Cath Lab Tech - Cardiac Cath Tech

Cardiac Cath Tech

• About Facility:
  • 874 Licensed beds
  • Level I Trauma
  • Teaching Hospital
  • Chest Pain Center
  • Stroke Center
  • Magnet Designated
  • Radius rule: Traveler’s permanent address must be 50 miles outside of home unit
• Unit Information:
  • Beds: 4 cardiac rooms and 3 vascular rooms
  • Minimum Years of Experience required: at least 1 year of Cath Lab experience
  • Will you accept a first-time traveler? Yes
• Patient Types/Common Diagnoses:
  • Cardiac cases: NON-STEMI, STEMI, TAVR, Watchman, Mitral Clip
  • Vascular cases : Mostly lower extremity angiograms and EVAR and TEVAR cases
• Required License, National Certification, Certs:
  • Cardiac Cath Tech: BLS, ACLS, ARRT-R or RCIS
• Skills required:
  • Cardiac Cath Tech: 
    • Required: Cath Lab experience; MUST have peripheral angiogram/run-off experience. Prefer experience with endografts, EVARs, TEVARS, etc. If no experience with those, MUST be willing to be taught here. Please send for manager approval if missing this experience
    • Preferred: highly prefer experience in IR or in a lab working with vascular surgeons
• Support within the Department:
  • Traffic flow coordinator/Runs add on scheduling and staffing
  • Charge nurse
  • IV/VAT Team?
  • VAD Team
  • RT for emergencies
  • ECMO team
  • Code team
• Floating :
  •   None
• Technology/Equipment:
  • EMR: EPIC
  • Hemodynamic: Merge Hemo
  • IV Pump: Alaris
  • Med dispensing: Omnicell
  • Monitors: Philips
  • Xray equipment: Philips, GE, and Siemens 
  • PACs: ISCV
  • Manifold 
• Orientation (facility and unit) :
  • 1 week before on call
  • 2 days departmental
  • Ace modules
  • EPIC test and modules
• Scheduling:
  • Weekend rotation: discussed during interview
  • On call:
    • Vascular: two weekends every month and two weekdays of call.
      • Response time 1 hour
    • Cardiac: one call night every week and every 5 th weekend
      • Response time 30 minutes
    • Cover both in interview; manager will go further into call and which one they’ll cover in 2 nd interview
  • Holiday Expectations: Travelers will do at least one holiday in a contract if applicable
  • RTO: Manager approval
  • Shift times: 0730-1800 (4 (10) hour shifts)
  • Schedule cycle: every 4 weeks
  • Travelers cover each other’s RTO, so could be extra call in events of RTO
• Other notes:
  • Scrub Color: Green and provided
  • Parking: Free
  • Unit Culture: Great