Endoscopy Technician II

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Non-Exempt

$23.50 - $51.64 (based on a full time schedule of 40 hours per week). Compensation for part‑time or reduced schedules will be prorated based on scheduled weekly hours, experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Monday through Friday, On Call - Required

flex

1 - Day Shift, 10 Hours (United States of America)

40

10020 - 2116 Endoscopy Suite

UFCW (United Food and Commercial Workers)

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading‑edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other.

And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Performs a variety of routine and advanced technical and patient care duties under the direction of physicians and nurses. Prepares rooms and equipment for procedures and cleans and reprocesses a variety of endoscopes and accessories. Maintains and stocks instruments and supplies.

• Prepares procedure rooms for endoscopic procedures. Assist with patient transfer to and from procedure rooms, prepares vital sign monitoring systems, and position patient appropriate to procedure. Assist health care team with patient care, ensuring proper airway protection via oral suctioning during upper endoscopic procedures.
• Assembles necessary equipment specific to procedure, to include scopes and instruments used for therapeutic and diagnostic treatments. Troubleshoots and ensure proper working order of computer and equipment. Ensures availability of equipment properly sized for the procedure.
• Assists physicians and health care staff with advanced endoscopic procedures. Utilizes specimen retrieval instruments and other devices to assist with procedures. Collects, records and labels tissue samples and other specimens.
• Assists physicians and health care staff with routine and emergency procedures, as assigned.
• Assist physicians with hemostatic instruments including but not limited to clips, electrocautery devices, bicaping, argon plasma coagulation and variceal ligation and banding.

• Equivalent to high school plus additional specialized training.

• SGNA certification preferred.

• Minimum of two years of relevant experience required.
• Knowledge of patient care, endoscopy procedures and basic GI anatomy.
• Advanced knowledge of endoscopic procedures.
• Must be flexible with scheduling needs.
• Must be able to work independently and work well in teams.
• Ability to exercise good judgment, discretion and communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.

• Surgical Instrument technician or Central Sterile Technician experience is preferred.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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