BJC HealthCare·Des Peres, Missouri
Assists with diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures under the direction of an RN or physician. Responsibilities include processing instruments, maintaining equipment inventory, and transporting patients.
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 630am-730am start time flex Missouri Baptist Medical Center 36 HR week 4- 9 HR shifts
Missouri Baptist Medical Center, an acute care hospital in St.
Louis County, offers a full continuum of medical and surgical services, including heart care, cancer, women and infants, breast health, gastrointestinal, orthopedic, stroke, therapy, wound and pain management services.
The hospital has a 24-hour adult emergency department and cares for pediatric patients at a separate emergency department in collaboration with St.
Louis Children’s Hospital.
Missouri Baptist is the first and only hospital in St.
Louis County to be named a Magnet® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
The prestigious designation is the highest credential a health care organization can receive for nursing excellence and quality patient care.
This recognition has been accomplished by less than nine percent of hospitals nationwide.
Additionally, U.S.
News & World Report ranked the hospital #2 in the St.
Louis metro area.
The Digestive Disease Center offers a full range of diagnostic and interventional endoscopy services for inpatients and outpatients with gastrointestinal or pulmonary disease.
The Center includes six holding beds, nine endoscopy treatment rooms and 16 recovery beds.
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.
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
Requires a High School Diploma or GED. No prior experience is required, though less than two years of experience is preferred.
Market context
Endoscopy Tech I roles in Missouri are typically driven by steady demand in hospitals and outpatient procedure settings that support digestive health services. These jobs can be competitive because employers often prefer some clinical exposure, even when no prior experience is required; a high school diploma or GED is the baseline, and benefits commonly include dental, vision, disability, life insurance, and paid time off. Review the procedure environment and highlight any patient-care or sterile-processing experience, and note that the requirements and benefits shown here are AI-summarized from the original job description to save research time.
