Cath Lab Technician
Brick, New Jersey
Ocean Medical Center

Cath Lab Technician

Location: Bricktown, New Jersey
Employment Type: Clinical-Allied
Shift: Day
Hours: 10 hours/day, 40 hours/week
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Summary

• Ensure safe procedures in the delivery of cardiac services to patients.
• Pass Monitor Technician Certification and Annual Telemetry Review.
• Use and maintain technical equipment and supplies, including x-ray/film processing equipment.
• Identify equipment problems and safety hazards; initiate repairs as needed.
• Understand operation and troubleshooting of various Cardiac Catheterization Lab (CCL) systems.
• Maintain downtime logs, procedural logs, and technical notations accurately.
• Obtain, calculate, and analyze Hemodynamic data.
• Assist in patient preparation and maintain patient comfort and safety during procedures.
• Educate patients on procedures before and after treatment.
• Complete all documentation accurately, including eports, x-ray requisitions, and film labels.
• Handle Cine Films properly, including mailing and retrieval.
• Monitor supplies for expiration dates and maintain orderly, clean supply areas with appropriate par levels.
• Prepare procedure rooms and lay out necessary supplies prior to procedures.
• Keep turnover time within 15 minutes.
• Scrub with cardiologists, demonstrating familiarity with their preferences.
• Maintain aseptic surgical technique and universal precautions during invasive procedures.
• Scrub tech skills include: LHC, RHC, PTCA, STENT, PTCRA, PTMR, TEC.
• Verify correct patient identification and ensure all films and medical records are properly labeled.
• Verify all consents and low-risk criteria.
• Follow policies for operation, troubleshooting, quality control, and archival systems.

Required Qualifications

• Valid Cath Lab Technologist license in New Jersey
• Minimum of 3 years of Cath Lab Technologist experience, including experience within the last year
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Radiology Certification
• Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) Certification
• Monitor Technician Certification