GI Lab Tech - Casual

Hennepin Healthcare is an integrated system of care that includes HCMC, a nationally recognized Level I Adult Trauma Center and Level I Pediatric Trauma Center and acute care hospital, as well as a clinic system with primary care clinics located in Minneapolis and across Hennepin County. The comprehensive healthcare system includes a 473-bed academic medical center, a large outpatient Clinic & Specialty Center, and a network of clinics in the North Loop, Whittier, and East Lake Street neighborhoods of Minneapolis, and in the suburban communities of Brooklyn Park, Golden Valley, Richfield, and St. Anthony Village. Hennepin Healthcare has a large psychiatric program, home care, and operates a research institute, philanthropic foundation, and Hennepin EMS. The system is operated by Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc., a subsidiary corporation of Hennepin County. 

Equal Employment Opportunities: We believe equity is essential for optimal health outcomes and are committed to achieve optimal health for all by actively eliminating barriers due to racism, poverty, gender identity, and other determinants of health. We are committed to equitable care and working in an environment that celebrates, promotes, and protects diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. We are committed to bringing in individuals with new cultural perspectives to assist in creating a more equitable healthcare organization.

JOB DETAILS

Department:  GI Diagnostic Lab
FTE: Casual 
Workdays: Monday - Friday
Shift(s): Days
Shift Length: 8 hours
 

Purpose of this position: Performs technical skills and aids GI physicians, Registered Nurses, anesthesia personnel and other professionals in the GI lab, Operating Room, and other areas of the hospital as assigned. The GI Technician will perform skills and use critical thinking to assist the GI physician with assisting in procedural interventions. They will set up and take down supplies/equipment in the GI lab, Operating room, and other areas of the hospital. The technician will assist with procedures such as; EGD, colonoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, ERCP, EUS, and PEG placement. The technician will pre-clean endoscopes and use proper handling of endoscopy scopes. The technician will chart in EHR/ Provation, scheduling cases, coordinating, and communicating information related to GI procedures.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Safely escorts or transports patients on foot, cart, or wheelchair to and from procedures in the outpatient GI lab and inpatient setting operating room
• Ensures safe handling while transferring patients from cart to the operating room table
• Ensures equipment and supplies are clean and operable
• Observes patients’ physical condition and communicates any changes or pertinent information related to the patients’ health to the RN or physician, before, during or after the procedure
• Verify patient identification, collect information regarding prep and ride prior to procedure
• Takes and records patient’s vital signs, blood sugar, and discontinues IVs per nursing protocol or physician’s order
• Conducts POC testing every morning
• Performs accurate documentation in EHR and provation. Ability to add staff and procedures into epic and provation
• Ability to set-up, pre- clean, and handle scopes per policy
• Keeps the procedure room/travel cart organized, neat and orderly, stocked, and notifies the correct individual when supplies are low
• Collaborates with physicians, anesthesia staff, and nurses to place patient in optimal position depending on procedure, sedation, and current health status of patient