To provide compassionate care to patients while providing excellent radiographic images.
To be an integral part of the cardiovascular lab team in the roles of scrub assist circulator or monitor.
Responsibilities:
1. Preparation identification positioning protection and radiographic technique. Demonstrates competence in the preparation identification positioning protection and radiographic technique of all imaging procedures.
2. Preparation / Set-Up: Prepares room orientation based on procedure and sets up sterile tables, medrad injector table, contrast, heparinized saline, and has all possible equipment ready including ultrasound, angiojet, and cryoplasty. Ensures safety checks are done on the room each day.
3. Employee uses proper techniques that minimize radiation exposure to self, patients, the general public, and other health care personnel. Modifies care according to patients' age.
4. Provides patient care and service with compassion, dignity, and respect.
5. Continually strives to suggest and implement ways to improve personal, departmental, and organizational performance.
Minimum Education Requirements:
ARRT Registered Radiologic Technologist with MA License, BLS, ACLS required.
Minimum Work Experience:
2 years in special procedures or cardiac cath strongly preferred. CV CI VI or RCIS Registry preferred. Scrub experience preferred.
Other skills and abilities:
Knowledge of all radiographic equipment, hemodynamic monitoring equipment, radiation safety, anatomy, computer skills, vast knowledge of all catheters, wires and revascularization tools and their applications. Ability to recognize cardiac rhythms, abnormal lab values, and changes in the patient's status and the ability to appropriately communicate these changes to the team.
Ability to scrub assist on all procedures as directed by the physician and within the scope of practice.
Uphold ethical and professional conduct as stated by the ARRT Code of Ethics.
Flexibility to work overtime as needed as well as on-call duty as department needs dictate.
Location: Saint Annes Hospital USA: MA: Fall River
Brown University Health is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, ancestry, genetics, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran or marital status. Brown University Health is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.
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