Job Summary SCRMC Endoscopy Technicians Job Summary Maintain a clean field to provide support for physicians and nurses during endoscopy procedures. Prepare and maintain instruments and equipment. May obtain specimens. Job Requirements Minimum Education High School Education or equivalent preferred; on-the-job experience preferred. Required Skills1. Reading Comprehension—Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. 2. Critical Thinking—Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. 3. Active Listening—Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. 4. Operation Monitoring—Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. 5. Speaking—Talking to others to convey information effectively. 6. Monitoring—Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. 7. Social Perceptiveness—Being aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do. 8. Writing—Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. 9. Complex Problem Solving—Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. 10. Coordination—Adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions. Organizational Expectations KNOWLEDGE: 1. Customer and Personal Service—Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. 2. English Language—Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language, including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. 3. Medicine and Dentistry—Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures. 4. Public Safety and Security—Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. 5. Education and Training—Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. ATTRIBUTES: 1. Oral Comprehension—The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. 2. Arm-Hand Steadiness—The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. 3. Oral Expression—The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. 4. Problem Sensitivity—The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. 5. Inductive Reasoning—The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). 6. Near Vision—The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). 7. Written Comprehension—The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. 8. Category Flexibility—The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. 9. Deductive Reasoning—The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. 10. Finger Dexterity—The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. Essential Functions 1. Clean, disinfect, or calibrate scopes or other endoscopic instruments according to manufacturer recommendations and facility standards. 2. Perform safety checks to verify proper equipment functioning. 3. Maintain or repair endoscopic equipment. 4. Collect specimens from patients using standard medical procedures. 5. Assist physicians or registered nurses in the conduct of endoscopic procedures. 6. Prepare suites or rooms according to endoscopic procedure requirements. 7. Place devices, such as blood pressure cuffs, pulse oximeter sensors, nasal cannulas, surgical cautery pads, and cardiac monitoring electrodes, on patients to monitor vital signs. 8. Conduct in-service training sessions to disseminate information regarding equipment or instruments. 9. Attend in-service training to validate or refresh basic professional skills. 10. Position or transport patients in accordance with instructions from medical personnel.