Interventional Radiology Tech
Newark, NJ
American Traveler
5x8 hrs, Days

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Days, 5x8hrs
• Hours: 40 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Aug 24, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is hiring an Interventional Radiology Technologist with 2+ years of IR experience, Epic proficiency, and a broad procedural skillset spanning vascular, oncologic, cardiac, and pediatric cases at a quaternary care teaching hospital in Newark, NJ.

Details

• Work in an Interventional Radiology unit at a 665-bed quaternary care teaching hospital affiliated with Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, part of the RWJBarnabas Health system
• High-acuity patient population spanning infants, pediatrics, adolescents, adults, and geriatrics, including cardiac and transplant cases
• Procedures include visceral and vascular angiography (adrenal, mesenteric, pelvic, renal, pulmonary, aortography, IVC cavagram, percutaneous hepatic); angioplasty; stent and endograft placement; embolization (including radioembolization and chemoembolization); thrombolysis/thrombectomy; IVC filter placement and removal; venous and central access (ports, PICC, line care)
• IR procedures include RFA of the liver, liver biopsy, paracentesis, thoracentesis, chest tube and gastrostomy tube placement, esophageal stent placement, ERCP, cholecystostomy, catheter/drain exchange, and cystoscopy
• Cardiac procedures include diagnostic catheterizations (adult, pediatric, and neonatal), hemodynamic monitoring, cardiac stent placement, Impella insertion, and scrub procedures
• Settings include Interventional Radiology, Pediatric IR, Hybrid OR, and Special Procedures
• Epic EMR required
• 5x7.5-hour day shifts, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM, 37.5 hours per week
• On-call required every 3rd weekend
• Must be available to work 2 of 3 holidays per unit needs
• Floating within clinical skillset is required without exception

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years of Interventional Radiology experience
• Active NJ Radiologic Technologist License or Compact License required — license required if applicable
• BLS and ARRT(R) certifications required
• Epic EMR experience required
• Proficiency with fluoroscopy, 3D imaging, PACS, and sterile scrub technique
• Experience with vascular, oncologic, cardiac, and pediatric IR procedures required
• Experience working in a teaching hospital setting preferred
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply
• Two current professional references required
• Two current professional references required

Additional Information

• Hospital is nationally recognized for its cardiac and transplant programs, including one of the nation's largest heart transplant centers and New Jersey's only Advanced Lung Disease and Transplant Program
• Responsibilities include equipment setup, prepping access sites, scrubbing and maintaining sterile field, PACS operation, equipment and inventory maintenance, supply stocking, and use of isolation precautions/PPE and Rapid Response/Code teams
• Hospital-provided scrubs (green/teal)
• Local candidates are accepted at the same bill rate
• Former RWJBH staff (full-time or PRN) must have been separated from the RWJBH health system for a minimum of 1 year before being eligible for a travel assignment
• RTO and schedule requests must be confirmed prior to offer; no changes will be accommodated after an offer is made — requests with fewer than 7 days of RTO and no holiday time off will be prioritized
• Allied travelers should expect approximately 1 hour of non-billable orientation modules to be completed pre-start
• Failing competency exams requires a 6-month waiting period before re-application