Endoscopy Tech II

CommonSpirit Health; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 52,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is seeking an Endoscopy Tech to provide essential technical support during endoscopic procedures and ensure patient safety. You will prepare, maintain, and sterile-process endoscopy equipment, assist physicians, and keep rooms ready with accurate documentation.

The role requires strong technical proficiency, meticulous sterile processing, and teamwork in a fast-paced clinical setting to contribute to positive patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• 4 years of patient care experience, including 1 year as an Endoscopy Tech
• High School GED or High School Graduate
• Basic Life Support (CPR) certified, within 14 days

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support during endoscopic procedures and ensure patient safety.
• Prepare, maintain, and reprocess endoscopy equipment and rooms; document steps.
• Assist physicians during procedures and support staff in a fast-paced clinical setting.
• Maintain accurate records of scope cleaning, reprocessing, and disinfection.
• In-service staff on new equipment and participate in annual competencies.

Skills

Endoscopy tech

Patient care

CPR

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As an Endoscopy Tech, you will provide crucial technical support during endoscopic procedures, ensuring patient safety and efficiency.

Every day you will meticulously prepare, maintain, and sterile process endoscopy equipment, assist physicians during procedures, and prepare rooms while maintaining accurate documentation.

To be successful, you will demonstrate strong technical proficiency, meticulous attention to detail in sterile processing, and collaborative skills in a fast-paced clinical setting, contributing to positive patient outcomes.

• Perform tech 1 duties
• Daily accountability of available scopes, equipment, and supplies for use, assist with scope repair and loaner process (in the absence of the lead or tech supervisor or as designated by the unit leadership)
• Accurate record keeping and maintenance of scope cleaning and reprocessing steps and equipment disinfection/sterilization process. Able to assist and identify air scope repair and loaners process in the absence of the lead or tech supervisor, or as designated by the unit leadership.
• Plays a supportive role in assessing needs of unit for changing par levels of equipment and accessories and relaying such information in a timely manner to the lead or tech supervisor and or unit leadership.
• Assists with in servicing staff on all new equipment and accessories, as well as helping to in‑service staff on other equipment and procedures as needed. Assist with annual competencies of endoscopy staff.
• Assists with initiation and follow up of scope washer maintenance...i.e. solution checks, solution and filter changes.

Job Requirements

Required

• High School GED or
• High School Graduate
• Four (4) Years of patient care experience, of which one (1)year as an Endoscopy Tech
• Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days

Where You'll Work

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is an 1,045 bed facility located in the Texas medical center. A joint venture with Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor St. Luke’s is an internationally recognized leader in research and clinical excellence that has given rise to breakthroughs in cardiovascular care, neuroscience, oncology, transplantation, and more. The hospital is home to the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, a nationally-accredited and NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center. Our new McNair Campus is designed around the human experience—modeled on evidence-based practices for the safety of patients, visitors, staff, and physicians. The 27.5-acre campus represents the future of healthcare through a transformative alliance focused on leading-edge patient care, research, and education.