Cardiac Cath Lab Technologist

Cardiac Cath Lab Technologist

Assists physicians with diagnosing and treating cardiac and peripheral vascular disease and cardiac arrhythmias in the Cath/EP Lab. Specializes in the care of patients undergoing PTCA, stent placement, IABP placement, EP devices and ablations. The Cardiac Cath Lab Technologist functions as a technical resource and provides scrub assistance to cardiologists in the performance of diagnostic and therapeutic interventional cardiac and peripheral vascular procedures.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assists physicians in diagnosing and treating cardiac and peripheral vascular disease and cardiac arrhythmias in an invasive procedure arena, specializing in the care of patients undergoing cardiac and vascular procedures
• Performs basic diagnostic catheterization procedures on adult patients with known and suspected congenital and acquired cardiac and peripheral vascular disease
• Performs basic interventional procedures which may include any of the following: PTCA, stent prep and placement, IABP placement and operation
• Performs basic EP procedure which may include any of the following: EP studies, implantation of pacemaker, ICD, BIV ICD and ablations
• Operates physiologic and radiographic equipment in a safe and efficient manner
• Maintains established professional standards and observes all safety requirements to achieve a high level of quality patient care
• Continually attends in-service training classes to keep critical patient care and equipment skills current
• Responsible for patient transport
• Maintains good communication with the patient and continually evaluates the patient's status during the procedure, provides age and gender-specific care, preps access site according to lab standard practice
• Performs EKG lead placement, blood pressure and pulse oximetry setup for hemodynamic monitoring
• Responsible for procedure room preparation and breakdown duties including fluid preparation with accurate drug concentrations, stocking rooms, narcotic counts, daily QC checks, radiographic, hemodynamic and computer setup, and room cleanup
• Prepares sterile procedure tray and patient sterile field appropriately for specified procedure type
• Observes all occupational and radiation safety regulations; wears all required personal protective equipment (wearing badges, lead aprons, goggles, gloves) when required
• Acquires and accurately documents pertinent patient data on encounter form and enters into hemodynamic and X-ray systems
• Assists physician with EP Diagnostic and Mapping systems which includes Carto, EPMed and ESI
• Maintains sterile procedures, and infectious controls, observes all fluid patency of catheters, balloons and manifolds, and assists according to physician direction
• Adheres to all Amergis and work site rules, policies and procedure
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Requirements:

• Graduate of CCAHEP or ASCP/SCP accredited program preferred.
• Bachelor's degree preferred in biology, anatomy, physiology, or a related field At least 1 year of experience in Cardiac Cath Lab preferred.
• ACLS/PALS per contract requirements.
• Complies with all relevant professional standards of practice
• Participation and completion of Amergis' Competency program when applicable
• Current CPR if applicable
• TB Questionnaire, PPD or chest x-ray if applicable
• Current Health certificate (per contract or state regulation)
• Must meet all federal, state and local requirements
• Successful completion of new hire training as applicable to job site
• Understand patient confidentiality and HIPAA requirements
• Ability to effectively elicit/provide information to and from appropriate individuals (including, but not limited to, supervisors, co-workers, clients) via strong communication skills; proficiency in the English language is required
• Computer proficiency required
• Must be at least 18 years of age