Endoscopic Technician, Capitol Hill - Seattle (40 hrs) $5,000 SIGN-ON BONUS!!
Endoscopic Technician, Capitol Hill - Seattle (40 hrs) $5,000 SIGN-ON BONUS!!
Job Description
Assists Gastroenterologists and RNs with colonoscopy and panednoscopy procedures and treatment of patients. Provides patient care, room set-up and turn-over, sterilization of equipment, and other duties when needed. Provides each patient a safe, comfortable, and private environment.Essential Responsibilities:
- This position, knows and complies with all Kaiser Permanente quality, safety and emergency policies and procedures. Demonstrates qualify and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice in every interaction with patients, colleagues, providers, and leadership. Ensures patient safety in the preparation and provisioning of care related to but not limited to medications, procedures, infection prevention, fall prevention, including consistent use of two patient identifiers and procedural time outs. Reports safety hazards, accidents, and incidents and unsafe working conditions promptly.
- Assist in patient flow providing support as necessary. Communicates in an attentive and individualized manner in every encounter. Participates in the coordination and facilitation of care for the patient. Cooperates and communicates effectively with other team members to accomplish the workload. Provide each patient a safe, comfortable, and private environment. Provides a safe environment for each patient and adheres to KFHPW safety standards. Adheres to KFHPW infection control policies and procedures.
- Assists Gastroenterologists and RNs with colonoscopy and panednoscopy procedures. Assists with biopsies and other procedure needs. Assist physician with the patient which includes holding, positioning, or turning the patient, upon the physicians direction. Deploy forceps or other equipment and/or medications, under direct supervision and order of the physician. Anticipate physician needs for safe patient care and next actions.
- Use high level disinfection techniques to clean endoscopy scopes via manual cleaning and/or washes sterilizers. Coordinate supply with Central Sterile Technician (CSR) ensuring safe practice and handling of scopes.
- Assist in the collection and labeling of specimens and preparation for pathology analysis.
- Reviews and communicates to physician and other medical providers appointment schedule to determine patient visit order and solicits special instructions or requests for the day, greets and escorts patient to examination or treatment room in a respectful, warm, and caring manner.
- Responsible for room set-up and turn-over throughout the day. Ensure the correct equipment is in place, pre-test for safety and functionality. Ensure correct and sufficient supplies are readily available.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Basic Qualifications: Experience
- N/A
- High School Diploma OR General Education Development (GED) required.
- Medical Assistant Certificate required at hire
- Basic Life Support required at hire
- Gastroenterology Technician Specialist Certificate within 6 months of hire
- Completion of SGNA Technician Associates Program within 6 months of hire.
- Six (6) months of gastroenterology procedure experience.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support.
Assists Gastroenterologists and RNs with colonoscopy and panednoscopy procedures and treatment of patients. Provides patient care, room set-up and turn-over, sterilization of equipment, and other duties when needed. Provides each patient a safe, comfortable, and private environment.Essential Responsibilities:
- This position, knows and complies with all Kaiser Permanente quality, safety and emergency policies and procedures. Demonstrates qualify and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice in every interaction with patients, colleagues, providers, and leadership. Ensures patient safety in the preparation and provisioning of care related to but not limited to medications, procedures, infection prevention, fall prevention, including consistent use of two patient identifiers and procedural time outs. Reports safety hazards, accidents, and incidents and unsafe working conditions promptly.
- Assist in patient flow providing support as necessary. Communicates in an attentive and individualized manner in every encounter. Participates in the coordination and facilitation of care for the patient. Cooperates and communicates effectively with other team members to accomplish the workload. Provide each patient a safe, comfortable, and private environment. Provides a safe environment for each patient and adheres to KFHPW safety standards. Adheres to KFHPW infection control policies and procedures.
- Assists Gastroenterologists and RNs with colonoscopy and panednoscopy procedures. Assists with biopsies and other procedure needs. Assist physician with the patient which includes holding, positioning, or turning the patient, upon the physicians direction. Deploy forceps or other equipment and/or medications, under direct supervision and order of the physician. Anticipate physician needs for safe patient care and next actions.
- Use high level disinfection techniques to clean endoscopy scopes via manual cleaning and/or washes sterilizers. Coordinate supply with Central Sterile Technician (CSR) ensuring safe practice and handling of scopes.
- Assist in the collection and labeling of specimens and preparation for pathology analysis.
- Reviews and communicates to physician and other medical providers appointment schedule to determine patient visit order and solicits special instructions or requests for the day, greets and escorts patient to examination or treatment room in a respectful, warm, and caring manner.
- Responsible for room set-up and turn-over throughout the day. Ensure the correct equipment is in place, pre-test for safety and functionality. Ensure correct and sufficient supplies are readily available.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Basic Qualifications: Experience
- N/A
- High School Diploma OR General Education Development (GED) required.
- Medical Assistant Certificate required at hire
- Basic Life Support required at hire
- Gastroenterology Technician Specialist Certificate within 6 months of hire
- Completion of SGNA Technician Associates Program within 6 months of hire.
- Six (6) months of gastroenterology procedure experience.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support.
About Kaiser Permanente
At Kaiser Permanente, we’re all focused on helping people and providing high-quality, affordable health care services and to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve. Across our organization, we’re fiercely committed to our members, our mission, our communities, and each other. We know that each part of the Kaiser Permanente team is essential to our success. Together, we are more than 235,000 dedicated professionals working to advance Kaiser Permanente’s commitment to delivering a healthier tomorrow.
Driven by our collective passion at Kaiser Permanente, we strive to make health care more innovative and compassionate. With the wellness of our patients and our communities at heart, we work to revolutionize health and care from more than 650 locations in 8 states and D.C.
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