Interventional Radiology Technician - Contract

Title: Interventional Radiology Tech

Location: Monroe North Carolina 28112

Duration: 13 Weeks

Shift: 8hr Day Shift - 40

Shift Information: 0800-1630 M-F

Clinical Interviewing- Yes - manager conducts final interview

On Call, Call Back Requirements: On-call dependent on current department needs

Weekend Rotation: None

Holiday Requirements: will be closed on Major Holidays Thanksgiving, Christmas and NYD

Floating Requirements: None

About Facility:

• 174 licensed beds
• Not a Trauma Designation
• Not a Teaching Hospital
• Chest Pain Center: No, but part of Lee Garvey Chest Pain Network
• Stroke Center
• Radius rule: Traveler's permanent address must be 50 miles outside of home unit

Unit Information:

• Beds: 7 bays prep/recovery, 1 Cath Lab, 1 IR Lab
• Flow of Department: Typically, 2-3 Cath's in am, if Cath's are not scheduled in the afternoon, Cath Lab will be used for Procedural/IR overflow cases

Minimum Years of Experience required: At least 1 year of Cath Lab Tech experience
Will you accept a first-time traveler: No at least (1) 13-week assignment required

Patient Types/Common Diagnoses:

• Cardiac, Device placement, Vascular needs
• Pacemaker and Defibrillator insertion/manipulation
• Ports, PICCS, Arteriograms, Nephrostomy tubes, UAE (if needed), Hickman
• Heavy Vascular: any lower extremity angiogram, occasional upper/fistulagram, interventional cases, PE, DVT, thrombolytics, venograms, fistula creation
• Cath Lab: right and left heart Cath with intervention, pericardiocentesis, etc. mostly radial but some femoral

Required License, National Certification, Certs (BLS, ACLS, etc.), or other position specific requirements such as Driver's License and/or Insurance:

• Cath Lab Tech: BLS, ACLS, ARRT or RCIS
• IR Tech: BLS, ARRT-R

Skills required:

• Cath Lab Tech:
  • EPIC/Encompass experience and MERGE is required hard stop please decline travelers without this
  • Comfortability with scrubbing and recording in the above cases if there are 1-2 that the traveler is not competent in, please pass along to manager for approval
  • Will not be required to circulate RN will circulate
• IR Tech: EPIC experience required, arteriograms with intervention

Support within the Department:

• Cath Lab leadership
• Small team (approx. 20 on Staff)
• Nursing Supervisor
• Charge RN
• RNs; RTRs and RCIS trained staff

Technology/Equipment:

• EMR: EPIC/Encompass required
• MERGE - required
• IV Pump: Alaris
• Med dispensing: Omnicell
• Monitors: Philips
• Unit specific equipment: Merge Hemo; Siemens Xray; Balloon pumps (occasionally will see)
• IR Tech: Siemens equipment

Floating:

• No
• IR Tech: may float to the cath lab room

Orientation (facility and unit):

• NEO (typically 1 day)
• ARL's assigned and will have 30-45 days to complete
• 2 days departmental

Scheduling:

• No Weekends
• On-call dependent on current department needs
• Holiday Expectations: will be closed on Major Holidays Thanksgiving, Christmas and NYD
• RTO: Manager approval
• Shift times: Mon-Fri; will start 0800 and will finish by 1700
• Schedule cycle: every 13 weeks

Other notes:

• Scrub Color: provided
• Parking: Free
• Unit Culture: teamwork oriented

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