Cardiovascular Invasive Support Technician - full time, days

Key Responsibilities

• Pre- and Post-Patient Care: Assist patients before and after their procedures, ensuring comfort, answering questions, and providing necessary instructions.
• Rooming Patients: Greet and prepare patients for procedures, obtain vital signs, and ensure they are ready for the next steps.
• IV Starts: Administer IVs for diagnostic and interventional procedures.
• Phlebotomy: Draw blood samples and perform other specimen collection duties as required.
• Bedside Procedures: Assist in various bedside procedures.

Essential Functions

• Performs venipuncture, urine, sputum and microbiological specimen collection in an ambulatory and hospital setting.
• Validates patient identity, specimen integrity and maintains working knowledge of specimen requirements, quality controls and special protocols.
• Documents all stages of specimen collection in required computer systems including investigating orders, “receiving” specimens, canceling tests, running collection lists, entering and or transmitting results and producing and using reconciliation reports.
• Participates in the on-call system within the organization for routine and urgent indwelling vascular access lines on weekends, nights and holidays with a 60 minute response time.
• Organizes assigned workload and performs appropriate tasks meeting established productivity standards in phlebotomy, point of care testing and all job duties associated with catheterization, electrophysiology, Interventional Radiology and/or pre and post procedures.
• Performs point of care testing including but not limited to ACTs, glucometer and pregnancy testing.
• Performs duties related to the discontinuation and management of post procedural lines including but not limited to: Arterial and venous lines, radial compression devices throughout the organization.
• Obtains and documents vital signs, performs and transmits EKGs and rhythm recognition.
• Provides appropriate clinical functions to support line management and ongoing hemostasis issues throughout the organization.
• Provides mentorship and oversight for new employees and clinical interns on workflow and processes specific to Invasive Services.
• Demonstrates the Lancaster General Health Standards of Performance in dealing with patients, visitors, and coworkers.
• Develops work schedules and job assignments to optimize efficiency and productivity.
• Collections patient demographics, contacts, medication and allergy information for pre-procedure patients. Schedules patients as necessary.
• Orders and stocks various supplies needed within the department.
• Participates in the on-call responsibilities for this position as required.

Required Qualifications

• HS Diploma or GED
• CPR Certification