Central Delaware Endoscopy is looking for a PRN Endo Tech to join our team located in Dover, DE.
Job Summary: Assists endoscopy team during endoscopy procedures. Arranges and inventories sterile set-up for operation, and passes items as needed to the endoscopy team. Assists in preparing and moving patients, and in cleaning the endoscopy room. The Endo Tech is responsible for the provision of care to meet identified patient outcomes and to achieve the goals of the facility as directed by the Registered Nurse. Provides a centralized distribution and control of supplies and equipment to the facility. In charge of shipping and receiving, stores prepared articles and supplies in designated areas. Maintains and tracks inventory according to facility procedures.
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:
Delivers safe patient care as directed by the Registered Nurse and according to surgery center policy and procedure.
Efficiently and effectively assists physician with procedures.
Anticipates physicians' needs both in preparing for procedure and during procedure.
Reports the patient's planned outcomes to the Registered Nurse in a timely and appropriate manner.
Demonstrates ability to respond to patient care and facility needs in an emergency situation.
Initiates and implements basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) as appropriate.
Demonstrates knowledge of specific responsibilities in all emergency situations.
Demonstrates ability to meet patient's and family's learning needs as identified in the plan of care.
Orients the patient and family to the patient care environment routines.
Implements the teaching plan as directed by the Registered Nurse.
Encourages patient/family participation in community education programs.
Demonstrates continued competence in treating, and caring for individuals based upon age-specific needs utilizing a developmental perspective.
Displays an understanding of each patient's cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological maturity in the assessments, treatment, and care undertaken.
Appropriately modifies approach to the patient based upon patient age utilizing a developmental perspective.
Provides appropriate interventions related to safety issues.
Demonstrates appropriate knowledge and competence of designated skills identified for position.
Demonstrates proper cleaning and care of the endoscopy equipment
Responsible for the receipt and distribution of central supply, floor stock, office and stock supplies and rental equipment.
Maintains adequate levels of inventory, not allowing stock items to deplete, but not "over stocking"
Returns or removes excess stock
Ensures that rental equipment has safety and performance check by biomedical personnel.
Cleans and disinfects rental equipment.
Ensures that all equipment is issued proper tags.
Responsible for all inventory control programs in accordance with facility safety and security procedures.
Maintains C.S. distribution and bulk storage areas arranged by sections; labels shelves in areas to note what items belong on what shelves.
Keeps carts and shelves to standards: 6" from floor, 18" from ceiling.
Checks all incoming shipments for damage.
Properly processes instruments and trays
Uses proper cleaning materials to clean instruments and trays
Handles instruments in a manner which prolongs "life" of Instruments
Maintains proper records of instrumentation processing,
Demonstrates principles of aseptic techniques
Utilizes appropriate personal protective equipment during all components of instrument processing
Utilizes appropriate cleaning supplies and equipment to perform relevant cleaning functions on a variety of surfaces and finishes.
Uses chemicals properly and according to directions on the manufactures label.
Stores all supplies in properly labeled containers and in proper area
Adheres to bloodborne pathogen standards and standard precautions to include the use of appropriate personal protective equipment (eg, gloves, masks, eye protection, face shields) when cleaning the room and equipment and when handling any potentially infectious materials (eg, disposing of liquid waste).
Performs hand hygiene when gloves are removed and as soon as possible when hands are soiled.
Demonstrates the containment, cleaning, disinfection, and surveillance processes that are necessary during construction, repair, renovation, or demolition.
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What We Offer
As an organization, one way we care for our communities and each other is by providing a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
Who We Are
At USPI, we create relationships that create better care. We partner with physicians and healthcare systems to provide first-class ambulatory solutions throughout the United States. We are committed to providing surgical services in the most efficient and clinically excellent manner. USPI is committed to, and proud of our inclusive culture. An inclusive culture, in our view, is respectful of differences and nurtures and supports the contributions of each individual, while also embracing and leveraging diversity. A diverse workforce, combined with an inclusive culture, makes USPI stronger and better able to meet the needs of our diverse patient and physician population.
Strength in Numbers
United Surgical Partners International (USPI) and Tenet have combined forces to create the nation’s largest ambulatory surgery provider. Our combined network of exceptional surgical and imaging facilities includes approximately 20 imaging centers, and over 265 short-stay surgical facilities. Together, our partnerships include 50 health systems and more than 4,000 physicians.
Nationwide Experience
Our partners deliver high quality ambulatory solutions in safe, efficient and caring USPI facilities in communities of every size across 29 states. Our physician partners are focused on providing quality patient care, in part because they are invested in their USPI facility. We provide the infrastructure and support they need to perform their best. This is one of the advantages of partnering with USPI.
Quality Patient Services
We share a vision with our physician and health system partners. Our goal is to provide the quality of healthcare services we would insist upon for our own families. Since our founding in 1998, this goal has helped us grow exponentially. Today, our strategic joint venture with Tenet establishes USPI as one of the nation's leading providers of ambulatory solutions.
Operating Excellence
Our size and experience in developing and operating ambulatory facilities and strategic vision allow our facilities to achieve both high patient satisfaction and solid financial results. Moreover, because we engage physicians in the governance and growth of the facility, we also achieve excellent clinical outcomes.