Endoscopy Tech I

BJC HealthCare

5d

About The Position

Looking to get into the health care field or wanting to switch your health care career? Join the GI Lab as an Endoscopy Technician and have the opportunity to work with state-of-the-art technology with plenty of room to grow your career!
Day Shift
7:30am - 4pm

Christian Hospital has been serving St. Louis and the surrounding metro areas since 1903. U.S. News & World Report ranks Christian Hospital No. 5 in St. Louis for overall clinical excellence and No. 9 in Missouri, which puts us in the top 6% of all hospitals in the state!
The U.S. News adult methodology ranks clinical specialties and rates common care procedures and conditions. Christian was nationally ranked as “high performing” in the clinical specialty of geriatrics and in the following seven of 21 common procedures and conditions: heart attack, heart failure, kidney failure, diabetes, COPD, pneumonia and stroke. High performing in a specialty means we were in the top 10% nationally of all evaluated hospitals for that specialty or procedure and condition.
Northwest HealthCare, six miles west of Christian, offers 24- hour emergency care, the Sleep Disorders Center and a variety of outpatient diagnostic and imaging services.
GI Lab provides diagnosis and treatment for all diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Esophagogastroduodenoscopies and colonoscopies are performed in the GI lab. Diagnostics for GI bleeding or reflux, and treatment for GI bleeding or polyps also are performed

Role Purpose
Under the direction of an RN and/or physician, the Endoscopy technician assists with diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures, including transporting patients, disinfecting and process equipment, preparing the procedure room, and assisting in patient care.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• No Experience

Nice To Haves

• <2 years

Responsibilities

• Processes instruments and equipment, orders and keeps inventory of supplies, and maintains equipment.
• Maintains database for endoscopy, and keeps accurate statistics pertinent to endoscopy.
• Transports patients and assists patients with changing.
• Trains staff in areas specific to endoscopy instrument processing, supplies and the maintenance of equipment.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED