Endoscopy Technician

Endoscopy Technician 

Job Type: Full-Time | Days 

Shift: 7-3:30 On call required 1 day per week, one weekend per month

Your experience matters

UP Health System - Marquette is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a Endoscopy Tech joining our team, you're embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier ^®. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

How you'll contribute

An Endoscopy Technician who excels in this role:

• Facilitate the safe and efficient performance of endoscopic procedure.
• Prepare endoscopy suite with solutions, scopes, equipment, and supplies.
• Ensure good working order of scopes and equipment.
• Validate that complete and current reprocessing of the scope has occurred for every procedure.
• Assist with preparing, transporting, and positioning patients.
• Pass scopes and supplies to assist the physician during endoscopy procedures. 
• Continually accounts use of supplies during endoscopy procedures.
• Receive and process specimens for delivery to the laboratory.
• Provide inspection, decontamination, assembly, and high-level disinfection of scopes and other patient care equipment in accordance with processing guidelines, ASGE, AAMI, AORN, TJC, and OSHA requirements.
• Operate departmental equipment daily according to manufacturer instructions with emphasis on safety.
• Process and documents all scopes and supplies using chemical, biological, and mechanical indicators to verify sterility in accordance with manufacturer instructions and hospitality policy.
• Monitor and perform antimicrobial and disinfection solutions testing according to manufacturer instructions and documentation as required.

Why join us

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:

• Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
• Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
• Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What we're looking for

     An Endoscopy Tech must have a High school diploma or equivalent required. 

Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Additional requirements are:

• Surgical Technologist Program: Preferred

• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.

• Experience: 1 year of related experience preferred; 

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent required.

• Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS-HCP)

More about UP Health System 

As a 222-bed specialty care hospital, UP Health System - Marquette receives patients from across the UP and provides care in 65 specialties and subspecialties. Its medical staff of more than 200 doctors work as a team with its more than 1,800 employees in caring for approximately 9,000 inpatients and more than 350,000 outpatients per year.

UP Health System - Marquette's major services include its Heart & Vascular Institute, Cancer Center, Brain & Spine Center, Rehabilitation Center, Behavioral Health, Digestive Health, Bariatric Medicine & Weight Management Center and Women's Health, Family Birthing, and Pediatrics Center. The hospital also provides the region's premier services in imaging, surgery and laboratory and is home to the UP Telehealth Network, a leading telehealth network in the nation. We also service many of the communities in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, with 42 primary and specialty care clinics spread throughout the region.

EEOC Statement

"UP Health System - Marquette is an Equal Opportunity Employer. UP Health System - Marquette is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment."

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.