Interventional Procedures Tech - Cath Lab

Endeavor Health • Arlington Heights, IL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is for an Interventional Procedures Tech in the Cath Lab at Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights, IL. The role is full-time, 40 hours per week, with varied hours from 6:30 am to 5:00 pm. It requires on-call responsibility. The position involves caring for adult and geriatric patients, educating patients and families, assisting with patient assessment and monitoring, and preparing outpatients for procedures. Responsibilities include scrubbing, circulating, recording hemodynamics, administering post-procedural care, monitoring radiographic equipment, burning compact discs of procedures, ensuring patient procedures transfer to archiving systems, and potentially determining LV function from LV angiograms and performing stenosis analysis on digital images. The role also includes attending mandatory in-service education, transporting patients, performing quality control, maintaining equipment, managing contrast media inventory, overseeing the CD library, and adhering to all hospital standards, policies, and procedures.

Requirements

• Graduate of an AMA-approved Radiologic Technology program
• ARRT certification
• CPR: BLS for a Healthcare Provider issued by the American Heart Association
• Competency in EKG and hemodynamic monitoring required

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience working in Interventional Radiology or Cardiac Cath Lab procedures highly preferred, but not required
• ACLS preferred

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to care for adult and geriatric patients based on the developmental stages of the patient.
• Instructs and educates patient and family regarding procedures performed in a comprehensive manner, considering the developmental needs of the patient.
• Assists nurse and physician in patient assessment and monitoring.
• Assists nurses preparing outpatients for procedures.
• Performs daily assignments including scrubbing, circulating, recording hemodynamics, and administering post procedural care per policies.
• Monitors radiographic equipment during invasive and related cardiac procedures.
• Burns compact disc relative to the procedure being performed.
• Checks to make sure that all patient procedure transfer over to archiving system for permanent storage.
• May determine LV function from the LV angiogram acquired during digital imaging.
• May perform stenosis analysis on digital images.
• Attends all mandatory in-service education programs as required by area of service
• Transports patients to and from the Cath Lab as needed.
• May perform quality control; maintains equipment according to established procedures and safety policies.
• Utilizes supplies and equipment in the provision of patient care in a manner that assures quality, cost effective patient care.
• Maintains responsibility for transport and inventory management of contrast media.
• Oversees the CD library.
• May assume on-call status to provide patient care in the lab during emergency procedures.
• Adheres to all Northwest Community Hospital standards, policies and procedures.

Benefits

• Sign on Bonus: $20,000 (1+year of experience as an Interventional Procedures Tech in IR or Cath Lab)
• Sign on Bonus: $15,000 (new grads/less than 1 year of Interventional Procedures Tech experience)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree