Cardiovascular Technician - Cardiac Cath Lab - Mount Sinai Queens - Per Diem

Cardiovascular Technician - Mount Sinai Queens

The (per diem) Cardiovascular Technician is an integral part of the clinical care team, responsible for preparing patients for invasive cardiac procedures, assisting the health care team in hemodynamic monitoring during the case, and maintaining equipment and supplies.

Responsibilities

• Maintain sterile techniques to prepare room, equipment table, and provide quality care to patients.
• Monitor equipment to ensure appropriate working conditions and during procedures. Alert the care team of any changes.
• Retrieve supplies under the direction of physicians and nurses during the procedure as needed.
• Maintain stock at par level in the procedure room by restocking rooms after each procedure with items used during the procedure. Restock lab area as needed.
• Participate in product evaluations.
• Count the number of revolutions during a rotablator procedure.
• Turn on and check all equipment at the beginning of the day. Trouble-shoot problems and immediately contact the appropriate person to repair equipment
• Check the monitoring equipment, intravascular ultrasound, pacemakers and IABP pump in working condition. Trouble-shoot problems and immediately contact the appropriate person to repair the equipment.
• Assist in the transport of patients and transfer of patients to the procedure table.
• Perform assignment according to established guidelines
• Assist cardiologist with selective procedures.
• Apply principles and practices of asepsis.
• Perform surgical scrub, gowning, and gloving procedure.
• Set up sterile instrument table and prepare supplies according to type of procedure.
• Assist in draping of patient and procedure area according to need.
• Greet visitors and answer telephones promptly and courteously. Escort visitors to appropriate area, when necessary, promptly and courteously.
• Answer physician pagers and refer to appropriate staff.
• Maintain a safe, clean, and functional environment, including removing trash and bringing physical plant equipment problems to the attention of the managers.
• Transport patient on stretchers or wheelchairs, as required

Qualifications

• HS/GED; Associate's degree preferred.
• 2 years of experience in cath or ep lab.
• Heartsaver Certification from American Heart Association
• RCIS certificate preferred

Required Skills

• BLS

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Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 48,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients' medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes more than 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics, top 5 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, and top 20 in Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report's "Best Children's Hospitals" ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country's best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 11 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek's "The World's Best Smart Hospitals" ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

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Job Info

• Job Identification 3017720
• Job Category Technician
• Locations 25-10 30th Ave, Long Island City, NY, 11102, US