Cardiovascular Technologist Registered

About the role

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Responsibilities

• Acts as a clinical resource for other staff.
• Assesses patient conditions and takes appropriate and timely action.
• Maintains patient records on all procedures.
• Assists the physician during cardiac cath lab procedures, including scrubbing according to sterile technique, monitoring the patient, assisting in injecting dye, flushing lines, positioning equipment and guide-wire, and starting intravenous lines or medications.
• Maintains the catheterization procedure room and equipment, including cleaning up the room following each case, ensuring it is sterile and properly stocked, obtaining needed equipment or supplies, inspecting the room and equipment in compliance with departmental standards, and conducting infectious control studies or preventative maintenance as required.
• Conducts physical inventory of supplies as required.
• Performs all functions in the Cardiac Cath Lab as required or requested (within scope of practice).
• Implements emergency procedures as necessary.
• Uses acceptable standards of practice to evaluate and implement changes in provision of nursing care with regards to accreditation guidelines.

Qualifications

• Graduate of accredited associate or baccalaureate academic program in health science (includes, but not limited to, radiologic technology, respiratory therapy, cardiopulmonary technology, cardiovascular technology).
• Minimum of three years of current allied health experience in an acute care setting with cardiac catherization or special procedures experience.
• Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist (RCIS) or Registered Cardiovascular Electrophysiology Specialist by Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) or Registered Radiologic Technologist (RT(R)) by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT).
• American Heart Association or American Red Cross BLS certification as Healthcare Provider.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within 6 months.

Benefits

Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans. Equal Opportunity Employer. McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.