Job Description:
Responsible for completing Angiography procedures, scrubbing, setting techniques, and taking images.
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Posting Specifics
Shift Details: Full-time (40 hours), Variable, four 10's. 7:00am – 5:30pm, Call, Holiday Coverage
Unit/Location: St. Vincent Regional Hospital
Additional Details: Please review Minimum Qualifications listed below before applying.
As an Angio/Interventionalist at Intermountain Health, you will play a vital role in supporting our imaging team, ensuring our patients receive the best care by:
- Maintains up-to-date licensure and certifications required for position.
- Provides procedural assistance as a circulating tech, scrub tech, or monitoring tech, according to Angio lab policies and procedures and Scope of Practice documents.
- Understands and operates IR equipment and related information systems appropriately to ensure that quality images are produced.
- Ensures proper patient identification, order verification, and prepares the patient for the exam. Adheres to radiation safety guidelines and maintains a safe working environment for patients and staff. Develops specific knowledge about invasive, diagnostic, and interventional supplies, appropriate indications and applications, and proper use and deployment techniques.
- Follows appropriate protocol for medical necessity, coding and charging guidelines, obtaining necessary consents, maintaining applicable QC programs, and reporting any equipment failures or problems.
- Provides appropriate patient education, ensures patient comfort, and address patient and/or family concerns.
- Keeps accurate records of patient information, procedures performed, and any adverse reactions or incidents.
- Coordinates patient care and communicates pertinent information to other patient care providers following procedure.
- At the end of the procedure, suture the sheath in place, or remove the sheath and apply pressure to obtain hemostasis.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Recognize emergent patient situations and respond appropriately.
- Ability to function independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to interact and communicate effectively with other caregivers and patients.
- Demonstrates understanding of anatomy, anatomic terminology, and positioning competency.
- Knowledge and adherence to infection control and sterile techniques.
Angio/Interventionalist I:
Required Qualifications
- ARRT - American Registry Upon Hire
- BCLS - Basic Life Support
- ACLS - within 120 Days
- Relevant State Licensure and/or certifications
- PALS - Pediatric Advanced within 120 Days (for pediatric hospitals)
PreferredQualifications
- 1-2 years Angio/Interventional experience, or 1-2 years vascular or interventional experience
- Vascular/Interventional radiography (VIR) certification
Angio/Interventionalist II:
Required Qualifications
- ARRT - American Registry Upon Hire
- BCLS - Basic Life Support
- ACLS - within 120 Days
- Relevant State Licensure and/or certifications
- PALS - Pediatric Advanced within 120 Days (for pediatric hospitals)
- Minimum 2 years Angio/Interventional experience or Vascular/Interventional radiography certification.
PreferredQualifications
- Vascular/Interventional radiography (VIR) certification
Angio/Interventionalist III:
Required Qualifications
- ARRT - American Registry Upon Hire
- BCLS - Basic Life Support
- ACLS - within 120 Days
- Relevant State Licensure and/or certifications
- PALS - Pediatric Advanced within 120 Days (for pediatric hospitals)
- Minimum 5 years Angio/Interventional experiencewith demonstrated proficiency in performing advanced Interventional procedures.
- Vascular/Interventional Radiography (VIR) certification Required
PreferredQualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree must be obtained through an accredited institution. Degree will be verified.
Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies. • Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations. • Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc. • Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items. • Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc.) • • May be expected to stand in a stationary position for a long time.
Location:
Intermountain Health St Vincent Regional Hospital
Work City:
Billings
Work State:
Montana
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.
$35.25 - $54.39
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