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A resume for a Endoscopy Technician needs to show the work itself: maintain a sterile field to provide support for physicians and nurses during endoscopy procedures. Day to day that means work like this: clean, disinfect, or calibrate scopes or other endoscopic instruments according to manufacturer recommendations and facility standards; collect specimens from patients, using standard medical procedures. Recruiters and applicant tracking systems both read for the tasks and tools this role actually involves, so the strongest resume names them in your own experience rather than describing the job in the abstract. Below are the tasks O*NET records for this occupation, the software and tools it uses, the titles it is advertised under, and the skills worth naming if they are genuinely yours.

Also advertised as

The same job is posted under many titles. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

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

O*NET records 22 titles for this occupation in total.

What people in this job call themselves

Titles reported by people actually doing this work, which is often not the title on the job posting.

  • 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)

What this work actually involves

Tasks recorded for this occupation, in O*NET's words. If your experience covers one of these, it belongs on your resume in your own words.

  • Clean, disinfect, or calibrate scopes or other endoscopic instruments according to manufacturer recommendations and facility standards.
  • Collect specimens from patients, using standard medical procedures.
  • Perform safety checks to verify proper equipment functioning.
  • Maintain or repair endoscopic equipment.
  • Assist physicians or registered nurses in the conduct of endoscopic procedures.
  • Place devices, such as blood pressure cuffs, pulse oximeter sensors, nasal cannulas, surgical cautery pads, and cardiac monitoring electrodes, on patients to monitor vital signs.
  • Prepare suites or rooms according to endoscopic procedure requirements.
  • Maintain inventories of endoscopic equipment and supplies.
  • Attend in-service training to validate or refresh basic professional skills.
  • Conduct in-service training sessions to disseminate information regarding equipment or instruments.
  • Position or transport patients in accordance with instructions from medical personnel.
  • Read current literature, talk with colleagues, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in endoscopy.

Example bullets for this role

Built from this occupation's own tasks. The brackets stay empty on purpose: we will not invent a number for you, and a fabricated metric is the fastest way to lose an interview you had already won.

  • Clean, disinfect, or calibrate scopes or other endoscopic instruments according to manufacturer recommendations and facility standards, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Collect specimens from patients, using standard medical procedures, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Perform safety checks to verify proper equipment functioning, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Maintain or repair endoscopic equipment, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].

Software used in this role

Recorded for this occupation by O*NET. An applicant tracking system matches the exact product name, so write the tool the way the posting writes it.

  • Email software
  • MEDITECH software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Word
  • Patient electronic medical record EMR software
  • Scheduling software

Tools and equipment

The physical equipment this occupation is recorded as using. Worth naming when a posting asks for it by name.

  • Automated blood pressure cuffs
  • Automated endoscope washers
  • Blood drawing syringes
  • Bronchoscopes
  • Cardiac monitoring equipment
  • Desktop computers
  • Digital patient thermometers
  • Electrocardiography EKG machines
  • Endoscopic electrocautery equipment
  • Endoscopic image printers
  • Endoscopic image recording systems
  • Endoscopic inflation equipment

Skills an ATS reads for

Worth naming only if they are genuinely yours. Keyword overlap is one input to a resume's score, not a verdict.

  • Patient electronic medical record EMR
  • Scheduling

What this job rates as most important

O*NET rates every skill for importance to this occupation. These are the highest rated, in order.

  1. 01Active Listening
  2. 02Reading Comprehension
  3. 03Critical Thinking
  4. 04Social Perceptiveness
  5. 05Active Learning
  6. 06Monitoring
  7. 07Operations Monitoring
  8. 08Speaking
  9. 09Writing
  10. 10Complex Problem Solving

Knowledge areas

The subject knowledge this occupation draws on, rated by importance.

  • English Language
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Medicine and Dentistry
  • Education and Training
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Production and Processing

What qualifications people in this job have

From O*NET's survey of people doing this work. This is what postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

  • 54%High School Diploma, or the equivalent
  • 31%Post-Secondary Certificate, awarded for training completed after high school
  • 12%Associate's Degree

What level this role is pitched at

O*NET places this occupation in “Some Preparation Needed”. These occupations usually require a high school diploma.

Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.

Common questions

What does a Endoscopy Technician do?
Maintain a sterile field to provide support for physicians and nurses during endoscopy procedures. Day to day that includes work like clean, disinfect, or calibrate scopes or other endoscopic instruments according to manufacturer recommendations and facility standards and Collect specimens from patients, using standard medical procedures.
What skills should a Endoscopy Technician put on a resume?
O*NET rates Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Social Perceptiveness, and Active Learning among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.
What software should a Endoscopy Technician list?
Software recorded for this occupation includes Email software, MEDITECH software, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, and Microsoft PowerPoint. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.
What other job titles cover Endoscopy Technician work?
O*NET records 22 titles for this occupation, including Certified Endo Tech, Certified Endoscopy Technician, Certified Flexible Endoscope Reprocessor, and CFER. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.
What qualifications does a Endoscopy Technician need?
In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 54% reported their level of education as "High School Diploma, or the equivalent". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.
Will this resume pass an ATS for a Endoscopy Technician role?
No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

Related roles

Occupations O*NET records as closest to this one, and worth looking at if this search is not moving.

What this page cannot tell you

  • No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer’s ATS is configured, including ours.
  • This page makes no claim about pay, demand or how many people hold this job. O*NET does not publish that here and we will not estimate it.
  • Keyword overlap is one input to a resume’s score, not a verdict on you. A resume that names skills you do not have is worse than one that names fewer.

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