Travel Cath Lab Technologist
Kennewick, WA
Amergis Healthcare Staffing, Inc.-Allied
5x8 hrs, Days

Position Description 

Assists physicians with diagnosing and treating cardiac and peripheral vascular disease and cardiac arrhythmias in the Cath/EP Lab.  Specializes in the care of patients undergoing PTCA, stent placement, IABP placement, EP devices and ablations.  The Cardiac Cath Lab Technologist functions as a technical resource and provides scrub assistance to cardiologists in the performance of diagnostic and therapeutic interventional cardiac and peripheral vascular procedures.

Specific Skills/Qualifications Needed

2 years of Cath Lab Experience 
Ability to obtain WA License Upon Offer
ARRT/RCIS Required
Trauma level III experience

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assists physicians in diagnosing and treating cardiac and peripheral vascular disease and cardiac arrhythmias in an invasive procedure arena, specializing in the care of patients undergoing cardiac and vascular procedures
• Performs basic diagnostic catheterization procedures on adult patients with known and suspected congenital and acquired cardiac and peripheral vascular disease
• Performs basic interventional procedures which may include any of the following:  PTCA, stent prep and placement, IABP placement and operation
• Performs basic EP procedure which may include any of the following:  EP studies, implantation of pacemaker, ICD, BIV ICD and ablations
• Operates physiologic and radiographic equipment in a safe and efficient manner
• Maintains established professional standards and observes all safety requirements to achieve a high Level of quality patient care
• Continually attends in-service training classes to keep critical patient care and equipment skills current
• Responsible for patient transport
• Maintains good communication with the patient and continually evaluates the patient's status during the procedure, provides age and gender-specific care, preps access site according to lab standard practice
• Performs EKG lead placement, blood pressure and pulse oximetry setup for hemodynamic monitoring
• Responsible for procedure room preparation and breakdown duties including fluid preparation with accurate drug concentrations, stocking rooms, narcotic counts, daily QC checks, radiographic, hemodynamic and computer setup, and room cleanup
• Prepares sterile procedure tray and patient sterile field appropriately for specified procedure type
• Observes all occupational and radiation safety regulations; wears all required personal protective equipment (wearing badges, lead aprons, goggles, gloves) when required
• Acquires and accurately documents pertinent patient data on encounter form and enters into hemodynamic and X-ray systems
• Assists physician with EP Diagnostic and Mapping systems which includes Carto, EPMed and ESI
• Maintains sterile procedures, and infectious controls, observes all fluid patency of catheters, balloons and manifolds, and assists according to physician direction
• Adheres to all Amergis and work site rules, policies and procedure
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits At Amergis, we firmly believe that our employees are the heartbeat of our organization and we are happy to offer the following benefits:

• Competitive pay & weekly paychecks
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) savings plan
• Awards and recognition programs 

*Benefit eligibility is dependent on employment status.