Cath Lab Tech

Cath Lab Tech

Cardiac Cath Lab

PRN


Job Summary


The technologist is responsible for assisting physicians within the Cath Lab to ensure quality and efficient completion of invasive cardiovascular procedures. Maintains good interpersonal skills and proficiency in operating specialized medical equipment. Technologist is responsible for providing patient education and quality patient care.

Education Requirements

High School Diploma or GED Required

Certification& Licensures Requirements


Must maintain BLS/CPR certification.

Experience/ Qualifications/ Skills


2-3 years of Cardiac Cath Lab experience, or equivalent.

Must be able to take on-call responsibilities, including weekends and holidays as needed.


Language/ Communication Skills


English Required

Multi-Lingual capabilities enhance the ability to perform this job. Must have the ability to speak effectively and professionally to all staff, management, and all outside individuals at all levels from elementary to professional.

Mathematical Skills

Skill in adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing whole numbers, fractions, and decimals without a calculator.

Skills in performing operations with units such as cup, pint, and quart; inch, foot, yard; ounce and pound.

Knowledge of the metric system units (length, area, volume, capacity, mass and weight) and U.S. equivalents.

Skill in computing ratios, rates and percentages.

Reasoning Ability

Must have the ability to apply non-judgmental reasoning capabilities whenever necessary when dealing with patients, visitors, and staff.

Critical thinking skills are a must. Must have reasonable reflective thinking focused on deciding what to believe or do. Must possess purposeful, self-regulatory judgment which results in interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and inference, as well as explanation of the evidential, conceptual, methodological, criteriological, or contextual considerations upon which that judgment is based.