Cardiovascular Rad Tech Regional Float

Assists with pre-procedure education and preparing patient for procedure.
* Collaborates with other staff to assure patient has a thorough understanding of procedure and is able to
answer questions as needed.
* Assures patient is positioned properly for the procedure.
* Assures EKG electrodes are properly placed and cardiac electrodes correctly applied.
* Assures skin is prepped and sterilized appropriately prior to procedural draping.
* Sets up patient and sterile equipment in accordance to the performing physician’s preferences.
Scrubs and assists physicians during procedures.
* Assists physician in sterile placement of invasive and hemodynamic monitoring equipment.
* Uses fine motor skills to assist physician with the placement/deployment/use of invasive catheters, wires,
balloons, stents, structural heart devices, Intra-aortic balloon counter-pulsation equipment, percutaneous left
ventricular assist devices, implantable cardiac devices, and electrophysiology catheters/3-D intra-cardiac
conduction mapping.
Performs monitoring function throughout procedures. Documents clinical information in patient record.
• Operates hemodynamic monitoring equipment.
◦ Recognize and report changes in the cardiac rhythm.
◦ Recognize and report changes in hemodynamic waveforms.
◦ Accurately documents the flow of events from start thru completion of procedure.
Performs arterial and/or venous sheath removal utilizing deployment of closure devices, manual pressure, or
mechanical compression and transport patients.
Performs daily maintenance, quality assurance testing, equipment cleaning, and supply re-stocking.
Effectively communicates and works cooperatively with team members, patients, families, guests, and providers

REQUIRED:

Medical Radiographer: NE 
Basic Life Support - CPR (BLS-CPR) 
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) N/A within 6 -
months

Registered Technologist Radiography ARRT (RTR) N/A 

At CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy, our focus is patient-centered care. Our level I trauma center and academic medical center campus is designed to heal the body, mind, and spirit of every person in a more comfortable, less stressful hospital environment. Our full range of medical services includes trauma services, heart and vascular care, emergency services, surgery, maternity, cancer care, and diagnostic imaging.