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Job description
Cardiac Cath Lab Technician
Perm candidates of any other providence facility (non-Swedish) are eligible for a travel contract if they have been separated for at least 3 months. All Swedish facilities honor active compact license. 2 year experience required. Unit does not accept first time travelers. Call required: yes, typically 6 evenings and one weekend per 6 weeks. Weekend shifts per contract: typically one weekend per 6 week on standby. Must respond within 30 minutes of call back.
Medication system: Pyxis
Documentation system: EPIC, McKesson
Communication: SBAR
Unit details: Procedures room. 3 cath labs, one hybrid OR
Skills:
Work settings: Diagnostic Cardiac Cath Lab, Interventional Cardiac Cath Lab (required)
Special procedures: Special Procedures (preferred)
Cardiac Cath Lab procedures: Required: Cardiac stent placement, diagnostic catheterizations adult, IABP placement/removal, Impella insertion, left heart catheterization, percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), right heart catheterization, rotablader athrectomy, temporary pacemaker, ventricular assist device insertion
Preferred: Optical coherence tomography (OCT), pulmonary artery (PA) line insertion, transcatheter aortic valve implantation/replacement (TAVI/TAVR), watchman
Equipment and devices: Required: Fluoroscopy, Siemens
Procedural responsibilities: Required: Accurate monitoring, equipment set up, perform EKG lead placement, prep access site, recognition of life-threatening arrhythmias, room circulator, scrub-maintain sterile field, vascular closure systems (Perclose, StarClose)
Professional knowledge and skills: Required: Isolation precautions
Preferred: Use of rapid response team
Scrubs: Provided
All units that have on-call requirements require a 30-minute response time. It is outlined as a standard requirement in the unit description. All Swedish facilities with units that necessitate on-call coverage have a response time of 30 min from when the traveler is called in.
Worksite address
seattle, WA, 98127, US
Who can apply
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