What are the responsibilities and job description for the Endoscopy Technician position at GENESIS Health System?
Position Title: Endoscopy Technician
Department: Endoscopy
Purpose: Provides technical assistance to nursing staff and physicians in various patient care activities and performs tasks necessary to maintain a safe and organized work environment with the following key accountabilities: responsible for cleaning and maintaining equipment; assisting in collecting data needed to identify patient's needs, problems, concerns, or human responses; and providing clerical support as needed to support customer service.
Report To: Manager
Supervisory Responsibility: Guidance: The job requires the provision of occasional guidance and training to others. The job does not have formal or official supervisory responsibilities.
Materials Responsibility: Limited: Work requires limited responsibility for material resources. Examples of resources could include supplies, equipment, inventories, small budgets, and other similar material assets. The employee has a limited amount of control over these resources. The cost of errors is also limited in terms of damage, waste or financial loss. Problems associated with material resources are not complex. The volume of resources may vary, but the level of difficulty in dealing with these resources is uncomplicated.
Key Relationship: Co-workers/Health System Employees, Outside Agencies/Other Health Care Providers, General Public/Visitors/Volunteers, Physicians/Medical Office Staff, Students/Interns/Residents/Outside Instructors, Patients, Families, and Significant Others
POSITION SPECIFICATION
Education: High school graduation or equivalent
Field Of Study:
Special Training:
Training Preferred: Previous experience, healthcare student or CNA certification
Licensure/Registration:
Experience: No experience required.
Interpersonal Skills: Interaction is with a variety of people inside or outside the organization. Communications are of moderate difficulty and sensitivity. Contact with others may involve detailed & lengthy dialogues & exchanges of information. Requires a moderate amount of interpersonal skills. Interactions involve dealing with moderately complicated problem situations or stressful encounters.
Working Conditions: There is routine exposure to highly adverse environmental conditions including physical hazards, health and safety risks, and otherwise undesirable characteristics in the environment. Personal risks require safety equipment or precautions to be followed closely. The time the employee is exposed to these conditions exceed 70% of their work day.
Possible Exposure to Blood Borne Pathogens: Yes
Miscellaneous: