Overview
Endoscopy Processing Technician
Full time, 80 Hours per pay period, Day shift
Covenant Medical Group is Covenant Health’s employed and managed medical practice organization, with more than 300 top Physicians and providers spanning the continuum of care in 20 cities throughout East Tennessee. Specialties include cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, cardiovascular surgery, endocrinology, gastroenterology, general surgery, infectious disease, neurology, neurosurgery, obstetrics and gynecology, occupational medicine, orthopedic surgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation, primary care, pulmonology, reproductive medicine, rheumatology, sleep medicine and urology.
Job Objectives:
Under the direction of department leadership, this role is responsible for the proper decontamination, inspection, and high-level disinfection of flexible endoscopes for GI and Pulmonary procedures. Requires proficiency to operate processing equipment in a manner that complies with manufacturer instructions for use.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for following steps to ensure that flexible endoscopes are safe for patient use.
- Pre-clean flexible endoscopes and reusable accessories by following the device manufacturer’s instructions for use (IFU).
- Perform the leak test using manufacturer’s IFU after each use and prior to manual cleaning.
- Perform meticulous manual cleaning including brushing and flushing channels and ports consistent with the manufacturer’s IFU before performing high-level disinfection (HLD) or sterilization. Perform manual cleaning within the timeframe specified in the manufacturer’s IFU.
- Visually inspect the endoscope and its accessories.
- Perform HLD in accordance with the manufacturer’s IFU. Carefully review and adhere to the endoscope manufacturer’s reprocessing instructions and to the IFU for chemicals or sterilants and any equipment (e.g., automated endoscope reprocessors) used for reprocessing to help ensure that effective disinfection occurs.
- After reprocessing is complete, store endoscopes and accessories in a manner that prevents recontamination, protects the equipment from damage, and promotes drying.
- Maintain documentation of adherence to these essential steps each time an endoscope is reprocessed.
- Follow policies, procedures, and safety standards. Complete required education assignments annually. Work toward achieving goals and objectives and participate in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Minimum Education:
None specified; will accept any combination of formal education and/or prior work experience sufficient to demonstrate possession of the knowledge, skill, and ability needed to perform the essential tasks of the job, typically such as would be equivalent to a high school diploma or GED. Preference may be given to individuals possessing a HS diploma or GED.
Minimum Experience:
None
Licensure Requirement:
None
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