Interventional Radiology Technologist
New York, NY
Access Healthcare
5x7 hrs, Days

IR Tech (Interventional Radiology)

Overview

• Location: New York, NY (Outpatient location)
• Specialty: Radiology / Cardiology
• Employment Type: Travel/Contract
• Contract Length: 8 weeks
• Shift: Day, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (5 x 7.5 hours), no rotating shifts
• Patient Age Group: Adults
• Experience Accepted: Accepts first-time travelers

Required Qualifications

• Valid Interventional Radiology Technologist license in New York
• 1+ years of experience as an Interventional Radiology Technologist, with experience within the last year
• ARRT certification
• BLS certification issued by the American Heart Association
• IV Certified

Preferred Qualifications

• Certifications: ACLS, ARRT VI, RCIS
• Skills:

  • Work setting: Interventional Radiology
  • Equipment: PACS, equipment maintenance, inventory management, and supply stocking
  • Equipment brand: Siemens
  • Abdominal and pelvic procedures: angioplasty, chest tube placement, embolization, ERCP, gastrostomy tube placement, IVC filter placement, liver biopsy, mesenteric angiogram, paracentesis, radioembolization, stent placement, thoracentesis
  • Vascular procedures: TIPS, angioplasty, central venous access/port placement, dialysis graft creation/revision, dialysis graft interventions (fistulograms/declots), endovascular interventions, upper and lower extremity angiography, thrombolysis/thrombectomy
  • Venous access: central venous access (non-tunneled/PICC and tunneled port), PICC and central line care and maintenance
  • Professional knowledge: isolation precautions
• Experience: teaching hospital, community hospital, LTAC, Trauma Level I, Trauma Level II

Responsibilities

• Equipment setup, EKG lead placement, recognition of life-threatening arrhythmias, room circulator duties

Onboarding and Compliance

• Background: Criminal background check within 30 days of start (7-year search); SAM and OIG checks within 30 days of start; education verification (high school/GED unless an associate's degree or higher is held)
• Licensing: Primary-source license verification within 30 days of start; New York license hard copy required
• Competencies: Unit-specific competency exam; color blind test (must score 100%); onboarding modules due 30 days after start
• Health: Physical exam within 1 year; Tdap within 10 years; negative TB test within 1 year; measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella titers (vaccines if negative); hepatitis B titer or declination; flu vaccine or approved exemption (declinations not accepted); 9-panel drug test within 1 year; N95 fit test within 1 year
• References: 2 manager or supervisor references (charge nurse not accepted)
• History: Work history verification for the past 7 years; skills checklist updated annually

Other Information

• Orientation: 7 hours
• Scrubs provided (blue)