Cath Lab Technologist
Roseburg, Oregon
Mercy Medical Center

Cath Lab Technologist

Location: Roseburg, Oregon Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Days, 10 hours per day, 40 hours per week Schedule: 8-hour shifts, 5 days a week, 8:30am-5pm, or 4/10s, 7am-4:30pm

Required Qualifications

• Valid Cath Lab Technologist license in Oregon
• Cath Lab Technologist (2 years of experience)
• Cath Lab Technologist experience within the last year
• BLS issued by American Heart Association
• RT
• RCIS or ARRT (CI) or ARRT (CV)
• Experience working with STEMI patients
• Experience with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
• Experience with vascular interventions
• Experience with thrombectomy procedures
• Experience with device implants
• Experience with atherectomy devices
• Experience with Impella
• Experience with intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP)

Role Details

• Unit: Cath Lab, 3 suites/labs, averaging 5-10 cases per day
• Common cases: PCI/diagnostic caths, device implants, peripheral/IR cases such as IVC filters
• Duties: Primary responsibility is scrubbing all cases tableside with the physician, with possible circulating. Functions as circulator and scrub tech, including groin management.
• IR procedures: All equipment needed for IR procedures is used within the cath lab, where IR physicians perform their procedures.
• Equipment: MCKesson/GE equipment
• Floating: No
• Scrubs: Supplied by the department
• Orientation: By peers, special procedure tech

Call and Coverage

• Mandatory call: Yes. Cardiologist on call every 4th day and 4th weekend.
• Weeknight call: 1-2 nights per week, from end of shift until 6:30am
• Weekend call: Friday end of shift through Monday 6:30am, every 3rd or 4th weekend
• Holiday call: 1 major holiday and holiday weekend per year
• Call response time: 20 minutes

Hiring Process

• Profile review, followed by a phone interview with the unit manager