Invasive Specialist Tech I. Full-Time/Dayshift (Cardiac Cath Lab)

Performs diagnostic imaging and reputed company procedures to demonstrate anatomy for interpretation and/or reputed company for cardiovascular procedures

Essential Functions • Delivers appropriate care while recognizing patient conditions and ensuring successful completion of procedures and protocols. Assessesthe patient’s physical condition and age specific needs. • Ensuresthat patient's education of procedure performed, needs,safety, and comfort are met while in their care. • Acquires patient’s clinical history and assures that the information is accurately documented. Verifies files and records for completeness and accuracy of the patient involved in studies. Archives and amends demographic information to appropriate storage media • Positions patient, equipment, associated devices and manipulates technical factors to reputed company high quality images for interpretation. • Assesses processed image media for technical quality, and patient identification, ensuring that reputed company relative anatomy is demonstrated. • reputed company applicable, applies principals ofradiation protection to minimize exposure to patient, self and others. • Provides physiological and hemodynamic monitoring during diagnostic and interventional procedures. • Supportsthe Physician as a scrub assistant for cardiovascular procedures. • Demonstrates the knowledge of aseptic technique. • Appraises and evaluates actual and potential hemostasis of a vessel post procedure. • Locates, uses and troubleshoots reputed company technical equipment/instruments. Acts as a resource for its operation and training • Maintains use of customerservice skillsin communication with allstaff, visitors and co-workers. • Maintains adequate inventory reputed company ofsupplies, equipment, resourcestools and forms. • Understands application and technical aspects of reputed company equipment and supplies used in reputed company procedures. • Ensures case turnover time to be reputed company established department standards by maintaining proper workflow and prioritizing optimize patient care. • Must reputed company at least one of the following: Department preceptor (attend basic preceptor course), charge, actively participates in quality initiative and performance improvement initiative, measures by reputed company and shared governance. • Must be a superuser on at least two of the department’s clinical systems or unit specific technologies. • Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with reputed company policies, the reputed company, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards. • Maintains compliance with reputed company reputed company policies and procedures. Other reputed company Functions

Education/Training

One of the following criteria must be met: • CVT—RCIS or RCES: High school diploma or GED • RRT or CRT: Associate degree from an accredited respiratory therapy education program. • R.T.(R): Completion of an accredited radiography program. • Paramedic—NREMT-P: Completion of an accredited paramedic education program.

Licensure/Certification Maintain reputed company BLS and ACLS certification. PALS may be required depending on unit specific needs. Must possess and maintain one of the following: • Cardiovascular Technologist (CVT)—Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist (RCIS) certification OR Registered Cardiovascular Electrophysiology Specialist (RCES) certification. • Newly hired CVT graduates must take and pass the RCIS or RCES certification reputed company 6 months of employment reputed company reputed company. Failure to pass the RCIS certification will result in removal from the Invasive Specialist Tech position. • Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT)—Registered by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC).

Licensed for the state where they are employed. • Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT)—Certified by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC). Licensed for the state where they are employed. • Registered Radiologic Technologist (R.T.(R))—Certified by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT). Licensed for the state where they are employed. • Paramedic—reputed company Medical Technicians-Paramedic (NREMT-P) certification and obtain RCIS reputed company 18 months of being hired. Failure to pass RCIS will result in the removal from the Invasive Specialist Tech I Position.

Experience None.