Lead Endoscopy Tech

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Day - 08 Hour (United States of America)
This is a Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley job.

A Brief Overview The Lead Endoscopy Technician serves as the technical and operational lead for Endoscopy Services and functions as an advanced subject matter expert supporting procedural operations, patient care activities, endoscopy equipment management, and workflow coordination. The Lead provides day-to-day guidance to Endoscopy Technicians, promotes standard work, supports staff onboarding and competency validation, and assists leadership with operational readiness and quality initiatives.

Reporting to the Manager of Endoscopy Services, the Lead Endoscopy Technician collaborates with physicians, nursing, anesthesia, sterile processing, infection prevention, scheduling, and support services to ensure safe, efficient, reliable, patient-centered care. The Lead serves as a resource for troubleshooting, training, equipment readiness, procedural support, and continuous improvement activities. This role does not have direct personnel management responsibilities but provides operational leadership and technical direction for the Endoscopy Technician team.

Locations Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley What you will do Daily Operations and Workflow Coordination Coordinate daily technical workflow and assignments in collaboration with nursing leadership and procedural teams.

Assist with room utilization, procedural readiness, equipment availability, supply management, and turnaround efficiency.

Serve as the primary technical resource for problem-solving and escalation of equipment or workflow concerns.

Support daily huddles and communicate operational priorities, staffing needs, and procedural updates.

Assist with coordination of add-on cases, schedule changes, and case flow optimization.

Clinical and Procedural Support Perform advanced endoscopy technician functions and provide procedural support during diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures.

Anticipate procedural needs through knowledge of endoscopic anatomy, clinical indications, and physician preferences.

Support proper specimen handling, labeling, transport, and documentation according to departmental standards.

Assist with specialized procedures, advanced therapeutic interventions, and emerging technologies as appropriate.

Monitor the procedural environment and communicate safety concerns, breaks in technique, or equipment issues immediately.

Technical Resource and Staff Development Serve as lead preceptor for orientation and onboarding of new Endoscopy Technicians.

Provide day-to-day coaching, mentoring, and technical guidance to staff.

Assist leadership with competency validation, skills assessment, and tracking of required education.

Reinforce departmental policies, regulatory standards, standard work, and best practices.

Model professional behaviors that promote teamwork, accountability, service excellence, and patient-centered care.

Equipment, Reprocessing, and Regulatory Support Monitor readiness and proper functioning of endoscopic equipment, accessories, and procedural technologies.

Assist with troubleshooting, reporting, and follow-up of equipment failures and service issues.

Promote compliance with endoscope handling, storage, transportation, and high-level disinfection processes.

Support inventory management, par-level monitoring, and supply utilization initiatives.

Collaborate with Infection Prevention, Sterile Processing, and Quality teams to maintain regulatory compliance and survey readiness.

Quality, Safety, and Performance Improvement Participate in quality improvement initiatives focused on patient safety, workflow efficiency, patient experience, and operational performance.

Identify opportunities to improve procedural readiness, room turnover, supply utilization, and staff communication.

Support data collection, audits, competency monitoring, and corrective action activities.

Assist with investigation and follow-up of safety events, equipment concerns, and process deviations.

Promote a culture of safety, transparency, continuous learning, and high reliability.

Key Performance Metrics Procedural readiness and room start-time performance.

Endoscopy room turnover efficiency and throughput.

Equipment availability and procedural support reliability.

Staff onboarding and competency completion.

Regulatory readiness…