Department: Jackson Memorial Hospital - GI Station

Address: 1611 NW 12th Ave, Miami, Florida, 33136 

Shift details: Per Diem, Days 

Why Jackson: Jackson Memorial Hospital is the flagship hospital for Jackson Health System and it has been a beacon of medical excellence and community care for more than a century. Throughout its rich and storied history, Jackson Memorial - located in the heart of the City of Miami - has been ground zero for some of the world's greatest medical breakthroughs and important moments in South Florida. We've grown into one of the nation's largest public hospitals, and one of the few that is also a world-class academic medical center with a proud mission and proven success. Jackson Memorial is an accredited, tertiary teaching hospital with 1,500 licensed beds, where nearly every medical specialty is provided by some of the world's most skilled and highly regarded multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals. 

Summary

The GI Technician performs specialized work in assisting in upper and lower endoscopic procedures. Employees in this classification are responsible for assisting with the preparation of GI rooms/suites/patient care areas for procedures, positioning patients prior to procedures, maintaining operational readiness of endoscopic equipment and instrumentation, and performing High Level Disinfection, scope reprocessing, and maintaining accurate records for all phases of scope use and reprocessing.

Responsibilities

• Provides assistance to physicians and registered nurses with upper and lower endoscopic procedures using approved aseptic techniques. 
• Assists with positioning patients prior to procedures, and assist with placing devices to monitor vital signs on patients, including blood pressure cuffs, cautery grounding pads, cardiac monitoring electrodes, pulse oximeter sensors, and nasal cannulas (as directed by the team). 
• Assists in all complicated cases including but not limited to dilatations, motility catheter placements, and balloon enteroscopies. 
• Provides support during various procedures, including but not limited to pH probe procedures. 
• Handles specimens collected during procedures, ensuring accurate labeling and handing off to the appropriate team member. 
• Performs all aspects of endoscope care as needed, including but not limited to cleaning at the point of use, decontamination, leak testing, and High Level Disinfection (HLD). 
• Utilizes automatic endoscopic reprocessing (AER) machines per manufacturer guidelines and facility policy. 
• Assists with the preparation GI rooms/suites before and after procedures as directed. 
• Maintain endoscopic equipment and instrumentation, and perform pillcam calibration. 
• Transports scopes, maintain appropriate inventory, accurately complete required documentation, and utilize GI software programs as applicable, including PROVATION and/or MMS Motility equipment. 
• Demonstrates behaviors of service excellence and CARE values (Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Expertise). Performs all other related job duties as assigned.

Experience

• Generally requires 0 to 3 years of related experience.

Education

• High school diploma is required.

Skill

• Ability to analyze, organize and prioritize work accurately while meeting multiple deadlines. 
• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form. 
• Ability to handle difficult and stressful situations with professional composure. 
• Ability to understand and follow instructions. 
• Ability to exercise sound and independent judgment. Knowledge and skill in use of job appropriate technology and software applications.

Credentials

• GI Technician through the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates (SGNA) certification preferred. 
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) and any additional applicable life support certification for Healthcare Providers is required upon hire with at least 6 months validity and maintenance at JHS for the duration of employment.

Unit Specific Credential

• FL-BLS

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