Travel Cath Lab Technologist - $2,767 per week

Specialty: Cath Lab Technologist • Discipline: Allied Health Professional • Duration: 13 weeks • 40 hours per week • Shift: 10 hours, days • Employment Type: Travel

About the role

We're looking for a Cardiac Catheterization Radiologic Technologist (Cath Lab Rad) for an immediate travel opening in Cincinnati, OH. The right candidate must have 1 year of experience.

Cath Lab Rads assist doctors during advanced diagnostic and interventional cardiac procedures such as cardiac catheterization, peripheral vascular procedures, and structural heart procedures in the Cardiac Catheterization Lab. Responsibilities include scrubbing, monitoring, and assisting providers as requested.

Responsibilities

• Prepare the Cardiac Lab procedure rooms by ensuring adequate stock is available and in working condition, including instrument sterilization if applicable.
• Prepare patient and equipment for cardiac lab procedures by preparing site of entry, draping patient, arranging sterilized instruments and catheters, and calibrating and setting up pressure transducers and tubing.
• Operate and ensure the quality control of all equipment utilized in the cardiac cath lab.
• Demonstrate knowledge of all related equipment within the laboratory.
• Scrub in during procedures, assisting the physician in maneuvering catheters.
• Obtain and record hemodynamic, electrical, and angiographic data by operating hemodynamic and electrical amplifiers and digital and line fluoroscopic equipment.
• Monitor the patient's hemodynamic status during procedures in the cardiac cath lab.
• Participate in life-saving measures such as defibrillation and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Requirements

• 1 year of experience as a Cath Lab Technologist.
• BLS (Basic Life Support) certification.
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support) certification.
• ARRT (R) - CI preferred or CCI-RCIS certification.
• State-specific licensing when required.
• Ability to stand and walk for long periods of time, as well as bend, lean, or stoop without difficulty.

Benefits

• Top paying contracts.
• 24x7 concierge one-on-one service to meet your needs.
• Long or short term contracts available nationwide.
• Top 10 agency per recent traveler surveys (Highway Hypodermics, Travel Nursing Central).