Cardiovascular / Cath Lab Tech
Wellstar Health System
Summary
4 x 10's, 6:15a-5:45p. Call is Required: 1 Night/week + 1 Weekend per month
Job description
Full-time Cath Lab Tech at Kennestone
4 x 10's, 6:15a-5:45p. Call is Required: 1 Night/week + 1 Weekend per month
Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions
Clinical Skills
- Completion of cardiovascular cath and/or EP competencies
- May function in monitoring, scrubbing, or circulating roles
- Able to use critical thinking skills
- Work in conjunction with interventional cardiologists, electrophysiologists, and cardiologists
- Preps and educates the patient for procedure
- Demonstrates and understands sterile technique
Quality and Patient Safety
- Verifies patient ID using 2 patient identifiers, i.e. Armband, DOB, verbal identification
- Verifies front of patient chart for same/similar name sticker
- Verifies Written Order and Consent, seeks clarification if order or consent unclear
- Uses and understands preprocedural verification/time out form
- Understands and complies with site/side marking when indicated
Job Responsibilities
- Must be flexible with hours to meet departmental needs
- Able to work scheduled and cath lab On-Call hours
- Knows existing lines of communication and authority
- Handles communications properly
- Introduces self to patient and/or guardian utilizing proper scripting ie. AIDET
- Transports patients as needed
- Provides privacy and comfort for patient/customers
- Assists with maintenance of departmental records, Joint Commission standards, State and Federal Regulations and performance Improvement
- Enters data in to cath lab log and verifies accuracy and completeness
- Completes necessary paperwork
- Answers departmental phone using proper scripting
- Maintains stock levels and outdates
- Maintain current License and BLS/ACLS certifications
- Works as a team with other cath_EP lab staff to obtain the best possible outcome
- Performs any other duties as needed when asks by leadership
- Prepares necessary supplies and equipment for procedure
- Enters appropriate charges for supplies and procedure
Patient Education
- Responsible for patient, family/support system education
- Responsible for patient education as it relates to their procedure, including preparing the patient for future procedures and/or transfer to another facility
- Provide post procedural home care instructions as needed
Requirements
- Associate's Degree in Health Science or Related Field Required
- Bachelor's Degree preferred
- One year of cardiovascular cath/EP lab experience may be substituted in lieu of formal education or of CVT program with RCIS and/or ARRT-CV Preferred
- Registered CVI Specialist-Preferred
- Basic Life Support or BLS - Instructor
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support or ACLS - Instructor or ACLS - Provisional
- Minimum 1 year functioning independently in cardiovascular cath/electrophysiology lab may be substituted in lieu of formal education
- 2 Years of Healthcare experience strongly preferred
Company overview
Wellstar Health System is one of Georgia's largest and most comprehensive integrated healthcare systems, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Marietta, Georgia. As a non-profit health system, Wellstar operates with a mission to enhance the health and well-being of every person it serves through its PeopleCare approach. The system employs approximately 29,469 to 33,000 team members across multiple hospitals, health parks, medical offices, outpatient centers, pediatric centers, nursing facilities, and hospice and home care services. Wellstar is nationally recognized for operating Georgia's largest integrated trauma network and features the second-largest Emergency Department in the United States. The organization provides more than $1 billion annually in charity care and community programs, demonstrating its commitment to community health. Wellstar has earned numerous accolades including recognition on Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For, Best Workplaces in Health Care, and PEOPLE Companies that Care lists. The system embraces innovation through its venture firm Catalyst by Wellstar, which nurtures early-stage healthcare companies, and maintains academic partnerships with institutions like the Medical College of Georgia for caregiver training. With specialties spanning cardiovascular care, oncology, women's health, pediatrics, musculoskeletal services, and numerous other medical disciplines, Wellstar delivers comprehensive healthcare across all stages of life.