Interventional Radiology Technologist
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Marshfield Medical Center

IR/Vascular Tech

Location: Wisconsin Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Days, 8-10 hour shifts, 40 hours per week

Required Qualifications

• ACLS certification
• BLS certification
• 2 years of IR experience (specific experience depends on the area the clinician would be used in)

Department and Unit

• 7 rooms total: 4 Cath Lab/EP and 3 IR/Vascular
• About 20+ cases per day across all rooms
• Department will not take previous employees from the facility.
• Clinicians must note in their submission if they have ever worked for the facility. If they previously worked there, their end date must be at least 6 months before the submission date.
• All clinicians must clock in and out at the facility.

Staffing

• Cath Lab: 1 RN, 3 Techs
• EP: Varies, 3 to 4 person team
• IR: 1 RN, 2 Techs, with anesthesia supporting Neuro cases
• STEMI call team: 4 people (1 RN, 3 Techs)
• Two team leads run scheduling and staffing and may join staffing if needed.

Schedule and Call

• Standard schedule: 4 ten-hour days per week (7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.) plus call, with a rotating day off. Will consider 5 eight-hour days (7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. when on call).
• Weeknight and weekend call rotation, approximately once every 3 weekdays and once every 3 weekends (Friday through Monday)
• May be asked to work holiday call
• Call response time: 30 minutes

Case Types and Duties

• IR: Port placements, liver biopsy, IVC placements, G-tube placements, PICC and central line placements, and Neuro cases (coiling, thrombectomy, embolization, etc.)
• Vascular: Fem-pops, AAA repair, carotids, EVAR, angiograms, and more
• Hybrid work for vascular cases
• Duties: Prepare procedure suites and set up radiation safety, calibrate and troubleshoot equipment (fluoroscopy, hemodynamic monitoring), pull supplies, set up sterile tables, scrub in and assist physicians with procedures (device exchange, guidewire manipulation, catheter placement, balloon and stent deployment), manage radiation dose and imaging angles, clean, restock, and turn over rooms, and remove sheaths.

Orientation

• Usually 2 to 3 full days of training and shadowing with a buddy on call
• No call the first week; second week on call with a buddy, then on their own

Other Details

• Scrubs provided; clinicians may wear their own scrub caps.