Cath Lab Tech
Portland, OR
Care Career
4x10 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Specialty: Cardiac Cath Lab / Electrophysiology (EP)
Shift: Day Shift, 6:45 AM–5:15 PM
Schedule: 4x10-hour shifts
Call: Weeknight and weekend call required
 

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 2 years of experience.
• Graduate of an accredited Radiologic Technology program.
• ARRT registration.
• Valid Oregon Diagnostic Radiologic Technologist license.
• BLS and ACLS required.
• EPIC experience required for submission.
• Must have experience scrubbing complex cardiac procedures.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree.
• Cardiac Interventional and/or Vascular Interventional certification (RCES or RCIS preferred).
• Proven EP/Cath Lab technologist experience.

Required Clinical Skills & Procedures:

• Diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization.
• Scrubbing and maintaining a sterile field.
• Complex PCI procedures.
• TAVR and MitraClip procedures.
• Impella insertion and IABP placement/removal.
• Experience with balloon pumps and other complex cardiac procedures.

EP Responsibilities (if assigned to EP):

• Prepare supplies and set up scrub tables for ablation and device implant procedures.
• Prepare and drape patients.
• Scrub with physicians during venous and arterial access.
• Assist with transseptal ablations.
• Remove sheaths and apply manual pressure or assist with closure devices.
• Operate X-ray equipment.
• Assist with patient preparation alongside the RN and EP team.
• Scrub for generator and device changes.

Important EP Requirement: Candidates must have both device and ablation experience. Device-only experience is not sufficient if assigned to the EP role.

Schedule & Floating:

• Weeknight and weekend call required.
• Travelers may float within the hospital or to nearby affiliate hospitals, depending on unit needs.
• Local candidates accepted at the same rate.