Cath Lab Technologist
Portland, Oregon
Legacy Emanuel Medical Center

Cath Lab Tech

Specialty: Radiology / Cardiology Employment Type: Travel/Contract Location: Portland, Oregon Contract Length: 11 weeks Start Date: ASAP (any Monday)

Schedule

• Shift: Day, 4x10 or 5x10 hours, Monday to Friday, 7:00 to 17:30 (50 hours per week)
• Call: About one weeknight per week and one weekend every 3 to 4 weeks

Role and Float Expectations

• Cath Lab & Angio
• Travelers are expected to float within a site and across the health system. Refusal to float as requested will result in cancellation of the contract.
• Local travelers are accepted.
• Travelers must complete any assigned education within one week of assignment.
• Cancellation terms (low census): Must cancel 1.5 hours before a shift starts. Personnel may be mandatorily cancelled one shift per two-week pay period without cause or penalty.

Required Qualifications

• Valid Cath Lab Technologist license in Oregon
• Cath Lab Technologist with 1 year of experience, completed within the last year
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support)
• BLS issued by the American Heart Association
• ARRT (R)

Background and References

• Criminal background check: 7-year search including SSN trace, nationwide sex offender search, county and federal searches, FACIS L3, and international searches if applicable. Candidates may start with pending searches on a case-by-case basis, subject to approval.
• Two professional references (supervisory or above; charge accepted) within 3 years of start

Health and Immunization Requirements

• Physical: Within 1 year prior to start. Not required annually. Must be renewed before start if it will expire during the initial assignment.
• Tdap: Within 10 years of start, or a signed declination. Td vaccines are not accepted.
• TB screening: Negative PPD, QuantiFERON, or T-spot within 1 year prior to start, not required annually. If previously positive, a negative chest X-ray within 1 year prior to start is required, and a PPD, QuantiFERON, or T-spot is required to confirm a true positive.
• TB questionnaire: Required annually
• Measles, mumps, rubella: Immune titer or 2 documented MMR doses. Two documented MMR doses supersede any titer result.
• Hepatitis B: Immune titer AND 3-dose vaccine series, OR a signed declination. Non-immune titers require a signed declination; a full repeat series is preferred.
• Varicella: Immune titer or 2 vaccines
• Drug screen: Negative within 12 months of start. Instant tests are acceptable.
• Influenza: Flu vaccine or signed declination required from 10/1 to 3/31. Declinations must be updated annually.
• COVID: Documentation of COVID vaccines or a declination
• Respirator clearance: Medical clearance annually via questionnaire, unless the candidate will have no patient interaction

Scrubs

• X-Ray, OR, IR, Cath Lab, and PACU scrubs are provided.
• All other units: any color except black, dark green, and camo.

Facility Details

• Acute care hospital, teaching facility, Level I Trauma center
• 554 staffed beds

Onboarding Documents

• Review the policies and procedures before start (nothing to turn in)
• Floating acknowledgement, signed by all clinical candidates working at the health system
• Compliance checklist, to be included in the compliance file sent to the facility