What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lithotripsy Specialist position at Agiliti?
The role of a ESWL Technician or "Lithotripsy Specialist" is to prepare and ensure that Lithotripsy and Fluoroscopy equipment is operating properly and meets all required state and federal regulatory and safety standards. Under the supervision of the treating physician, the ESWL Technician performs Lithotripsy procedures and utilizes the Lithotripter and CARM as directed by the physician. ESWL Technicians are required to maintain a professional relationship with all physicians and hospital staff. An ESWL Technician will hold themselves to the professional standards of behavior and appearance. The ESWL Technician is required to maintain accurate medical and fluoroscopy records and abide by the performance requirements of the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Regulations.
Must be willing to travel and drive long distance, flexible, as hours vary from day to day.
Relocation assistance is available.
Duties and Responsibilities :
- Develops and maintains good business relationships with various physicians and hospital staff. Practices good customer service using cooperation and courtesy and maintains ethical and confidential relationships with physicians, hospital staff, associates and its vendors.
- Ensures safety of the patient before, during and after the procedure.
- Interfaces regularly with the Scheduling Department to ensure smooth case load schedules.
- Demonstrates competence in assisting the Urologist in the identification of calculi and accurately positioning each individual patient and selecting proper technical factors of each during the lithotripsy procedure. Patient Population – neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatrics.
- Responsible for optimum radiographic equipment function and keeping patient exposures to a minimum without interfering with optimal treatment. Confirms patient information entered into unit logs is complete and accurate and ensures all procedures performed are properly charged and recorded prior to being sent to the main office. Maintains Daily Treatment Records.
- Regularly checks equipment to ensure it is maintained in proper working condition and promptly reports any problems to the Director of Operations. Assists in the scheduling of equipment, and truck maintenance as required either as an individual or with team members.
- Loads, unloads, and transfers the Lithotripter, corresponding components, and any necessary supplies from the transport vehicle to and from the designated procedure area if applicable.
- Travels inside or outside of assigned geography or region as needed; overnight travel required as needed.
- Takes surgical cases as scheduled and take equal share of on-call, both weekend and weekday.
- Processes all paperwork (i.e. Worker Orders, Purchase Orders, and Inventory) in a timely and accurate manner.
- Reports to work on time and on a regular basis. All technicians are required to be at their assigned customer location at least one hour prior to the start of any scheduled procedure.
- Performs all other duties as assigned.
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Physical demands :
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions .
As an ESWL Technician, you must be able to lift fifty (50) pounds and push or pull seventy-five (75) pounds. A technician is required to load and unload equipment at various locations. A technician may be required to sit for long periods of time as well as being able to bend and reach repetitively.
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