Travel Cath Lab Tech - $3,052 per week

Specialty: Cath Lab Technologist | Discipline: Allied Health Professional

About the role

American Traveler is hiring a Cath Lab / EP Technologist with at least 1 year of experience in cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology procedures for a short-term acute care hospital setting in Olympia, Washington.

Work in the Cardiac Cath Lab department of a short-term acute care hospital with 325 staffed beds. This is a 13-week travel assignment starting August 24, 2026, with 40 hours per week on a 4x10-hour day shift schedule (6:30 AM to 5:00 PM).

Responsibilities

• Perform all diagnostic procedures including PCI (stents, balloon angioplasty, laser, rotablator, Impella, IABP, CTO).
• Perform structural heart procedures including TAVR, balloon valvuloplasty, and Watchman.
• Perform electrophysiology procedures including EPS, Afib/flutter ablations, and BIV and pacemaker implants.
• Accurate patient monitoring, EKG lead placement, and maintaining sterile fields during procedures.
• Perform electrophysiology studies including arrhythmia induction, cardiac mapping, ablation, and AICD insertion/programming.
• Perform cardiac cath lab procedures including stent placement, Impella insertion, and rotablator atherectomy.
• On-call requirement of 1 call day per week and one weekend every 5-6 weeks.
• May be required to float between sister facilities.
• Use Epic charting system.

Requirements

• Minimum of 1 year of experience in a Cath Lab setting required.
• BLS and ACLS certification required.
• ARRT-R or CCI RCIS certification required (not both).
• WA state RT license or CIS license required (not both).
• Teaching hospital and community hospital experience required.
• Rhythm interpretation skills preferred.
• Experience with room circulator and sterile field scrub duties.
• Skilled in EKG lead placement, arrhythmia induction, cardiac mapping, and cardioversion.
• Experience with left and right heart catheterization, PCI, PTCA, and rotablator atherectomy.
• Experience with temporary pacemaker insertion and TAVR/Watchman procedures preferred.
• Coil embolization experience preferred.
• Candidates must commit to working 3 of the 5 major holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day).
• All requested time off must be submitted upfront during the application process.
• Two supervisory references covering at least 1 year of employment within the last 3 years are required.

Additional Information

• First-time travelers are not accepted for this position.
• Local candidates residing within 50 miles of the facility are not eligible for this travel contract.
• Former permanent staff must wait at least 3 months before returning as a travel contractor and must reside outside a 50-mile radius of the facility.

Schedule

• 4x10-hour day shifts from 6:30 AM to 5:00 PM.
• 40 hours per week.
• 13-week assignment starting August 24, 2026.