Cardiovascular Tech RCIS

Schedule

Monday through Friday, 07:00 AM – 17:30 PM (10-hour shifts, 4 days per week).

Responsibilities

• Assists in teaching and orientation of students and new staff.
• Acts as a monitor tech during invasive cardiovascular procedures by interpreting basic and advanced dysrhythmia and EKGs, operating physiologic recorders, and interpreting normal and abnormal pressures and waveforms.
• Serves as a scrub tech for most procedures, operating imaging equipment under physician direction.
• Functions as a circulator for some diagnostic procedures, monitoring patient status, assisting the scrub tech, and operating imaging equipment.
• Transports patients to and from the department.
• Cleans and stocks the cath lab, including ordering supplies and maintaining inventory.
• Demonstrates knowledge of medications and dosages used in procedures.
• Prepares the lab for procedures by setting up equipment and maintaining sterile technique.
• Prepares patients for procedures by shaving, prepping, and marking arterial pulses.
• Removes arterial and/or venous sheaths post-procedure, maintains hemostasis, and monitors patient status.
• Troubleshoots equipment problems.

Requirements

• Associate or Bachelor’s degree with a science emphasis, or commensurate healthcare experience.
• Current American Heart Association (AHA) Advanced Cardio Life Support (ACLS) certification.
• RCIS certification required within six months of hire.
• ARRT and Texas RT(R) certification accepted in lieu of RCIS.

About the Workplace

Methodist Richardson Medical Center is a 443-bed, full-service, acute-care hospital serving Richardson, Garland, Plano, and surrounding areas in Dallas and Collin counties. The facility is:

• A Certified Comprehensive Stroke Center.
• The nation’s first hospital to receive The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Pancreatic/Hepatic/Biliary Cancer Certification.
• Home to a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Level III Trauma Center.
• Recognized as a Magnet®-designated hospital and listed among Becker’s Hospital Review’s 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare (2023).
• Designated a Top 10 Military Friendly® Employer (Gold, 2023) and Top 10 Military Spouse Friendly® Employer (2023).

Additional services are provided at Methodist Richardson Medical Center – Campus for Continuing Care, including behavioral health, addiction recovery, inpatient rehabilitation, and long-term acute care.