Clinical Support Technician, Cardio Echo, Full-Time

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Shift: Full-Time (40 hrs.) Days, evenings, nights (depending on availability) occasional on call and weekends may be required

Work Location: UM Hospital -Cardiovascular Echo Lab UTower

• Maintains clean and safe environment by cleaning and defrosting refrigerators, removing dirty linens appropriately, cleaning and preparing patient carts, as well as cleaning and processing endoscopy instruments and equipment.
• Maintains inventories and communicates needs to appropriate personnel.
• Obtains and distributes supplies into assigned areas.
• Maintains a neat and organized work area preventing cluttering of the hallways.
• Ensures all equipment is kept in designated areas.
• Demonstrates effective communication with other staff members, physician, patients, and visitors.
• Demonstrating knowledge and skill in pre cleaning, leak testing, endoscope cleaning and disinfection and storage following established protocols.
• Maintains quality controls within department. Tears down procedure rooms at end of day and prepares room for next day cases, including restocking of supplies.
• Transports patients utilizing safe technique.
• Assists with equipment management by troubleshooting and following-up on all equipment issues.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.
• Performs and assists with inventory supplies, organizing and providing low par levels.
• Ensures appropriate levels of PPE inventory for procedures and disinfecting.
• Always maintain Endoscope always reprocessing room tidy, sanitized and clean.
• Always follows infection control procedures in preparing for and performing disinfection of endoscopes
• Utilizes safety, knowledge, care in the safe use of pre cleaning and preparing for high level disinfecting of the dirty endoscopes by the TD100 machine.
• Preparation of Endoscopes for OR, Cath lab, interdepartmental procedures
• Transport of endoscopes to and from OR, Cath lab by Joint Commission of Accreditation Hospitals standards
• Maintains clean and safe environment by cleaning and defrosting refrigerators, removing dirty linen appropriately, cleaning and preparing patient carts.
• Transport patients
• Turnover room Procedure rooms for next procedure following sanitizing procedures.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

Education: High school diploma or equivalent

Certification and Licensing:

Certification in relevant specialty or field Experience:

Minimum 1 year of relevant experience

Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes:

•Skill in completing assignments accurately and with attention to detail.

•Ability to analyze, organize and prioritize work under pressure while meeting deadlines.

•Ability to process and handle confidential information with discretion.

•Ability to work evenings, nights, and weekends as necessary.

•Commitment to the University’s core values.

•Ability to work independently and/or in a collaborative environment

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

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