Maintain a sterile field to provide support for physicians and nurses during endoscopy procedures. Prepare and maintain instruments and equipment. May obtain specimens.
U.S. Workers
103,650
Median Salary
$46,050
10-Year Growth
+3.5%
Annual Openings
14,400
Typical entry: High school diploma or equivalent
12 of 12 tasks have some AI capability
Exposure Trend
This score reflects estimated AI technical capability for tasks in this occupation. It does not predict employment changes, and it does not account for company-specific constraints, regulation, or adoption barriers.
Maintain inventories of endoscopic equipment and supplies.
AI: Fully automatable - Inventory tracking, forecasting, reordering and alerts for endoscopic equipment and supplies can be fully automated using barcode/RFID, computer vision and AI-driven supply‑chain systems.
Conduct in-service training sessions to disseminate information regarding equipment or instruments.
AI: Fully automatable - AI-driven virtual instructors, AR/VR demos, and automated presentation systems can fully conduct in‑service training sessions and disseminate equipment/instrument information in many settings.
Clean, disinfect, or calibrate scopes or other endoscopic instruments according to manufacturer recommendations and facility standards.
AI: Partial - Automated reprocessors and AI-guided diagnostics can handle parts of cleaning and calibration, but many manual cleaning, disinfection, and calibration tasks still require human operators and sterile technique.
Prepare suites or rooms according to endoscopic procedure requirements.
AI: Partial - AI can provide checklists and automated environmental controls but cannot reliably handle all physical setup and sterile preparation of procedure suites without human staff.
Collect specimens from patients using standard medical procedures.
AI: Partial - AI-guided robots and devices can collect certain specimens in limited settings, but most specimen collection remains a hands-on clinical task requiring human dexterity and patient interaction.
Assist physicians or registered nurses in the conduct of endoscopic procedures.
AI: Partial - Robotic aids and AI can assist planning and imaging but cannot fully replace human assistants for instrument handling and intra-procedural coordination in endoscopy.
Maintain or repair endoscopic equipment.
AI: Partial - AI can diagnose faults and guide repairs remotely, but complex maintenance and hands-on repairs of endoscopic equipment generally need skilled human technicians.
Perform safety checks to verify proper equipment functioning.
AI: Partial - Many equipment self-tests and AI diagnostics can perform and document safety checks, but comprehensive physical safety verifications still require human inspection in most facilities.
Attend in-service training to validate or refresh basic professional skills.
AI: Partial - AI can create, deliver, and assess in‑service training content (e‑learning, simulations, quizzes) but cannot literally replace the human professional's act of attending and internalizing training in all contexts.
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.
AI: Partial - AI-guided systems and some robots can assist or semi-automate placement of noninvasive monitoring devices, but fully autonomous, reliable, universally safe physical application across varied patients is not generally achievable by 2025.
Position or transport patients in accordance with instructions from medical personnel.
AI: Partial - Robotic aids and AI planning can assist with or partially automate patient positioning and transport, but safe, fully autonomous handling across the full range of patients and environments remains limited.
Read current literature, talk with colleagues, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in endoscopy.
AI: Partial - AI can fully automate literature scanning, summarization, and alerts, but substituting the social/professional networking and interpretive judgment of talking with colleagues or attending conferences is only partial.