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Senior Helpers · 3 months ago

Travel -Cardiac Cath Lab Technician

Durant, OK

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$65/hr - $65/hr

2+ years exp

Senior Helpers is a healthcare staffing company that has been providing leading nurses and healthcare professionals for over 40 years. The Cardiac Cath Lab Technician will perform technical and supportive care tasks to assist physicians in complex cardiac catheterization procedures under direct supervision.

Health Care

Responsibilities

Complies with ATC policies/procedures

Complies with client facility policies/procedures

Provides patient care in a non-judgmental, non-discriminatory manner that considers cultural diversity and age appropriateness so that autonomy, rights, and dignity are preserved

Maintains confidentiality relative to patient care and facility practices in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Reports patient condition to appropriate personnel during shift

Maintains competency by participating in continuing education programs and meets state specific requirements, if applicable

Complies with accepted ethical conduct and professional standards of conduct

Ensures an adequate stock of supplies at the work site and proper functioning of equipment

Sets up room prior to each procedure

Prepares sterile tray and appropriate medications

Balances and calibrates equipment including, but not limited to, x-ray cameras, pressure recorders, pressure sensitive transducers, desitometer, power injector and oxygen consumption apparatus, as assigned

Prepares patient for catheterization procedure by attaching 12-lead electrocardiogram electrodes; performs prep and drape of patient

Collects and analyzes samples of blood and timed expired air; calculates certain hemodynamic data

Assists the physician in placement of cardiac catheter

Monitors patient reaction to procedures

Monitors EKG and pressure readings

May administer non-narcotic medications (if allowed by facility protocol and according to applicable state regulations)

Maintains record of protocol and operates defibrillator

Provides assistance as needed during patient emergencies

Performs other related duties as assigned or requested

Qualification

Cardiac catheterizationBLS certificationACLS certificationRCIS certificationCVT/ARRT certificationPatient monitoringEquipment calibrationBlood sample analysisContinuing educationPatient care

Required

Completion of a cardiac catheterization technician program of study combining academic work and clinical training or equivalent combination of experience and/or education

BLS, ACLS, RCIS, CVT/ARRT required

Minimum of two years of experience as a cardiac catheterization technician in a cardiac catheterization laboratory

Current CPR; and other health and screening tests as required by specific facilities and/or regulatory agencies