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OK-SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital Midwest
Worker Type
Regular
Job Highlights
· Department: Endoscopy
· Schedule: Full Time, Days
· Location: Midwest City
Our mission and values put the patient first and helps you to feel valued while respecting teamwork and collaboration. Our Endo Tech roles are an integral piece in our care team and we see it as a partnership. At SSM Health, we know the healing power of presence begins with compassionate people like you.
Daily Pay
Get paid daily doing the work you love in a way that fits your life. At SSM Health, we believe you deserve the flexibility to work a schedule that fits your life and to get paid when you need it.
Job Summary
Maintains a clean/sterile field to provide support for providers during endoscopy procedures. Prepares and maintains instruments and equipment and demonstrates expertise in the operation and function of required instruments and equipment.
Job Responsibilities and Requirements
- Primary responsibilities
- Anticipates and plans individualized care for the patient for all routine endoscopic procedures and anticipates most unexpected patient and provider needs.
- Runs the table and/or endoscopic equipment and assists the provider on all types of procedures utilizing the principles of surgical asepsis, infection control, universal precautions and life safety.
- Maintains an orderly and organized work environment and takes responsibility for the maintenance and care of all equipment.
- Prioritizes effectively, implements problem solving skills and performs in a coordinated manner when delivering care in high stress environments.
- Demonstrates expertise in the operation and function of instrumentation and equipment for routine endoscopic procedures performed.
- Maintains endoscopic scopes and instruments, demonstrating understanding of appropriate cleaning, high level disinfection and/or sterilization methods and serves as a resource and mentor to less experienced staff on cases, equipment and instrumentation.
- Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Education
- High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience
- Experience
- One year direct patient care experience
- Physical requirements
- Constant use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships and to identify and distinguish colors.
- Constant use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
- Constant lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
- Constant standing and walking.
- Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
- Frequent lifting/moving patients.
- Frequent bending, stooping, reaching and gripping.
- Frequent use of clear vision at 20 inches or less.
- Frequent use of speech to share information through oral communication.
- Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing over 50 lbs.
- Occasional use of clear vision at 20 feet or more.
- Occasional use of sitting, squatting, twisting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
- Occasional keyboard use/data entry.
- Rare kneeling.
REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS State of Work Location
- Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin
- Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
Work Shift: Day Shift (United States of America)
Job Type
Employee
Department: 3200000087 endoscopy 6116
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
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