Cath Lab Technologist III
US-TX-LUFKIN
commonspirit_careers
Req #: 408324
Type: Day
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Overview: We are offering a $10,000 Sign On Bonus to new hires that meet the eligibility requirements. St. Luke's Health - Memorial Hospital in Lufkin, TX, paves the way for quality innovative health care in East Texas. With hospitals in Lufkin, Livingston, and San Augustine, St. Luke's Health provides more than a quarter of a million patient services each year. Our facility is a collaboration between St. Luke's Health and a team of specialized physicians focused on General and Interventional Cardiology, Sports Medicine, and Orthopedics, including Total Joint Replacement and Spine Care. CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S. & from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community. We offer the following benefits to support you and your family: * Health/Dental/Vision Insurance * Flexible spending accounts * Paid Time Off (PTO) * Tuition Assistance for career growth and development * Matching Retirement Programs * Wellness Programs Responsibilities: Accountable for supervision of the room staff's performance, coordination of the room's schedule, and communicating with the Cath Lab management team to ensure efficient utilization of resources. Also performs duties of circulating, scrub, and monitoring of invasive cardiology procedures. Position Responsibilities: 1. Responsible for managing staff and room activities to maximize productivity. Coordinates staffing assignments within room to ensure technical role assignments are responsive to patients' needs and reflective of staff member abilities. Makes suggestions for staffing and procedural changes and collaborates with other departments in the hospital as needed. 2. Works in conjunction with schedule coordinator, managers, supervisors, and other room leaders to facilitate departmental productivity. Initiates actions to minimize case delays, reports schedule information promptly to schedule coordinator and other appropriate personnel. 3. Operates the radiographic equipment utilizing radiation safety procedures. Operates physiologic recorder/database system with expertise recognizing arrhythmias and normal/abnormal waveforms. Operates manifold, power injector, and other support equipment (VCR, ACT machines, oximeters, and transport monitors). 4. Develops cines when necessary according to policy. 5. Able to recognize basic equipment malfunctions and troubleshoot equipment in room. Report malfunctions to Biomed promptly if unable to resolve. 6. Exhibits a strong knowledge base of cardiovascular diseases and is able to interpret date gathered during procedures and recognize potential implications in patient care or complications. 7. Helps to efficiently run schedule by maintaining a smooth and steady rate of work by working independently. Communicates with other room staff and schedule coordinator to maximize the productivity of the entire department. 8. Anticipates physician needs by being knowledgeable of: procedures performed in the department, equipment (catheters, guide wires, etc.) necessary for procedures, sets up sterile trays and is able to assist physicians during procedures, utilizing septic technique. 9. Assists in maintaining the appropriate level of medications and supplies stocked in the room. 10. Provide support for EP, interventional and scrub assist for AAA procedures or radiographic/digital imaging technique as needed. Qualifications: Education Required Graduate of Radiology Technology Program from an accredited institution Peferred Associate Degree in a related field License/Certification Required Current American Registry of Radiologic Technologist (ARRT) license Licensed as a Medical Radiologic Technologist (MRT) withTexas Medical Board (TMB) Basic Life Support - BLS Provider through American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support - ACLS through American Heart Association required within 6 months of hire/transfer Preferred Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist (RCIS) Experience Required Minimum five (5) year clinical experience in a hospital setting
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