Pavithra Gunashekharan

• Main Duties and Responsibilities
  

1 Health assessment, counseling and education;

2 Assisting doctors in many procedures

3 Able to anticipate, identify and promptly initiate actions to crisis situations and life threatening emergencies(CODE BLUE)

4 Supervising, coaching and guiding junior colleagues; fresh nurses

5 Pre-, intra-and post procedural assessment and monitoring of patient undergoing endoscopy procedures and providing education
upon discharge

6 Cleaning and disinfection of endoscope and accessories using disinfectant and various sterilizers/reprocessor

Endoscopic Procedures assisted

1 Diagnostic and therapeutic Oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (OGD)

2 Flexible Sigmoidoscopy

3Diagnostic and therapeutic Colonoscopy

4 Bronchoscopy including biopsy, lavage, fine needle aspiration, etc

5Esophageal/pyloric/biliary/pancreatic/colonic stenting

6Esophageal/pyloric/colonic/biliary dilatation;

7 Naso-jejunal tube insertion;

8 Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) tube insertion;

9 Endoscopic Variceal Ligation;

10 Rubber Band Ligation of hemorrhoids;

11 Endoscopic MucosaI Resection (EMR);

12 Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD);

Microsoft Word/Powerpoint / Excel

13 Radial and linear Endoscopic Ultrosound (EUS);

14 Endoscopic haemostasis using injection of Adrenaline,Heat Probe,
Haemospray, EndoClot, Histoacryl, Argon Plasma Coagulation,haemostatic clips, etc;

15 Diagnostic and therapeutic Endoscopic Retrograde
Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) including sphincterotomy,biliary stent
insertion and endoscopic extraction of biliary stone;