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JOB SUMMARY

The Cardiovascular Invasive Technician is accountable to surgically scrub in and help with equipment. Helping the Cardiovascular Invasive Specialists with radiographic and fluoroscopic procedures is a secondary assignment. Prepares room and equipment, transports and monitors patients. May handle medications in accordance with responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS

• EDUCATION - H.S. Diploma/GED Equivalent
• EXPERIENCE - Less than 1 Year of Experience

• Helps Physicians with arteriograms/catheterizations, permanent pacemaker implantations, diagnostic and interventional, peripheral and coronary, interventional and thrombolytic therapy.
• Related duties include: preparing and maintaining sterile fields for lab procedures; printing film and calculating stenosis on peripheral cases; circulating in procedure rooms and collecting data on forms; monitoring patient’s ECG and vital signs in the Catheterization Lab; notifying the Physician of variances; providing emergency procedures like CPR and defibrillation as needed.
• Performs pre-and post-procedure care. Monitors and orients patients for specials/catheterization procedures.
• Answers related questions to make patient relaxed. Transports patients to and from procedural area.
• Communicates relevant medical information to physicians and other staff through required documentation on specified medical record forms.
• Records, enters into data computer and calculates catheterization data, gradients, LV grams, cardiac outputs, and peripheral stenosis.
• Follows national and state radiation protection regulations for patients, self and staff.
• Maintains inventory of and orders procedure room supplies. Ensures procedure rooms are adequately stocked and equipment is safe to use.