Interventional Radiology

Interventional Radiology Technologist

Are you passionate about quality and committed to excellence? Consider joining our Tidelands Health team. As our region's largest health care provider, we are also one of our area's largest employers. More than 2,500 team members at more than 70 Tidelands Health locations bring our healing mission to life each day.

A Brief Overview The Interventional Radiology Technologist reports to the Inpatient Imaging Manager. Under limited supervision, the IR Technologist competently performs specialized technical duties utilizing advanced digital fluoroscopy and angiography equipment to image vascular structures and facilitate therapeutic interventions for diagnosis or treatment. The role provides high-level patient care, monitors patient hemodynamic conditions essential for successful procedure completion, and directly assists and scrubs with the Interventional Radiologist during invasive and minimally invasive micro-procedures.

What You Will Do

• Clinical Prep & Care: Provide excellent patient care by educating patients and families, reviewing lab values (e.g., INR, Creatinine), checking allergies, and preparing patients for invasive procedures.
• Sterile Field Management: Scrub in to assist the physician during procedures; prepare and maintain a strict sterile field, managing specialized inventory including guidewires, catheters, stents, and embolization materials.
• Technical Imaging Operations: Operate advanced interventional equipment (e.g., fixed angiography suites, mobile C-arms) and select appropriate exposure factors, digital subtraction protocols, and road mapping techniques.
• Specialized Procedures: Assist with a wide array of IR interventions, including but not limited to: angiography, angioplasty, stenting, embolization, thrombolysis, dialysis access interventions, biopsies, drains, and central venous access (ports/PICC lines).
• Documentation & Safety: Obtain and document accurate patient medical histories, pre-procedure "Time Outs," and post-procedure metrics. Ensure exam completion and archiving within the Hospital Information System (HIS), RIS, and PACS.
• Radiation Safety: Demonstrate strict adherence to ALARA guidelines, ensuring proper lead shielding, dosimetry badge compliance, and collimation are utilized for patients and lab staff.
• Equipment & Inventory: Clean, troubleshoot, and maintain all imaging equipment. Monitor and restock the IR suite inventory to prevent expiration of sterile goods.
• Leadership & Growth: Assist with mentoring, proctoring, and training radiologic technology students and new hire team members.

Education Qualifications

• Associate's Degree in a Radiologic Technology program Required

Experience Qualifications

• Experience of dedicated Interventional Radiology Required

Skills and Abilities

• Deep understanding and daily application of ALARA concepts, radiation physics, and safety protocols.
• Proficient in aseptic technique, maintaining a sterile field, and handling specialized surgical wires, catheters, and stents.
• Advanced critical thinking, rapid problem-solving during high-stress invasive procedures, exceptional time management, and clear interdisciplinary communication

Licenses and Certifications

• Radiography - American Registry Radiologic Technologist Required
• Radiography - South Carolina Radiation Quality Standards Association Required
• Basic Life Support Certified - American Heart Association within 30 Days Required
• Cardiac Interventional Radiography - American Registry Radiologic Technologist Preferred
• Vascular Interventional Radiography - American Registry Radiologic Technologist Preferred

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a contract for employment nor a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.Tidelands Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.