Cath Lab Technician, PRN Days, Brownsville Cath Lab at DHR Health

Summary

FLSA STATUS: ☐ Exempt ☒ Non-Exempt MISSION STATEMENT: Our Mission is to improve the well-being of those we serve with a commitment to excellence: every patient, every encounter, every time. VISION: Our Vision is to create a world-class health system to advance medicine and increase access for the communities we serve by empowering caregivers to heal through compassion, knowledge, innovation, integrated care and excellence.

Position Summary

This position provides aid under direct supervision of a cardiologist in Imaging by Exposure to Ionizing radiation, and other procedural technical functions that assist the cardiologist in performing a safe operation with optimal results for the patient. May provide local infiltration and of a local anesthetic at the operation site. Participates in and peripheral vascular interventional procedures as appropriate.

Position Education/ Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of radiology technology with an associate’s degree in radiology technology.
• Must have a current A.R.R.T and T.D.H. license if a graduate of a Radiology Program.
• Or, a current Licensed Vocational Nurse having graduated from an accredited program with commitment to challenge RCIS at the end of one year employment, or a current RCIS certification.
• Or, surgical tech having graduated from an accredited program with current CST with commitment to challenge RCIS at the end of one year employment, or a current RCIS certification.
• Or, Respiratory tech with a current RRT with commitment to challenge RCIS at the end of one year employment, or a current RCIS certification.
• Or, must have successfully completed an accredited CVT program with commitment to challenge RCIS at the end of one year employment, or a current RCIS certification.
• Must be credentialed in BLS with ACLS and PALS optional.
• Good written and verbal communication skills required.
• Ability to read, write and speak English required Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with all levels of nursing, administration, and physicians Prefer hospital experience

Job Knowledge/Experience

Six (6) months continuous experience in cardiac catheterization lab preferred. Angiographic special procedure experience preferred. Must have vast anatomical knowledge.

Must be able to interact and communicate with all levels of staff, physicians, patients, and families in an effective manner. Exhibits tact, enthusiasm, and patience. Must be sensitive to cultural and bilingual issues.

Requires good communication and organizational skills. Requires reasoning ability and good independent judgment. Requires working with frequent interruptions.

Position Responsibilities

• Promotes the facility mission, vision and values by effectively communicating them to others.
• Considers mission, vision and values in developing services, standards and practices Determines specific equipment needed per procedure.
• Reviewing permit and consent to confirm procedure and special needs.
• Appropriately select and set X-ray equipment properly under the guidance of registered Radiology tech or Doctor.
• Acts as radiation safety source for team.
• Monitors procedure medications equipment and all chronological events.
• Assists in moving and positioning the patient.
• Performs “Time-Out” in accordance with DHR policy Appropriately drapes the patient using sterile technique.
• Assists in maintaining establishing and maintaining hemostasis by direct pressure, using and applying of appropriate closure device.
• Ability to utilize unipolar and bipolar electrocautery.
• Maintains the integrity of sterile field.
• Assist with insertion of femoral arterial line and Swan Ganz lines Performing any other duties or procedures incident to the procedure deemed necessary and directed by the cardiologist Assist in resuscitation of patient during cardiac arrest or other life threatening events in the procedure room.
• Other duties as assigned

Other Information

LINES OF REPSONSIBILITIES: (Chain-of-command) 1. Director

Customer Service

Provide excellent customer service to all DHR customers. All employees are required to attend the DHR C.A.R.E.S program which outlines the Customer Service Principals including: Commitment, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Service.

Age Specific

Employees must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her assigned unit. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirement relative to his or her age.

Americans With Disabilities Act

(ADA): A.

Essential Duties

• Indicated by bold print within performance standards, preceding individual numbered criteria.
• The following table provides physical requirements that will be associated with, but not limited to, this position: Light/moderate lifting up to 20 lbs, from the floor to shoulder height.
• Yes Kneeling Yes Must be able to assist other employees with lifting more than 20 lbs.
• Yes Walking Yes Light/moderate carrying up to 20 lbs.
• Yes Standing/Squatting Yes Straight pulling Yes Sitting Yes Pulling hand over hand Yes Pushing Yes Repeated bending Yes Stooping/Bending Yes Reaching above shoulder Yes Climbing Stairs Yes Simple grasping Yes Climbing Ladders No Dual simultaneous grasping Yes Depth Perceptions needed Yes Ability to see Yes Identify Colors Yes Operating office equipment Yes Twisting Yes Operating mechanical equipment Yes Crawling No Ability to read and write Yes Ability to Count Yes Ability to hear verbal communication without aid Yes Operating Personal Vehicle Yes Ability to comprehend written/verbal communication Yes Other: Ability to deal with stress Yes OSHA Category III B.
• Working Conditions: The individual spends over 95% of his/her time in an air-conditioned environment with varying exposures to noise.
• There is protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.
• The position does have low exposure to malodorous, infectious body fluids from patients and some minimal exposure to noxious smells from cleansing agents.
• C.
• Occupational Exposure: This position has minimal to no exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues and is an OSHA Category III (although situations can be imagined or hypothesized under which anyone, anywhere, might encounter potential exposure to body fluids).
• Person who performs these duties are not called upon as part of their employment to perform or assist in emergency medical care or first aid or to be potentially exposed in some other way.
• D.
• Aptitudes: HIGH 1 2 3 4 5 6 LOW Intelligence: General learning ability: The ability to “catch on” or understand instructions and underlying principles.
• Ability to reason and make judgments. 3 Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with them, and to use them effectively.
• To comprehend language, to understand relationships between words, and to understand meanings of whole sentences and paragraphs.
• To present information or ideas clearly. 3 Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately. 2 Spatial: Ability to comprehend forms in space and understands relationships of plane and solid objects.
• Frequently described as the ability to “visualize” objects or two or three dimensions, or to think visually of geometric forms. 2 Form Perception: Ability to perceive pertinent details and objects or in pictorial or graphic material to make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures and widths and lengths of lines. 3 Clerical Perception: Ability to receive pertinent details and verbal or tabular material.
• To observe differences in copy, to proofread words and numbers, and to avoid perceptual errors in arithmetic computation. 2 Motor Coordination: Ability to coordinate eyes and hands to fingers rapidly and accurately in making precise movements with speed.