CV Invasive Specialist

Job Description:

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Posting Specifics

Shift Details:

• 36 hours per week; 4x 9-hour shifts

• Share on call obligations on nights, weekends, and holidays (requires 30-minute response time)

• Regular Lab hours are 7:00am-4:30pm Monday
  - Friday

• Call hours 4:30pm-7:00am with 24-hour coverage Saturday, Sunday and holidays

Unit Details:

• We care for patients undergoing Cardiac, Electrophysiology, and Structural Heart procedures

• 4 state of the art cath labs plus one hybrid room

• Collaborative respectful culture with a tight-knit and cohesive team

• 3 person teams including an RN, a scrub tech, and an additional tech or nurse

• Documentation via Epic and Mac Lab

• Combination of RN conscious sedation and anesthesia

Are you interested in advancing your career while helping people live the healthiest lives possible? As a CV Invasive Specialist at Intermountain Health, you will play a vital role in supporting our clinical team, ensuring our patients receive the best care. At Intermountain, you will be part of a team that values career advancement, innovation and collaboration, where your skills are valued, and your contributions make a lasting impact.

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Are you ready to take your career to the next level in a dynamic and innovative cardiovascular environment?

As a CV Invasive Specialist at Intermountain Health, you will play a vital role in supporting our clinical team, ensuring our patients receive the best care by:

Essential Functions

• Participate in procedure room preparation and post procedure turn around.

• Develop specific knowledge with regard to invasive, diagnostic, and interventional supplies which includes assisting in inventory control. Develops specific knowledge of applications, proper use and deployment techniques including documenting hemodynamic recordings, calculations, and interpretations.

• Provide patient education and emotional support for patients and their family members; ensure patient comfort. Foster teamwork and cohesiveness with team members and physicians.

• Develop knowledge specific to cardiopulmonary pathophysiology, pharmacology, anatomic anomalies, and treatment options. Assess the condition of the patient, document, and inform physician of deviations from normal criteria throughout the procedure.

• Understand and apply principles of x-ray generation and safety. Understand and demonstrate the correct operation of imaging equipment.

• May mix and administer medications under the direction and supervision of the physician (RCIS or RCES is required to pass medications). Pursuant to state laws.

• At the end of the procedure, may apply closure device, suture the sheath in place, or remove the sheath and apply pressure to obtain hemostasis.

• Provide thorough and accurate documentation of each procedure and associated events.

• Develop skills in operating, calibrating, and troubleshooting equipment in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. Perform point of care testing and QA.

• Accountabilities:
  Scrub, circulate, and monitor in diagnostic, interventional, and CRM procedures according to scope of practice documents.
  Complete procedure data entry; acquire and process imaging studies, hemodynamic assessment and calculations, intra-procedure CathPCI registry requirements, and prepare procedural reports.

Skills

• Patient Assessment and Monitoring

• Sound Decision Making

• Procedural Assistance

• Patient Education

• Equipment Operation and Troubleshooting

• Analytical and Critical Thinking

• Taking Initiative

• Relationship building

• Health Language…