Cardiovascular Invasive Technician

Job Description

Job Summary:

• The Cardiovascular Invasive Technician is responsible to surgically scrub in and assist with equipment.
• Assists the Cardiovascular Invasive Specialists with radiographic and fluoroscopic procedures is a secondary assignment.
• Prepares room and equipment, transports and monitors patients.
• May handle medications in accordance with responsibilities.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assists Physicians with arteriograms/catheterizations, permanent pacemaker implantations, diagnostic and interventional, peripheral and coronary, interventional and thrombolytic therapy.
• Related duties include: preparing and maintaining sterile 1 fields for lab procedures; printing film and calculating stenosis on peripheral cases; circulating in procedure rooms and collecting data on appropriate forms; monitoring patient’s ECG and vital signs while in Catheterization Lab, notifying Physician of variances, and providing emergency procedures (CPR, defibrillation, etc.) as needed.
• Performs pre-and post-procedure care.
• Monitors and orients patients for specials/catheterization procedures.
• Answers related questions to make patient comfortable.
• Transports patients to and from procedural area.
• Communicates relevant medical information to physicians and other staff through required documentation on specified medical record forms.
• Records, enters into data computer and calculates catheterization data, gradients, LV grams, cardiac outputs, and peripheral stenosis.
• Follows national and state radiation protection regulations for patients, self and staff.
• Maintains inventory of and orders procedure room supplies.
• Ensures procedure rooms are adequately stocked and equipment is safe to use.

Certification:

• ARRT, MRT, BLS, ACLS.

Experience:

• One (1) year clinical experience preferred.
• Cath/EP Tech experience required.
• 2 years of experience required.
• Impella experience preferred.
• Use of basic office equipment and computer literacy required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to multi-task and self-lead problem solving skills.
• Ability to demonstrate precision and flexibility.
• Use of basic office equipment and computer literacy required.
• Knowledge and ability to apply complex invasive cardiac and vascular principles, instrumentation and techniques.
• Knowledge of cardiovascular anatomy and physiology.