Job Summary:
Assists credentialed provider with all diagnostic, interventional and therapeutic procedures within the cardiac and vascular laboratory environments. Performs all duties in a manner that promotes teamwork and reflects KPNW mission and philosophy goals. Works under direct supervision of a credentialed provider.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Monitors radiation safety and completes the necessary administrative tasks to ensure proper documentation and compliance.
- Actively performs quality assurance functions of x-ray equipment and protective garments/accessories, trouble shoots equipment problems and initiates vendor service call.
- Assists hospital radiation safety officer in survey and compliance documentation for the CVLs.
- Familiarity with use of IVUS machine and Site Rite ultrasound machine.
- Familiarity with PACS image retrieval for presentation during active cases.
- Serves as scrub assistant or monitor/recorder for cardiology and radiology studies.
- Prepares and position patients for invasive procedures.
- Assists with cardiovascular tests and record patients hemodynamic activity using specialized electronic test equipment, recording devices and laboratory instruments.
- Obtains hemostasis at arterial and venous access sites post-procedure, including removal of sheaths and safe management of hemostatic devices.
- Sets up, maintains and troubleshoots Intra Aortic Balloon Pump when required.
- Recognizes cardiac arrhythmias and hemodynamic waveforms and alerts credentialed provider and other team members during procedures and according to protocol.
- Administers intra-coronary and/or intra-arterial medications under direct supervision of the physician.
- Prepares and maintains sterile field using aseptic technique for testing.
- Prepares, maintains, and operates hemodynamic and monitoring equipment.
- Performs basic and advanced life support when required, including defibrillation.
- Maintains proficiencies to perform point of care tests on lab equipment such as activated clotting time (ACT), oxygen saturations, & glucose testing, and arterial blood gases (ABG).
- Performs patient teaching of procedures.
- Works on call and is required to respond on-site within 30 minutes of call.
- Restocks supplies, maintains clean work area; file room work area.
- Assists with transportation of patients.
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
- Minimum twelve (12) continuous months of cardiac cath lab, EP, and/or Special procedures work experience within the last three (3) years.
- Per the National Agreement, current KP Coalition employees have this experience requirement waived.
Education
- Successful completion of an accredited program in radiologic technology (ARRT).
License, Certification, Registration
- Basic Life Support within 1 months of hire
Additional Requirements:
- Proof of continuing education to maintain registry.
- Demonstrates customer-focused service skills.
- Ability to use and apply excellent communication and interpersonal skills with peers and administration.
- Performs all functions at a high level of competence without direct supervision.
- Must be able to comply with departmental policy for 30-minute response time for after-hour call backs.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Minimum two (2) years of recent EP, interventional cardiac, and/or vascular lab experience.
- Recent prior angio/cath lab experience.
- Organization skills, time management, prioritization, planning; attention to detail; problem solving, decision making, judgment; technical skills; initiative; communication, interpersonal skills, customer relations, organizational relations.
- Adaptability; flexibility.
- Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) - Registered Cardiac Invasive Specialist (RCIS), or Registered Electrophysiology Specialist (RCES), or The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists Cardiac-Interventional Radiography (ARRT-CI) or Vascular-Interventional Radiography (ARRT-VI).
- EKG Rhythm / Dysrhythmia Recognition
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