Interventional Radiology Technologist

100 Georgetown Hospital System; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Tidelands Health is seeking an Interventional Radiology Technologist to join our team. The IR Technologist will image vascular structures and support therapeutic interventions for diagnosis and treatment, while ensuring patient safety and high-quality care.

Responsibilities include assisting during procedures, maintaining sterile fields, managing specialized equipment, and documenting all procedures in the hospital system.

Qualifications

• Advanced understanding and daily application of ALARA concepts, radiation physics, and safety protocols.
• Proficient in aseptic technique, maintaining a sterile field, and handling specialized surgical wires, catheters, and stents.
• Strong communication across disciplines under high-pressure invasive procedures.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent patient care by educating patients and families, reviewing lab values, and preparing patients for invasive procedures.
• Scrub in to assist the physician during procedures; maintain a strict sterile field and manage inventory.
• Operate advanced interventional equipment and adjust exposure factors, road mapping, and imaging protocols.
• Assist with a wide array of IR interventions including angiography, angioplasty, stenting, embolization, and access procedures.
• Document accurate patient histories, pre-procedure timeouts, and post-procedure metrics in HIS, RIS, and PACS.
• Demonstrate strict adherence to radiation safety measures, dosimetry, and lead shielding.
• Clean, troubleshoot, and maintain imaging equipment; restock IR suite inventory.
• Mentor, proctor, and train radiologic technology students and new hires.

Skills

ALARA concepts

Sterile field/aseptic technique

Interdisciplinary communication

Education

Associate's Degree in Radiologic Technology

Job description

Employee Type: Regular Work Shift: Day - 8 hour shift (United States of America) Join Team Tidelands and help people live better lives through better health! Interventional Radiology Technologist (2454) Are you passionate about quality and committed to excellence? Consider joining our Tidelands Health team. As our region's largest health care provider, we are also one of our area's largest employers. More than 2,500 team members at more than 70 Tidelands Health locations bring our healing mission to life each day.

Brief Overview

The Interventional Radiology Technologist reports to the Inpatient Imaging Manager. Under limited supervision, the IR Technologist competently performs specialized technical duties utilizing advanced digital fluoroscopy and angiography equipment to image vascular structures and facilitate therapeutic interventions for diagnosis or treatment. The role provides high-level patient care, monitors patient hemodynamic conditions essential for successful procedure completion, and directly assists and scrubs with the Interventional Radiologist during invasive and minimally invasive micro-procedures.

What you will do

• Clinical Prep & Care: Provide excellent patient care by educating patients and families, reviewing lab values (e.g., INR, Creatinine), checking allergies, and preparing patients for invasive procedures.
• Sterile Field Management: Scrub in to assist the physician during procedures; prepare and maintain a strict sterile field, managing specialized inventory including guidewires, catheters, stents, and embolization materials.
• Technical Imaging Operations: Operate advanced interventional equipment (e.g., fixed angiography suites, mobile C-arms) and select appropriate exposure factors, digital subtraction protocols, and road mapping techniques.
• Specialized Procedures: Assist with a wide array of IR interventions, including but not limited to: angiography, angioplasty, stenting, embolization, thrombolysis, dialysis access interventions, biopsies, drains, and central venous access (ports/PICC lines).
• Documentation & Safety: Obtain and document accurate patient medical histories, pre-procedure "Time Outs," and post-procedure metrics. Ensure exam completion and archiving within the Hospital Information System (HIS), RIS, and PACS.
• Radiation Safety: Demonstrate strict adherence to ALARA guidelines, ensuring proper lead shielding, dosimetry badge compliance, and collimation are utilized for patients and lab staff.
• Equipment & Inventory: Clean, troubleshoot, and maintain all imaging equipment. Monitor and restock the IR suite inventory to prevent expiration of sterile goods.
• Leadership & Growth: Assist with mentoring, proctoring, and training radiologic technology students and new hire team members.

Education Qualifications

• Associate's Degree in a Radiologic Technology program Required

Experience Qualifications

• Experience of dedicated Interventional Radiology Required

Skills and Abilities

• Deep understanding and daily application of ALARA concepts, radiation physics, and safety protocols.
• Proficient in aseptic technique, maintaining a sterile field, and handling specialized surgical wires, catheters, and stents.
• Advanced critical thinking, rapid problem-solving during high-stress invasive procedures, exceptional time management, and clear interdisciplinary communication

Licenses and Certifications

• Radiography - American Registry Radiologic Technologist Required
• Radiography - South Carolina Radiation Quality Standards Association Required
• Basic Life Support Certified - American Heart Association within 30 Days Required
• Cardiac Interventional Radiography - American Registry Radiologic Technologist Preferred
• Vascular Interventional Radiography - American Registry Radiologic Technologist Preferred

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a contract for employment nor a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

Tidelands Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

Tidelands Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).

Tidelands Health does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, gender, genetic information, familial status, or any other legally protected status.

At Tidelands Health, we are united by a single, shared mission: We help people live better lives through better health. It’s a commitment embodied in the extraordinary care we provide our patients and the award-winning workplace that welcomes our team every day. A proud not-for-profit organization, we are the largest health care provider in our beautiful coastal region of South Carolina. Enjoy year-round access to the Myrtle Beach area’s warm, sunny climate and outstanding quality of life as you fulfill your professional dreams. Here, you’ll find a workplace culture built around a spirit of inclusion, teamwork, mutual respect and recognition for a job well done. Discover what it’s like to work for an organization that values who you are as much as we appreciate what you do.