Advanced Endoscopy Technician II - Digestive Health Institute

Position Summary

Advanced Endoscopy Technician II - Digestive Health Institute - Downtown

ORLANDO HEALTH DIGESTIVE HEALTH INSTITUTE Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute is an international destination for care, offering comprehensive and coordinated services to evaluate, diagnose and treat a wide range of conditions affecting the digestive tract and gastrointestinal organs. The institute has distinguished itself worldwide in offering many diagnostic and treatment options, including artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities that improve diagnosis, treatment and outcomes.

The institute brings internationally recognized digestive disease care to a new state‑of‑the‑art facility in downtown Orlando as well as several satellite sites conveniently located within the Orlando Health system. Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute is part of the Orlando Health system of care, which includes award‑winning hospitals and ERs, specialty institutes, urgent care centres, primary care practices and outpatient facilities that span Florida’s east to west coasts and beyond.

Collectively, our 27,000+ team members honour our over 100‑year legacy by providing professional and compassionate care to the patients, families and communities we serve. Orlando Health is committed to providing you with benefits that go beyond the expected, with career‑growing FREE education programmes and well‑being services to support you and your family through every stage of life. We begin your benefits on day one and offer flexibility wherever possible so that you can be present for your passions.

“Orlando Health Is Your Best Place to Work” is not just something we say, it’s our promise to you.

Work schedule:

Will be 4‑ten‑hour shifts with 7:00 am start time and Call (weekend, overnight and holiday).

• Assists the endoscopist during complex endoscopic procedures such as ERCP, Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS), Endoscopic Mucosal Resection, Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection, Hemostasis and Third Space Endoscopy.
• Sets up cautery settings for each interventional endoscopic procedure.
• Mix agents such as saline, dye, cyanoacrylate in correct proportions for endoscopic procedures.
• Assist the endoscopist and be familiar with long‑wire exchanges during ERCP.
• Know the accessories for each procedure and be proficient with cautery settings and other accessories to assist with endoscopic emergencies.
• Must be able to provide endoscopic support for emergencies in the operating room, ICU and ER settings.
• Operate state‑of‑the‑art AV equipment for recording videos for teaching.
• Participate in lab to assist endoscopist with research and development of novel products and teach other allied professional intricacies of advanced endoscopic procedures.
• Be available for providing emergency call coverage after 5 PM and on weekends.
• Labels and sends specimens to proper department/location for analysis in accordance with policy and procedure.
• Communicates appropriate information regarding patient status, technical equipment, or unit concerns to necessary healthcare workers.
• Prepares procedural suites for advanced GI and/or other interventional procedures.
• Transports and delivers items, equipment, and medications (excluding controlled substances and IV chemotherapy drugs) throughout the facility.
• Provides direct care to patients in admitting and in recovery as directed by the resource nurse, including providing nourishment, assisting with toileting, discontinuing of IVs and checking vital signs. Maintains open and effective communication with patients and the GI Unit team. All duties falling under Medical Assistant per certificate. (essential).
• Maintains, cleans, and stores endoscopic equipment and supplies according to policy.
• Facilitates efficient turnover time by prioritising activities related to equipment and instrumentation needed for cases to follow in assigned room (essential).
• Processes pathology specimens according to established protocols (essential).
• Performs preventive maintenance and decontamination of endoscopes and other diagnostic equipment in compliance with established protocols (essential).
• Prepares and assists with research procedures.…