Position / Specialty: Cath Lab Tech - Cath ADV CVT
Start date: ASAP start
Shift: Shift is 4x10 days, 7:30am-6:00pm (Wed would be 7-5:30pm). With some on-call obligation; usually up to 1 weekend per month and 1 day per week.
Years of experience Req: 2 Years
First-timers accepted: Yes
Weekend Req: Yes
* State License: Washington State Radiology License required
National Certs Req: ACLS, BLS, RCIS or ARRT required
Is on-call Req: 4-6 days/month plus late team
Floating within Hospital: Yes
Floating to sister Hospitals: No
Open to accommodating block schedule: No unless posting states otherwise
Locals accepted: Yes
Pending License accepted: No
RTO Restrictions: 1 week Max, closed on Thanksgiving and day after, Xmas Day, New yrs day.
Special Notes: Either CVT (RCIS) or RT (ARRT) is required. Techs must scrub and monitor Cath procedures, including PCIs and support devices (IABP and Impella).
Guaranteed Hours:
In the event of low census Healthcare Providers may be called off without charge or placed on-call (for standard on-call rate) in 4 hour increments up to 1 shifts worth of hours in a 2 week cycle.
For ambulatory or surgical services areas that are closed on weekends and holidays, Hospitals will not schedule travelers or meet the minimum during these periods.
Hospital Highlights Type of Facility Montlake:
Magnet / Teaching / Level Trauma (if applicable): Short Term Acute Care, Magnet, Teaching Center
Total Staffed Beds: 637
Scrub Color: Any Color Scrubs provided for OR personnel
Charting: EPIC
Parking Costs: $10.26 Daily
Modified 12:00:00 AM
Account Manager: Chelsea Sanderson
Account Manager Email:
COVID-19 Vaccine: Not Required
Flu Vaccine: Unknown
Job Requirements & Qualifications
Previous Charge Experience : NA
Years of Experience : 2
Patient Ratio Experience :
Charting System Experience : Required
Charting System Name : Epic
Community Hospital Experience : -
LTAC Experience : -
Trauma Level I Experience : -
Trauma Level II Experience : -
Travel Experience Required : -
Certifications : ACLS, ARRT R, BLS, CCI RCIS, CL add edu verif for CAN/foreign*, ARRT R or CCI/RCISSkills : Accurate monitoring, Cardiac Stent Placement, IABP Placement/Removal, Impella insertion, Left heart catheterization, Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCI), Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA), Right heart catheterization, Room circulator, Rotablator atherectomy, Scrub- maintain sterile field, Temp Pacing Wires, IVUS, CSI, Shockwave, FFR/IFR, GE MacLab/CardioLab
Unit Details
Staffing & Scheduling
Scheduling Type : -
Patient Ratios Days : -
Patient Ratios Nights : -
Patient Ratios Weekends : -
Float Required : -
Call Required : 4-6 days/month plus late team
Weekend Coverage : -
Number of Weekend Shifts Per Contract : usually 1 call wknd/month
Pre-Approved Time Off : -
Orientation Hours : 30
Facility & Patient Care Details
Patient Age Groups : Adults
Daily Census : 25-30 procedures
Number of Visits Per Day : -
Number of Rooms : 5
Number of Beds : -
Additional Unit Information
Interdisciplinary Support : Respiratory Services, Interpretation Services, Rapid Response Teams, Pharmacy
Patient Diagnoses : Patients undergoing heart support (IABP, Tandem, Impella, ECNMO), biopsy, coronary angiogram and percutaneous interventions, adult-congenital and structural heart procedures
Special Procedures/Unit Details : ---Structural Heart (TAVR, TMVR, Mitraclip, LAAO, ASD, VSD, PFO)
---Heart Failure/Transplant (Biopsy, RHC, R/L Diagnostic, Impella, IABP, Tandem, ECMO)
---Adult congenital (Melody valve, aortic stenting, PDA Occlusion, congenital repair anatomy, pulmonary artery dilations)
---Coronary (PCI, CTO, Femoral & Radial approach)
Patients undergoing coronary angiograms and complex interventions.
Placement of Swan Ganz caths, endomyocardial biopsies and temp pacing wires.
Patients undergoing support devices (Impella, IABP, Tandem Heart and ECMO).
Cath Lab procedures:
Scrub coronary with stenting is required.
Scrub and Monitoring of RHC, R/L Diagnostic, Impella, IABP, PCI, Femoral & Radial approaches, PA Lines, and operation of IVUS and pressure wire modalities.
ACLS and BLS
RCIS with a WA license or an ARRT with a WA license
PREFERRED: Endomyocardial Bx
Special Equipment : Transcribed 02.09.24 gm
Medtronic temp pacemaker wire/box, IVUS (BSCI), Vents, OCT, Angiojet, pressure wire, ICE, Laser, Impella, CSI, SHOCKWAVE IABP, Alaris IV pump, FFR/IFR/CFR, AVOXimeter, Hemochron ACT, PA lines (Swans)
Hemodynamic Monitoring is GE MacLab
Procedure Log monitoring is in EPIC
EQUIPMENT
REQUIRED: IVUS, Rotablader, CSI, Shockwave, IABP, Impella, FFR/IFR
PREFERRED: Tandem, ECMo
EMR REQUIRED: GE MacLab/CardioLab
#Tier1 Travel Compliance
Compliance deadline is 3 business days prior to start
RTO Minimal, cannot accommodate RTO during first 2 weeks
Submit 3 jobs max
Locals accepted, same Bill Rate
Candidates float within hospital
EPIC experience required
Background: Disclose any hits when subbed
Prior UW staff: 18 months separation required
References: 2 Required at submittal. (Prefer both to be Supervisory, 1 may be accepted case by case)
Modules:
Modules are non-billable, completed pre-start
RN: 6-8 hours
L
D: OBIX modules required, 2 additional non-billable hours to complete
Allied: 2-3 hours
If WA suicide prevention training course is required an additional 6 hours will need to be added for module pay. This course is required for those working with the MSL in WA.
Modules are recorded via transcripts by facility
Submittal Details: #Tier1 Travel ComplianceCompliance deadline is 3 business days prior to startRTO Minimal, cannot accommodate RTO during first 2 weeksSubmit 3 jobs maxLocals accepted, same Bill RateCandidates float within hospitalEPIC experience requiredBackground: Disclose any hits when subbedPrior UW staff: 18 months separation requiredReferences: 2 Required at submittal. (Prefer both to be Supervisory, 1 may be accepted case by case) are non-billable, completed pre-startRN: 6-8 hoursL&D: OBIX modules required, 2 additional non-billable hours to completeAllied: 2-3 hoursIf WA suicide prevention training course is required an additional 6 hours will need to be added for module pay. This course is required for those working with the MSL in WA.Modules are recorded via transcripts by facility