Cardiac Cath Lab Tech II

Job Description

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates understanding of Cardiac, Vascular, Respiratory, and Renal, physiology and pathology.
• Assists with orientation and training of Cath Lab staff.
• Responsible for special projects and may include sitting in on relevant committees.
• Adheres to the principles of medical ethics as applied to the role of the Cardiac Cath Lab Tech II.
• Demonstrates thorough understanding of ECG and related medical terminology.
• Recognizes ECG waveform morphology, wave patterns and their significance, including lethal arrhythmias.
• Recognize and interpret ECG changes occurring in heart chamber enlargement and myocardial infarctions and is able to respond appropriately.
• (ACLS) List and describe the most common cardiac pathologies, including symptoms and treatments.
• Demonstrate an understanding of all of the Cardiac medications (Generic & Trade names) and the pharmacokinetics actions related to cardiac and vascular functions and properly documents the medications including indications for administration and dosages.
• Recognizes and alerts physicians to abnormalities with clinical laboratory values for Arterial Blood Gases, electrolytes, hemoglobin, BUN and creatinine.
• Demonstrates knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and is able to perform all components as a Cardiac Cath Lab Tech II for a patient undergoing a full cardiac arrest.
• Monitors a diagnostic cardiac catheter procedure. Intervenes appropriately during and after a lethal arrhythmia using ACLS standards if warranted.
• Identities coronary anatomy in cine angiographic projections.
• Identify cardiac pressure waveforms and informs Interventional Cardiologist when applicable.
• Calculates basic hemodynamic parameters using the recording computer.
• Records catheterization events in the database computer.
• Understands the necessary supplies required, can provide them and set up a table to perform a diagnostic cardiac catheterization.
• Describes the fundamental steps in a diagnostic heart catheterization and monitors a patient safely during the procedure.
• Performs cardiac outputs, O2 saturations and ACT (Activated Clotting Time) measurements.
• Monitors a percutaneous intervention and can differentiate between a PTCA, directional and mechanical rotation atherectomy.
• Full understanding of all extraction devices such as angiojet, rotoblator and laser revascularization devices.
• Ability to explain the indication and potential complications of thrombolytic therapy for Acute MI.
• Identify the benefits of supplementing angiographic imaging with intravascular ultrasound and Doppler velocimetry technologies.
• Describe the indications for electrophysiologic testing, permanent pacemaker implant, and therapeutic ablation of dysrhythmias and implantable cardioverter defibrillators.
• Ability to identify the main components of our Cath.
• Lab fluoroscopy system and Product the ability to utilize all of the necessary components to ensure that the Physician has the appropriate visibility to perform the procedure.

Required Skills:

• Must meet or exceed core customer service responsibilities, standards and behaviors as outlined in the Client’ Customer Service Policy and summarized below:
• Communication, Ownership, Understanding, Motivation, Sensitivity, Excellence, Teamwork, Respect.
• Must practice the customer skills as provided through on-going training and in-services.
• Must possess the following personal qualities.
• Be self-directed, Be flexible and committed to the team concept, Demonstrate teamwork, initiative and willingness to learn.
• Be open to new learning experiences, Accepts and respects diversity without judgment, Demonstrates customer service values.

Physical Demands & Working Condition:

• Ability to scrub in a sterile environment for an undetermined amount of time.
• Ability to wear lead aprons weighing up to 5 lbs.
• for an undetermined amount of time. With team assistance as needed, the employee must have the ability to lift patients to and from a stretcher/bed to a procedure table.
• With team assistance as needed, the employee must have the ability to push a bed or stretcher with an immobilized patient on it.

Certification/Education Required:

• Minimum 1–2 years of experience in a cath/EP lab.
• Must be able to scrub for all types of heart caths, peripheral vascular, structural heart, and EP procedures.
• Knowledge of Merge Hemo documentation system preferred.
• Preferably RCIS or RCES licensure.
• ARRT licensure acceptable with scrub experience in cath lab performing heart caths with intervention.
• ACLS and BLS required.