Angio/Interventionalist Interventional Radiology Technologist
Billings, Montana
Saint Vincent Healthcare

Angio/Interventionalist

Location: Billings, Montana Specialty: Angio/Interventionalist Shift: Day 10 (10 hours per day, 40 hours per week) Contract Length: 13 weeks

Role Summary

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

Responsibilities

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

Required Qualifications

• Valid Interventional Radiology Technologist license in Montana
• One year of experience as an Interventional Radiology Technologist, with experience within the last year
• ARRT (R), American Registry of Radiologic Technologists
• BLS, Basic Life Support
• Experience working with vascular patients
• Ability to recognize emergent situations, provide life support, and respond appropriately
• Experience in angiography procedures, vascular procedures, radiography, and operating imaging equipment
• Knowledge of anatomy, anatomic terminology, positioning competency, infection control, and sterile technique
• Competency in patient care, patient identification protocols, patient education, and body mechanics during procedures
• Ability to maintain accurate documentation, function independently and as part of a team, and communicate effectively with caregivers and patients
• Personal radiation monitoring badge (dosimeter) required for the assignment. Providers may use an existing badge from a previous employer or assignment; if a new badge is issued, prior exposure history will not be reflected.

Preferred Qualifications

• One to two years of Angio/Interventional experience
• Vascular/Interventional Radiography Certification
• Relevant state licensure and/or certifications