Angiographer

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title:  Angiographer

Pay rate : $80.00 - $85.00/ per hour
On Call Rate: $5

Overtime/Holiday/ Callback Multiplier: 1.25 X bill rate

Length of Assignment:  13 weeks, with option to extend.

Client Location : Murray, UT

Schedule Notes : 4 X 10s Days + On-call

Duties :

-Ensures proper patient identification, order verification, and prepares the patient for the exam.

-Prepares patients for exam using appropriate body mechanics.

-Identifies proper exams based on patient need and utilizes correct exam techniques.

-Produces quality images through the appropriate operation of equipment/instrumentation.

-Follows proper patient identification protocols.

-Thoroughly and accurately completes all required documentation, including time stamps and image storage.

-Maintains work area and stocks needed supplies.

-Transports patients as needed.

-Develops specific knowledge with regard to invasive, diagnostic and interventional supplies, appropriate indications and applications, and proper use and deployment techniques.

-At the end of the procedure, may apply closure device, suture the sheath in place, or remove the sheath and apply pressure to obtain hemostasis.

-Understands and applies principles of x-ray generation and safety.

-Understands and demonstrates the correct operation of imaging equipment.

-Provides patient education, as needed and assures patient comfort.

-Provides procedural assistance as a circulating tech, scrub tech, or monitoring tech, according to Angio lab policies and procedures and Scope of Practice documents.

Required Education: 

-HS diploma or GED

-Must have Vascular/Interventional radiography certification, or one year of Angio/Interventional experience.

-ACLS or PALS certification.