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**City/State:** Saint Louis, Missouri

**Categories:** Clinical Services and Support

**Job Status:** Full-Time

**Req ID** : 98544

**Pay Range:** $17.75 – $25.56 / hour (Salary or hourly rate is based on job qualifications and relevant work experience)

Additional Information About the Role

Looking to get into the health care field or wanting to switch your health care career? Join the GI Lab as an Endoscopy Technician and have the opportunity to work with state-of-the-art technology with plenty of room to grow your career!

+ Day Shift

+ 7:30am - 4pm

Overview

**Christian Hospital** has been serving St. Louis and the surrounding metro areas since 1903. U.S. News & World Report ranks Christian Hospital No. 5 in St. Louis for overall clinical excellence and No. 9 in Missouri, which puts us in the top 6% of all hospitals in the state!

The U.S. News adult methodology ranks clinical specialties and rates common care procedures and conditions. Christian was nationally ranked as “high performing” in the clinical specialty of geriatrics and in the following seven of 21 common procedures and conditions: heart attack, heart failure, kidney failure, diabetes, COPD, pneumonia and stroke. High performing in a specialty means we were in the top 10% nationally of all evaluated hospitals for that specialty or procedure and condition.

_Northwest HealthCare_ , six miles west of Christian, offers 24- hour emergency care, the Sleep Disorders Center and a variety of outpatient diagnostic and imaging services.

GI Lab provides diagnosis and treatment for all diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Esophagogastroduodenoscopies and colonoscopies are performed in the GI lab. Diagnostics for GI bleeding or reflux, and treatment for GI bleeding or polyps also are performed

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Under the direction of an RN and/or physician, the Endoscopy technician assists with diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures, including transporting patients, disinfecting and process equipment, preparing the procedure room, and assisting in patient care.

Responsibilities

+ Processes instruments and equipment, orders and keeps inventory of supplies, and maintains equipment.

+ Maintains database for endoscopy, and keeps accurate statistics pertinent to endoscopy.

+ Transports patients and assists patients with changing.

+ Trains staff in areas specific to endoscopy instrument processing, supplies and the maintenance of equipment.

Minimum Requirements

Education

+ High School Diploma or GED

Experience

+ No Experience

Supervisor Experience

+ No Experience

Preferred Requirements

Experience

+ <2 years

Benefits and Legal Statement

BJC Total Rewards

At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

+ Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date

+ Disability insurance* paid for by BJC

+ Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution

+ 401(k) plan with BJC match

+ Tuition Assistance available on first day

+ BJC Institute for Learning and Development

+ Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

+ Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time

+ Adoption assistance

To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary (https://www.bjctotalrewards.org/Benefits)

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer