Cath Lab Technologist
Nashua, NH
Access Healthcare
5x8 hrs, Days

Travel/Contract Radiology / Cardiology Job in Nashua, New Hampshire

Job Details

• Specialty: Radiology / Cardiology
• Location: Nashua, New Hampshire
• Employment Type: Travel/Contract
• Contract Length: 13 weeks
• Shift: 8-hour day shift (7:30 AM - 5:00 PM)
• Daily Caseload: Average 4 cases
• Rooms: 1
• Call Requirement: Call required
• Float Requirement: None
• Weekend Requirement: None

Experience Requirements

• Minimum Years of Specialty Experience: 2 years
• Prior Travel Experience: Not required (first-time travelers accepted depending on experience)

Required Skills and Certifications

• Skills:

  • Scrub
  • Balloon Angioplasty
  • PCI (Percutaneous Coronary Intervention)
  • Stents
  • Thrombectomy
  • Impella insertion
  • Left and Right heart catheterization
  • Obtaining vitals
  • Rhythm interpretation
  • Inpatient care

• Certifications:

  • ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) - AHA Provider only
  • ARRT (American Registry of Radiologic Technologists)
  • RCIS (Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist) or RRT (Registered Respiratory Therapist)
  • New Hampshire State License

Preferred Skills and Certifications

• Monitor use
• Ablations
• Pacemaker/defibrillator device placement
• Hemodynamic monitoring
• Arrhythmia induction
• Baseline measurements
• Cardiac mapping
• Cardioversion
• Conduction studies
• Electrophysiology evaluation
• Insertion/programming of AICDs (Automatic Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators)
• Pacemaker insertion
• EPIC electronic health record system
• Mac Lab experience

Unit Details

• Elective and emergent PCI
• Pacemaker and ICD implants
• IABP (Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump), Impella, STEMI patients
• Monitoring skills are a plus

Orientation

• Dependent on experience

Documentation and Compliance Requirements

• Background check within 30 days of start including:

  • Social Security Verification
  • National Sex Offender Registry Search
  • National Criminal Search
  • FACIS L3
  • Education verification
  • State-specific criminal background checks (NH state police search instead of NH county searches)
• Drug screen: 10-panel within 14 days prior to start
• Physical exam within 1 year prior to start
• Immunizations and titers required:

  • Tetanus/Diphtheria/Tdap (within last 10 years)
  • Negative TB test or chest X-ray (True 2-Step PPD, Qgold, or Tspot within 1 year)
  • Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Rubella immunity or vaccination
  • Hepatitis B immunity or declination waiver
  • Varicella immunity or vaccination
  • Seasonal flu vaccination (required October 31 - April 1; exemptions allowed with documentation)
• Fit mask test annually (N95 or equivalent)
• Respiratory safety clearance questionnaire required
• Pass/fail Basic Dysrhythmia EKG exam within 48 hours of contract signing (for Southern New Hampshire hospitals)
• Medication and competency exams required internally

References and History

• Two current professional references within the last 3 years (one must be from a supervisor)
• Employment application required
• Skills checklist required
• Internal evaluation required annually for travelers with Aya or agency for 1+ year

This position is suitable for healthcare professionals with at least 2 years of experience in Radiology/Cardiology procedures, who hold the required certifications and licenses, and are comfortable with call responsibilities and working in a fast-paced cardiac catheterization lab environment. Prior travel experience is not mandatory.