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Instrument Technician
Req #: 0000272812
Category: Surgical / OR Techs
Status: Full-Time
Shift: Evening
Facility: RWJ New Brunswick
Department: Endoscopy Room
Pay Range: $19.48 - $23.38 per hour
Location:
One Robert Wood Johnson Place, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Job Title: Instrument Technician
Location: Main Hospital - New Brunswick
Department Name: Endoscopy Room
Req #: 0000272812
Status: Hourly
Shift: Evening
Pay Range: $19.48 - $23.38 per hour
Pay Transparency:
The above reflects the anticipated hourly wage range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.
The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidates educational background, skills and professional experience.
Instrument Technician - RWJBarnabas Health
At RWJBarnabas Health, Instrument Technicians become part of a highly collaborative perioperative team where precision, teamwork, and patient-centered care support exceptional surgical outcomes. This Instrument Technician role offers opportunities for professional growth, advanced clinical experience, and a culture committed to safety, innovation, and continuous improvement.
As an Endoscopy Reprocessing Technician (Instrument Technician), you will play an essential role in cleaning and reprocessing Endoscopy equipment while actively assisting with patient care and workflow throughput within the Endoscopy department. Joining RWJBarnabas Health means joining a community where every professional is encouraged to grow, contribute, and make a meaningful impact.
A Typical Day
A typical day for an Instrument Technician may include:
- Equipment Reprocessing: Cleaning, disinfecting, and managing flexible endoscopic equipment per departmental policies, manufacturer recommendations, and established infection control standards.
- Scope Maintenance & Tracking: Overseeing the care and handling of flexible endoscopes, inspecting them for functionality, troubleshooting basic technical issues, documenting and tracking repairs, and sending equipment out when service is required.
- Quality Assurance: Performing and documenting rigorous quality assurance checks on point-of-care equipment, high-level reprocessing equipment, and scope storage cabinets in accordance with departmental guidelines and required logs.
- Direct Patient Care Support: Accurately performing clinical tasks under RN guidance and reporting results immediately-including taking vital signs (BP, HR, RR, Temp, SpO2), checking blood glucose, pulling 12-lead EKGs, applying cardiac monitors, and discontinuing IV therapy.
- Specimen Collection: Safely obtaining blood, urine, stool, or other body fluid specimens and ensuring proper handling.
- Departmental Flow & Throughput: Assisting in expediting workflow within the suite to promote efficient, high-quality patient care, while identifying opportunities to improve operational speed, participate in performance improvement initiatives, and reduce waste.
- Inventory Control: Maintaining, stocking, and organizing instruments, clinical equipment, and medical supplies in a neat and orderly fashion.
- Environment of Care: Actively adhering to Standard Precautions, maintaining a safe and clean work environment, executing safety, security, life safety, preparedness, utility, and hazard management protocols, and attending mandatory in-services.
This Role Might Be For You If:
- You thrive in a fast-paced clinical environment where you can balance high-level technical equipment reprocessing with hands-on patient care.
- You remain calm, adaptable, and focused under rapidly changing, stressful conditions while maintaining a professional demeanor.
- Strong teamwork and communication skills help you collaborate effectively with nurses, physicians, and the broader perioperative team.
- Patient safety, meticulous infection control, and absolute accuracy in documentation guide your daily work.
- You possess the physical condition, mobility, and intact vision, speech, and hearing required to safely perform duties and reach areas throughout the entire institution.
Qualifications & Requirements
To be considered for this Instrument Technician opportunity, you must be passionate about supporting safe, high-quality patient care through technical expertise, clinical competency, and collaborative teamwork.
Required:
- Education: High School Diploma or equivalent.
- Experience: Previous Clinical Care Technician (CCT) experience.
- Certification: Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Communication: Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
- Work Environment Adaptability: Ability to work in an environment with potential exposure to blood, excrement, odors, and infectious/communicable diseases. Follows standard incident reporting procedures.
Preferred:
- Credential: Flexible Endoscope Reprocessor Certification or a Certified Endoscope Reprocessor (CER) credential via HSPA (formerly IAHCSMM).
At RWJBarnabas Health, our market-competitive Total Rewards package provides comprehensive benefits and resources to support our employees physical, emotional, social, and financial health.
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Medical and Prescription Drug Insurance
- Dental and Vision Insurance
- Retirement Plans
- Short & Long Term Disability
- Life & Accidental Death Insurance
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Health Care/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Wellness Programs
- Voluntary Benefits (e.g., Pet Insurance)
- Discounts Through our Partners such as NJ Devils, NJ PAC, Verizon, and more!
RWJBarnabas Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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