Job Abstract

Job Summary:

The GI Technician is responsible for assisting with all procedures in the GI Lab, assisting with admitting, discharging and transporting patients, answering phones and assorted clerical, equipment set up, cleaning, and troubleshooting duties.

Licensure and Certification:

• Training as OR tech, GI tech or equivalent experience performing same duties.
• Current BLS provider card

Education:

• High school graduate or GED equivalent

Experience:

• 6 - 12 months current experience in acute hospital setting as a nursing assistant, technician or related experience. 

Knowledge and Skills:

• Demonstrate competencies with endoscopic equipment cleaning, maintenance and usage.
• Knowledge of Medical Terminology
• Effective communication ability and skills
• Problem solving skills

Physical Demands – Patient Care:

• Continuous standing/walking and occasional/intermittent sitting.
• Continuous use of bilateral upper extremities in fine motor activities requiring fingering, grasping, and forward reaching between waist and shoulder level to handle/operate medical equipment/devices.
• Frequent reaching above shoulder level and overhead.
• Frequent forward bending, twisting, squatting and kneeling; occasional climbing.
• Occasional repositioning and transferring patients weighing up to 200 pounds between bed, chair, and gurney.
• Occasional lifting and carrying equipment weighing up to 25 pounds.
• Occasional/intermittent pushing of gurneys, wheelchairs, bed and other medical equipment over tiled and carpeted surfaces.
• Continuous use of near vision to read medical equipment such as monitoring devices and reading documents and computer screens; hearing and verbal communication to interact with patients, co-workers, and other customers.