• Cardiovascular Rad Tech Regional Float

    Catholic Health Initiatives (Omaha, NE)


    Responsibilities

    Assists with pre-procedure education and preparing patient for procedure.

     

    * Collaborates with other staff to assure patient has a thorough understanding of procedure and is able to

     

    answer questions as needed.

     

    * Assures patient is positioned properly for the procedure.

    * Assures EKG electrodes are properly placed and cardiac electrodes correctly applied.

    * Assures skin is prepped and sterilized appropriately prior to procedural draping.

    * Sets up patient and sterile equipment in accordance to the performing physician’s preferences.

     

    Scrubs and assists physicians during procedures.

     

    * Assists physician in sterile placement of invasive and hemodynamic monitoring equipment.

    * Uses fine motor skills to assist physician with the placement/deployment/use of invasive catheters, wires,

     

    balloons, stents, structural heart devices, Intra-aortic balloon counter-pulsation equipment, percutaneous left

     

    ventricular assist devices, implantable cardiac devices, and electrophysiology catheters/3-D intra-cardiac

     

    conduction mapping.

     

    Performs monitoring function throughout procedures. Documents clinical information in patient record.

     

    • Operates hemodynamic monitoring equipment.

    • Recognize and report changes in the cardiac rhythm.

    • Recognize and report changes in hemodynamic waveforms.

    • Accurately documents the flow of events from start thru completion of procedure.

     

    Performs arterial and/or venous sheath removal utilizing deployment of closure devices, manual pressure, or

     

    mechanical compression and transport patients.

     

    Performs daily maintenance, quality assurance testing, equipment cleaning, and supply re-stocking.

     

    Effectively communicates and works cooperatively with team members, patients, families, guests, and providers

    Qualifications

    REQUIRED:

    Medical Radiographer: NE

     

    Basic Life Support - CPR (BLS-CPR)

     

    Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) N/A within 6 -

     

    months

     

    Registered Technologist Radiography ARRT (RTR) N/A

     

    Overview

     

    At CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy, our focus is patient-centered care. Our level I trauma center and academic medical center campus is designed to heal the body, mind, and spirit of every person in a more comfortable, less stressful hospital environment. Our full range of medical services includes trauma services, heart and vascular care, emergency services, surgery, maternity, cancer care, and diagnostic imaging.

    Pay Range

    $32.30 - $48.05 /hour

     

    We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.