Cardiac Cath Technician
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Job Number: 191948
Department: Cardiac Cath Lab
Hours: Variable start – 0630 or 0700
This Cardiac Cath Tech position assists the cardiologist on both diagnostic and interventional procedures involving cardiac catheterizations through digital imaging as part of the patient’s permanent record and recording and analyzing ECG hemodynamic data.
Located in Seattle, WA, Virginia Mason is an internationally recognized leader in the continuous improvement of health care. With an extensive list of awards and distinctions that includes our recognition as Top Hospital of the Decade by The Leapfrog Group, Virginia Mason offers you the opportunity to partner with exceptionally talented peers at every level.
You will contribute to the strength of our Team Medicine approach to collaborative medicine and benefit from the changes enacted through our Virginia Mason Production System, a model that has transformed health care by providing patients with easier access to care, reducing errors, and continuously innovating patient safety and quality that has been adopted by other organizations here and abroad. Join us, and find out how many ways Virginia Mason offers you the chance to focus on what really matters – our patients.
Qualifications:
- This position requires certification as a Washington State Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist or a Washington State Radiologic Technologist license and certification with the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists.
- This position also requires skills to provide advanced ECG interpretation.
- The ability to interpret advanced hemodynamic and perform arterial venous hemostasis.
- Troubleshoot and sterilize equipment.
- Instruct patients.
- Defibrillate patients.
- Draw lab samples, act testing, and create charts.
- Take universal precautions with the types of contrast media and adverse reactions, use safe radiation procedures, and operate equipment safely.
- Position patient and x-ray camera appropriately.
- Scrub in for procedure, suture and pulling sheaths, apply sterile dressings.
- Exhibit excellent interpersonal skills.
Just as Virginia Mason is dedicated to improving the lives of our patients and our community, we are equally dedicated to your professional and personal success. With a wide range of perks that includes comprehensive compensation and benefits, continuing education and support, and the opportunity to live in one of the most livable cities in the country, you will find that an opportunity with Team Medicine is one worth taking.
We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
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