Interventional Radiology Technologist
Golden, Colorado
Peaks Region - 12911 West 40th Avenue , Lutheran Hospital

Angio/Interventionalist

Location: Golden, Colorado Contract Length: 13 weeks Employment Type: Clinical, non-nursing

Schedule

• 3 or 4 ten-hour day shifts per week (40 hours per week), plus call
• Call is usually 1 weekday shift per week and 1 weekend per month

Job Summary

Complete angiography procedures, including scrubbing, setting techniques, and taking images.

Responsibilities

• Provide procedural assistance as a circulating tech, scrub tech, or monitoring tech according to Angio lab policies and Scope of Practice documents
• Operate IR equipment and related information systems to produce quality images
• Verify patient identification and orders, prepare patients for exams, and provide education and comfort
• Follow radiation safety guidelines and protocols for medical necessity, coding, charging, consents, and QC programs
• Develop knowledge of invasive, diagnostic, and interventional supplies and their proper use
• At the end of procedures, suture or remove sheaths and apply pressure to obtain hemostasis
• Keep accurate records, report equipment failures, and coordinate care with other providers
• Maintain the work area, stock supplies, and transport patients as needed
• Assist with SIRT mapping/treatments, embolizations, neph and biliary tube placements, and CT-guided procedures (drains, biopsies, ablations)
• Perform Neuro-IR stroke and diagnostic procedures

Required Qualifications

• Interventional Radiology Technologist with 1 to 2 years of experience
• Interventional Radiology Technologist experience within the last year
• Experience working with vascular patients
• ARRT (R) (American Registry of Radiologic Technologists)
• BLS issued by the American Heart Association