CV/EP Technician- Southdale
About The Position
Fairview Health Services is hiring a Cardiovascular Electrophysiology (CV/EP) Technician to join our Cardiac Cath Lab team at our Fairview Southdale Hospital location in Edina, MN. We're offering a $4,000 sign-on bonus! Our CV/EP Technicians assists with procedures in CV and EP providing diagnostic testing, collects and assesses data, performs scrub role and assists cardiologist. Schedule: This position will work 0.8 FTE (64 hours per two week pay period). 8 hour day shifts Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm. Weekday call 1-2 nights per week and weekend call every 4-5 weekends (variable). Will also be on call 1-2 Holidays per year.
Requirements
- Graduate of an education program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
- Basic Life Support Certification (BLS)
- Registered Radiologic Technologist (RTR) (Upon hire, or within 3 months of orientation) or
- Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist (RCIS) (Upon hire, or within 3 months of orientation) or
- Registered Cardiac Electrophysiology Specialist (RCES) (Upon hire, or within 3 months of orientation)
Nice To Haves
- 3-5 years CVT or EP experience
Responsibilities
- Demonstrates ability to safely and accurately operate equipment: Operate monitor/recording equipment in all cardiac cath lab procedures. Able to electrically and mechanically balance and calibrate pressure transducers and amplifiers in all rooms. Troubleshoots and corrects ECG tracing problems Operates tableside C-arm controls Insures all POC testing equipment is maintained according to established standards Applies prescribed three major principals of radiation safety at all times
- Collects, assesses and maintains patient data Enters patient demographics into both monitoring and x-ray equipment Records all patient and monitor data on event log according to established guidelines. Archives procedure to CD-Rom Enters all data into computer system for accurate billing and patient procedure history Reduces all right and left heart data to basic form for physician interpretation and reporting. Assesses and documents pulses distal to catheter insertion site pre and post surgical Recognizes rhythms and sudden hemodynamic changes.
- Assists invasive cardiologist with all invasive coronary procedures. Ability to scrub in all procedures in diagnostic and Interventional Cardiac Cath Lab and EP Proficient in patient preparation and sterile tray set up. Assists the cardiologist with required catheter and wire manipulation while maintaining the required sterile technique.
- Core EP duties. Operates monitor/recorder and intracardiac simulator for EP studies Operates RF Ablation equipment With use of computer, draw and calculate LV grams to include ejection fraction and stroke volume. Monitor for EP studies/ablations, integrating use of EP mapping systems.
Benefits
- Fairview offers a generous benefit package including but not limited to medical, dental, vision plans, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, PTO and Sick and Safe Time, tuition reimbursement, retirement, early access to earned wages, and more! Please follow this link for additional information: https://www.fairview.org/careers/benefits/noncontract
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Industry
Hospitals
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
