses during procedures, decontamination and care of endoscopic equipment and supplies • Monitoring supplies for reordering, tracking equipment sent out for repair, maintaining decontamination room logbooks • Coordinates the efforts of the technicians in all Ors and the Soiled Workroom and reports problems or potential problems to the Nurse Manager • Assures correct documentation is recorded • Maintains patient confidentiality • Ensures procedure room is set up for the day • Set up the OR endoscopy area and decontamination room for the day • Decontaminates endoscopy room and decontamination room surfaces between each patient and at the end of the day • Inspects scopes and accessories daily for proper mechanical functioning before each procedure • Leak test scopes after each procedure, before manual cleaning • Ensures prompt and thorough room turnover, cleaning, and disinfecting of scopes and accessories • Assists RN with patient preparation for and during endoscopy procedure • Directs patients to changing area before procedure • Assists the physician with biopsy specimens • Assists with patient recovery • Communicates patient status to appropriate health care member • Assists to ambulate patients according to the suites policy and procedure in accordance with the physician’s orders • Walks patients to changing area and to car when directed by RN • Assists patients on and off stretchers • Decontaminates stretcher and remakes for next patient • Restocks OR, decontamination room, clean and soiled utility rooms, pre-op and post-op areas, patient changing areas, employee locker room and rest room • Ensures adequate number of supplies on hand and anticipates future needs and orders appropriately • Assists other health care members as needed and when asked • Adheres to procedures, instructions, and established routines • Reports concerns and errors to Nurse Manager • Provide courteous service to patients, families, and staff • Adheres to protective required wear when assisting and performing decontamination and any other time when exposure to blood born pathogens or chemicals present a hazard • Other duties as assigned #toponehire