Per Diem Cardiac Cath Lab Tech

01 Kaweah Delta Health Care District; Visalia (CA); On-site; USD 73,012 - 110,208; Full time

Job summary

Kaweah Health in Visalia, CA seeks a Cath Lab Tech to maintain sterile technique and assist with cardiac cath procedures. The role covers instrumentation, supplies, and equipment while ensuring patient safety and quality care.

The ideal candidate has a CA CRT license, BLS, and a fluoroscopy permit within 6 months of hire. Cath Lab experience, including Interventional Cath Lab, is preferred.

Qualifications

• CA CRT license required
• BLS certification required
• Fluoroscopy permit within 6 months of hire/transfer
• Cath Lab experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Assists physicians in diagnostic and interventional cardiovascular procedures using fixed equipment.
• Selects correct technical factors and equipment programming per procedure.
• Monitors patient and operates the hemodynamic system for data acquisition.
• Maintains accurate records of procedures and related materials.
• Ensures sterile technique and compliance with hospital and department policy.
• Selects images for acquisition and sends to PACS; assists in viewing images.
• Prepares preliminary cath reports with descriptive and quantitative data.

Skills

Cath Lab experience

BLS

Tools

Fluoroscopy permit

Job description

Kaweah Health is a publicly owned, community healthcare organization serving the greater Visalia area in central California. It employs over 5,000 staff across eight campuses.

Job Summary

The Cath Lab Tech is responsible for maintaining sterile technique and preparing for and assisting with cardiac cath lab (CCL) procedures. Performs the duties of Monitor and Scrub as specified in the CCL policy/procedure manual and is responsible for instrumentation, supplies and equipment. Provides a safe environment for the patient.

Qualifications

• License / Certification: CA Certified Radiologic Technologist (CRT)
• BLS
• Fluoroscopy permit within 6 months of hire/transfer
• Experience: Cath Lab experience including Interventional Cath Lab (preferred)

Job Responsibilities

• Assists the physician in various diagnostic and interventional cardiovascular procedures using fixed equipment.
• Selects proper technical factors and equipment programming according to procedural requirements.
• Monitors patient and operates hemodynamic system for physiological data acquisition.
• Maintains accurate and up to date records of procedures performed and other related materials.
• Demonstrates proficiency in sterile technique and assures that all personnel and physicians comply with hospital / department policy.
• Selects correct images for acquisition and sends to appropriate PACS system.
• Is familiar with and able to assist physicians in viewing images on PACS system.
• Generates a preliminary cath report for reading physician containing basic descriptive and quantitative data in defined formats.
• Assures hemostasis of puncture site by manual compression or deployment of vascular sealant device.
• Continues ongoing education by attending seminars and in-service programs.
• Provides protection according to prescribed radiation safety standards.
• Always inspects all equipment for physical, electrical and mechanical hazards and reports all hazards promptly.
• Participates in quality improvement activities as assigned.
• Assists in maintaining a clean and orderly work environment.

Additional Responsibilities (EP)

• Demonstrates competency in patient care for adolescent, adult and geriatric patients.
• Sets up and operates specialized equipment: physiological data recording system and related computers, programmable stimulators, mapping system, various generators for ablation procedures.
• Assists Cardiac Electrophysiologists in the performance of EP Lab procedures by analyzing electrocardiograph data, performing program stimulation of the heart, inducing and terminating cardiac arrhythmia by overdrive pacing or DC cardioversion, applying energy to catheters for purposes of arrhythmia ablation, creating 3D maps of cardiac chambers to evaluate electrical conduction of tachycardias, entering resulting procedural data into the Cardiovascular program's clinical database.
• Assists Cardiac Electrophysiologists and Cardiologists in the performance of invasive procedures related to intra-cardiac defibrillators and pacemakers, sets up sterile table, assists in the application of sterile drapes, hands sterile instruments and sutures to the physician during the procedure, performs after-care of surgical instruments.

Pay Range

$53.41 - $80.12 per hour.