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Endoscopy Technicians

$40.42K Median Salary 13.9K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 10.4% Job Growth

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About This Career

Maintain a sterile field to provide support for physicians and nurses during endoscopy procedures. Prepare and maintain instruments and equipment. May obtain specimens.

Reported Job Titles

Certified Endo Tech (Certified Endoscopy Technician), Certified Endoscopic Reprocessor (CER), Certified Flexible Endoscope Reprocessor (CFER), Certified Flexible Endoscopy Reprocessor (CFER), Endoscope Technician (Endoscope Tech), Endoscopy Specialty Technician (Endoscopy Specialty Tech), Endoscopy Technician (Endoscopy Tech), GI Tech (Gastrointestinal Technician), Procedural Assistant (Procedural Asst), Scope Tech (Scope Technician)

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Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Near Vision

Problem Sensitivity

Oral Comprehension

Oral Expression

Written Comprehension

Arm-Hand Steadiness

Deductive Reasoning

Finger Dexterity

Information Ordering

Manual Dexterity

Speech Recognition

Category Flexibility

Control Precision

Selective Attention

Speech Clarity

Written Expression

Flexibility of Closure

Inductive Reasoning

Multilimb Coordination

Perceptual Speed

Knowledge

English Language

Customer and Personal Service

Medicine and Dentistry

Education and Training

Computers and Electronics

Production and Processing

Skills

Active Listening

Reading Comprehension

Critical Thinking

Social Perceptiveness

Active Learning

Monitoring

Operations Monitoring

Speaking

Writing

Complex Problem Solving

Coordination

Instructing

Judgment and Decision Making

Operation and Control

Service Orientation

Time Management

Technology Skills

Spreadsheet software

Presentation software

Medical software

Electronic mail software

Office suite software

Word processing software

Calendar and scheduling software

Tools

Endoscope maintenance units

Endoscopic instrument sets

Wheelchairs

Endoscopic snares or snare wires

Electronic medical thermometers

Electrocardiography EKG units

Pulse oximeter units

Electronic blood pressure units

Medical exam or non surgical procedure gloves

Notebook computers

Mercury blood pressure units

Enema kits

Cardiac output CO monitoring units

Surgical isolation or surgical masks

Endoscopic suction or irrigation tips or coagulation probes

Goggles

Intravenous tubing with catheter administration kits

Patient floor scales

Blood collection syringes

Vacuum blood collection tubes or containers

Patient stretchers

Endoscopic printers or film or accessories

Special purpose telephones

Endoscopic instrument packs or trays or kits

Sigmoidoscopes

Endoscopic video cameras or recorders or adapters or accessories

Steam autoclaves or sterilizers

Specimen collection container

Endoscopic water bottles or accessories

Endoscopic dilators or inflation devices

Bronchoscopes

Desktop computers

Personal computers

Abilities

Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
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 that there is a problem.
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
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.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
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.
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Manual Dexterity: The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Control Precision: The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Flexibility of Closure: The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Multilimb Coordination: The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
Perceptual Speed: The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.

Knowledge

English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
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.
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.
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.
Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

Skills

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.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Operations Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Operation and Control: Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Technology Skills

Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Medical software: Henry Schein Dentrix; Medical condition coding software; Medical procedure coding software; MEDITECH software
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Calendar and scheduling software: Appointment scheduling software

Tools

Endoscope maintenance units: Automated endoscope washers; Scope reprocessing equipment
Endoscopic instrument sets: Fiberoptic endoscopes
Wheelchairs:
Endoscopic snares or snare wires: Endoscopic snares
Electronic medical thermometers: Electronic patient thermometers; Oral thermometers; Rectal thermometers; Tympanic thermometers
Electrocardiography EKG units: Electrocardiography EKG machines
Pulse oximeter units: Pulse oximeters
Electronic blood pressure units:
Medical exam or non surgical procedure gloves: Protective medical gloves
Notebook computers: Laptop computers
Mercury blood pressure units: Manual blood pressure cuffs
Enema kits: Enema equipment
Cardiac output CO monitoring units: Cardiac monitors; Hemodynamic monitors
Surgical isolation or surgical masks: Surgical masks
Endoscopic suction or irrigation tips or coagulation probes: Endoscopic suction pumps
Goggles: Safety goggles
Intravenous tubing with catheter administration kits: Intravenous IV equipment
Patient floor scales: Medical scales
Blood collection syringes:
Vacuum blood collection tubes or containers: Evacuated blood collection tubes
Patient stretchers: Stretchers
Endoscopic printers or film or accessories: Endoscopic image printers
Special purpose telephones: Multi-line telephone systems
Endoscopic instrument packs or trays or kits: Endoscopic procedure sets
Sigmoidoscopes: Flexible sigmoidoscopes
Endoscopic video cameras or recorders or adapters or accessories: Endoscopic image recording systems
Steam autoclaves or sterilizers: Steam sterilizers
Specimen collection container: Laboratory specimen containers
Endoscopic water bottles or accessories: Endoscopic water bottles
Endoscopic dilators or inflation devices: Inflation devices
Bronchoscopes: Fiberoptic bronchoscopes
Desktop computers:
Personal computers:

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