Advanced Endoscopy Technician, PRN

About the role

Join our team at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Indian River Hospital is in sunny Florida’s Treasure Coast where it is committed to providing optimal family-centric and community-focused care. At Indian River Hospital, you will be part of a collaborative, compassionate, and innovative team of caregivers. You will work with state-of-the-art technology and will build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world. As an Advanced Endoscopy Technician, you will assist the physician with all endoscopic procedures, in addition to routine colonoscopies, esophagogastroduodenoscopies (EGD) and flexible sigmoidoscopies, such as: ERCP, cholangioscopy, electrohydrolithotripsy, mechanical lithotripsy, stent placement, complex stricture dilation, EUS, EMR, ESD, POEM, POP/G-POEM, STER, Zenker’s diverticulotomy, Z-POEM, RFA for Barrett’s, cryoablation, achalasia balloon dilation, EUS guided fiducial placement, celiac plexus neurolysis and cystgastrostomy.

Responsibilities

• Assist physicians with all endoscopic procedures, including colonoscopies, esophagogastroduodenoscopies (EGD), ERCP, flexible sigmoidoscopies, and EUS.
• Ensure proper cleaning and maintenance of all endoscopes and completion of all documentation logs and records.
• Assist the RN with patient care, including admission of patients, setting up rooms, transporting patients, patient recovery and final cleaning of rooms.
• Assist nurses and physicians in all aspects of GI procedures, including stocking rooms with equipment and supplies and maintaining proper procedures for cleaning and storing endoscopes.
• Change chemical sterilants and clean scope washers.
• Assess endoscopes daily, report any damage to the director and prepare and send out scopes for repair.
• Transport specimens.
• Make pre-op calls to patients to obtain preliminary information.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA)
• One year of experience in a hospital setting

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) or Certified Medical Assistant (CMA)

Schedule

This position works 6:30 AM – 5:00 PM.

Competencies

All employees are expected to meet the standards of performance outlined in the organizational-wide competencies below as applied to the position:

• World Class Service Orientation: Includes attitude, behavior, interpersonal skill, and problem solving that enable an employee to respond to internal and external customer needs and expectations in a positive manner.
• Adaptability: Includes teamwork and flexibility needed to fulfill job responsibilities including adapting to changes in work environment and accepting supervisory feedback.
• Efficiency and Effectiveness: Includes quantity and quality of desired work, as well as organization skills necessary to perform successfully.
• Essential Job Requirements: Includes adherence to all relevant policies, procedures, and guidelines affecting the work environment, including maintenance of required competencies and communication skills.
• Supervisory Responsibilities (if applicable): Includes overall accountability for assigned work group relative to operational goals, personnel requirements, and budgetary constraints.

Personal Protective Equipment: Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

Clinical Competency Checklist

Using the scale provided, rate the candidate's performance on the following global rating items. A score of 5 is necessary for advancement to Advanced Endoscopy Tech position.

SCALE: 1 – Unable to achieve tasks despite significant verbal and/or hands-on guidance; 2 – Achieves some of the tasks but requires significant verbal and/or hands-on guidance; 3 – Achieves most of the tasks independently, with minimal verbal and/or manual guidance; 4 – Competent for independent performance of all tasks; 5 – Highly skilled performance of all tasks.

• ERCP
• Cholangioscopy
• Electrohydrolithotripsy
• Stent placement
• EUS Fine Needle Aspiration and Biopsy
• Complex Dilations
• Savary Dilations
• Pneumatic Balloon Dilations
• Resectional Therapies
• Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR)
• Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD)
• Band-EMR
• Third Space Endoscopy (Intramural Endoscopic Surgery)
• PerOral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM)
• PerOral Pyloromyotomy (POP, G-POEM)
• Zenker’s Diverticulotomy
• Barrett’s Therapies
• Radiofrequency Ablation
• Cryospray Ablation
• Esophago Gastro Intestinal Stent placement