Cath Lab Technologist

Cath Lab Tech
Start date: ASAP
Daily Caseload: 8-12
Types of Procedures: Coronary Artery Disease, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Cardiac Arrhythmias = Coronary diagnostic and intervention. Peripheral diagnostic and intervention. Permanent pacemakers
Departments in Lab: pending
Years of experience REQ: 2 Years
First-timers accepted: Yes
Weekend REQ: NO
Floating REQ: No
Call REQ: Yes
Certs REQ: ARRT*, Flouro Permit, BLS, ACLS.
*RCIS not accepted
Open to accommodating block schedule? Will consider
Locals accepted: Yes
Orientation:30 Hours
Pending State License accepted: Willing to consider candidates with pending Fluoro permits. They must have already applied for the permit at time of submission.
RTO Restrictions: RTO must be approved at time of submission
Guaranteed Hours: Facility allowed to call off 1 shift per 2 weeks

Hospital Highlights:
Type of Facility: Acute Care Hospital
Total Staffed Beds: 150
Scrub Color:
" RN: any solid color, typically Royal Blue or Navy
" OR/Cath Lab: provided
" Radiology: Dark solid colors
" RRT: Forest Green
" Inpatient Pharm Tech: olive green
" CNAs: Caribbean blue
Charting: Epic
Parking Cost: Free parking on first day, assignment parking to be given during orientation

Facility:
*Rated as one of America's 100 Best hospitals for Coronary Intervention by Healthgrades.com
*SJE received the American Heart Association's Bronze Get
*Easy driving distance of 7 different state and national parks
*Facility has multiple resources for housing. If the traveler is struggling to find housing, please let us know, as the facility will help the travelers find housing, even hiring a realtor to assist if necessary.

Calling all nature lovers! Come to Eureka California, where you can go to the ocean in the morning and hike in one of many nearby national and state parks in the afternoon! Here you can see nature that can be found nowhere else in the world. In fact, Eureka is easy driving distance of 7 different state and national parks, showcasing everything from the rugged California coast to the famous Redwood highway, where you can drive through a forest of the oldest trees on Earth! If you stay in town, you can see the unique Victorian architecture the city is known for.
Job Requirements & Qualifications

• Years of Experience:
  2 year(s)
• Patient Ratio Experience:
  -
• Charting System:
  Preferred, Epic
• Teaching Hospital Experience:
  -
• Community Hospital Experience:
  Preferred
• LTAC Experience:
  -
• Trauma Level I Experience:
  -
• Trauma Level II Experience:
  -
• Travel Experience Required:
  No
• Certfications:Certs marked with * are preferred
  ACLS, ARRT R, BLS, CCI RCIS*, Fluoro Permit, RCIS acceptable w/5 years exp*
• Skills:Skills marked with * are preferred

  Procedural Responsibilities

  Accurate monitoring*
  Equipment set up*
  Scrub- maintain sterile field

  Abdominal and Pelvic

  Angioplasty*
  Chest Tube Placement*
  Embolization*
  ERCP*
  Gastrostomy Tube Placement*
  Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filter placement*
  Liver Biopsy*
  Paracentesis*
  Radio embolization*
  Stent placement*
  Thoracentesis*

  Vascular Studies/Procedures

  Angioplasty*
  Carotid Stenting*
  Central Venous Access/Port Placement*
  Dialysis Graft Creation/Revision*
  Dialysis Graft interventions (fistulograms/declots)*
  Endovascular Interventions*
  Thrombolysis/Thrombectomy*
  TIPS (Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt)*
  Upper and Lower Extremity Angiography*

  Cardiac Cath Lab Procedures

  Cardiac Stent Placement
  Diagnostic Catheterizations Adult
  Hemodynamic monitoring*
  Impella insertion*
  Left heart catheterization
  Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCI)
  Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA)
  Permanent Pacemaker Insertion (PPI)
  Right heart catheterization
  Temporary Pacemaker

  Electrophysiology Studies

  Cardioversion*
  Insertion/Programming of AICDs
  Pacemaker Insertion

  Neurological Studies/Procedures

  Carotid Angiography*
  Stent placement*
  Thrombolysis/Thrombectomy*

  Work Settings

  Diagnostic Cardiac Cath lab*
  Electrophysiology (EP) Lab*
  Interventional Cardiac Cath lab*
  Interventional Radiology*
  Special Procedures*

  Equipment and Devices

  Fluoroscopy*

  Professional Knowledge and Skills

  Isolation Precautions/PPE

  Equipment/Operation/Maintenance

  Maintains equipment*
  Maintains inventory*
  PACS*
  Stocks supplies*

  Genitourinary Studies/Procedures

  Renal Artery Stent Placement*
  Ureteral Stent Placement*

  Additional Skills

  Coil Embolization/Peripherals*
  See Text Box for additional requirements

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