Cardiovascular Interventional Radiology Technologist

Allina Health•Minneapolis, MN

19h•Onsite

About The Position

At Allina Health, you’ll build a career with purpose while supporting advanced cardiovascular care. As a Cardiovascular Interventional Radiology Technologist, you’ll be an essential member of a collaborative care team, assisting with diagnostic and interventional procedures for cardiovascular, peripheral endovascular, and structural heart patients. Working under the direction of expert radiologists, you’ll monitor and scrub complex cases while upholding Allina Health’s commitment to safety, quality, and efficiency. You’ll also play a key role in the patient experience throughout their care journey.

Requirements

Vocational or Technical Training graduate of accredited School of Radiologic Technology
Registered Technologist - The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) required registered upon hire
Must meet at least ONE of the requirements below: Current ACLS certification from the American Heart Association OR Current ALS certification from the American Red Cross OR Allina in-house ACLS training (within 60 days of hire)

Nice To Haves

2 to 5 years in Cardiovascular Laboratory
2 years strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Performs and assists with procedures in diagnostic and interventional radiology, for cardiovascular, peripheral endovascular and structural heart procedures, both monitoring and scrubbing, under the direction of the radiologist.
Provides timely and quality services to patients, following radiology department policies to maintain a safe, efficient and economical environment.
Interacts with patients to welcome, explain and respond to questions and concerns during and following the procedure.
Completes procedures in compliance with physician orders and department guidelines
Identifies patient with two identifiers.
Documents accurately all needed aspects of the procedure.
Observes and communicates with patient, responding to needs.
Maintains safe patient environment in procedure area.
Performs procedures with high degree of accuracy
Demonstrates appropriate knowledge of all diagnostic equipment.
Maintains proficiency in monitoring, circulating and scrub role, anticipating MD needs.
Gathers all relevant information to assist in interpretation of images.
Verifies all imaging has appropriately transferred to imaging storage and retrieval system.
Provides accurate clerical function
Uses Excellian (electronic medical record).
Understands the storage and retrieval system.
Ensures all documentation is complete post procedure.
Communicates with supervisor and team
Reports problems, issues or ideas.
Provides assistance, ideas and information to support the work of others.
Other duties as assigned.