GI & Special Procedures Technician
Posted May 19, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time you noticed something wrong during a procedure and spoke up to the nurse or provider.
What they are checking: Whether they will raise a safety concern to someone above them in the room instead of staying quiet.
Describe a time you worked with a team that was moving fast and someone was short with you. How did you respond?
What they are checking: Whether they stay steady and professional under the stress of a busy procedural area.
Why do you want to do this work with children instead of adults?
What they are checking: Whether they have thought about what pediatric care asks of them and have a real reason to choose it.
What would you do
You work under the general supervision of a registered nurse. How do you know where your role ends and the nurse's begins?
What they are checking: Whether they understand their scope and will not drift into tasks that need a licensed clinician.
A scared eight-year-old is crying on the cart before a procedure. What do you do in the minute you have with them?
What they are checking: Whether they can calm a frightened child and family quickly without slowing down the room.
The schedule is running behind and the team wants to turn over the room faster. Where will you not cut corners?
What they are checking: Whether pace pressure changes their cleaning and checking habits, which is where infection and equipment errors start.
About the work
Walk me through how you set up a room for a pediatric endoscopy, from checking the scope to having suction and oxygen ready.
What they are checking: Whether they have a real, ordered routine for room readiness rather than relying on the nurse to catch what is missing.
How do you reprocess a flexible endoscope after a case, and what would make you pull a scope from service?
What they are checking: Whether they respect high-level disinfection steps and leak testing, since a skipped step can infect the next child.
How do you handle and label a biopsy specimen so nothing gets lost or mixed up between the room and the lab?
What they are checking: Whether they treat specimen labeling as a patient safety step, since a mislabeled sample can mean a wrong diagnosis.
What equipment in a GI or special procedures suite have you troubleshot, and how did you figure out the problem?
What they are checking: Whether they can keep scopes, light sources and processors running without waiting on biomed for every small issue.
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