Endoscopy Proc Tech

Endoscopy Processing Tech GI Lab Endoscopy

Full Time 80 Hours Per Pay Period Day Shift

On call every 23 weekend. Shift 9a5:30p MF.

Fort Sanders Regional Overview:

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is an awardwinning certified and accredited facility with 541 beds. As a Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center Fort Sanders offers stateofthe art care that maximizes recovery from stroke. We are also the regions leader in technology in areas such as bariatric surgery robotic surgery and minimally invasive spine surgery. Our doortoballoon times for heart attack patients are below the national average and our hip fracture center offers advanced diagnosis surgery and recovery procedures for hip patients.

Department Description:

The Endoscopy Lab at Fort Sanders Regional is a fastpaced team focused environment that has four endoscopy suites and a bronchoscopy suite. It serves as an outpatient ambulatory surgery center and accommodates inpatient addon procedures.

Procedures performed include but arent limited to colonoscopies esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) peg tube placement pill cam studies bronchoscopy endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) and Super Dimension Navigation. Our team consists of RNs CSTs CNAs and a departmental assistant.

Nursing responsibilities rotate within the department and include preop intraop and postop care with occasional scope room coverage as needed. Nurses are trained to prepare patients for procedures assist the physicians with the procedures electronically document the cases handle specimens educate patients for home care and ensure patients meet criteria prior to discharge. Our department is open MondayFriday 6a5:30p with holiday after hours and weekend call coverage. Call requirements for CSTs and RNs is one night per week and every 6^th weekend with rotating holiday coverage.

We are looking for team focused RNs who are highly motivated with critical thinking skills computer proficiency detail oriented and who are willing to put their patients first.

Position Summary:

Under the direction of department leadership this role is responsible for the proper decontamination inspection and highlevel disinfection of flexible endoscopes for GI and Pulmonary procedures. Requires proficiency to operate processing equipment in a manner that complies with manufacture instructions for use.

Recruiter: Jennifer Gordon

• Responsible for following steps to ensure that flexible endoscopes are safe for patient use.
• Preclean flexible endoscopes and reusable accessories by following the device manufacturers instructions for use (IFU).
• Perform the leak test using manufacturers IFU after each use and prior to manual cleaning.
• Performs meticulous manual cleaning including brushing and flushing channels and ports consistent with the manufacturers IFU before performing highlevel disinfection (HLD) or sterilization. Perform manual cleaning within the timeframe specified in the manufacturers IFU.
• Visually inspect the endoscope and its accessories.
• Perform HLD in accordance with the manufacturers IFU. Carefully reviews and adhere to the endoscope manufacturers reprocessing instructions and to the IFU for chemicals or sterilants and any equipment (e.g. automated endoscope reprocessors) used for reprocessing to help ensure that effective disinfection occurs.
• After reprocessing is complete store endoscopes and accessories in a manner that prevents recontamination protects the equipment from damage and promotes drying.
• Maintain documentation of adherence to these essential steps each time an endoscope is reprocessed.
• 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.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Education:

None specified; will accept any combination of formal education and/or prior work experience sufficient to demonstrate possession of the knowledge skill and ability needed to perform the essential tasks of the job typically such as would be equivalent to a high school diploma or GED. Preference may be given to individuals possessing a HS diploma or GED.

Minimum Experience:

None

Licensure Requirement:

None