Cardiovascular Technologists

Job Summary

Loyal Source Government Services is looking for 1 full-time Cardiovascular Technologists to perform

Cardiovascular, Diagnostic and interventional procedures in San Diego, CA. Cardiovascular Technologists must provide professional medical services and quality care to our Veteran population. Located at the San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS) in San Diego, CA. Contractors are required to deliver high-quality, compassionate, and consistent care to individuals.

$53 / hr

• Shall function as the first assistant to the Cardiologist during the cardiovascular procedure.
• CVT shall perform a wide range of diagnostic tests and support duties such as the collection of blood samples for analysis for research, coagulation studies and blood gas determination.
• The CVT shall operate radiologic fluoroscopy equipment to allow the medical team to appropriately visualize images during the procedure, assists/performs testing such as electrocardiograms (ECG), Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) echocardiograms, Intracoronary Pressure Wire, Drug exercise challenges, and the administration of Dynamic Electrocardiograph (EKG’s) analysis.
• The Contract CVT shall monitor cardiac rhythms and recognize abnormal and life‑threatening rhythms.
• The Contract CVT shall also perform other monitoring procedures such as oximetry, blood pressure, arterial monitoring, intracardiac monitoring and can recognize abnormal readings.
• The Contract CVT shall perform patient care procedures such as applying dressings, and collection of specimens or blood samples for analysis.
• The Contract CVT shall be scrubbed and gowned and shall be responsible for preparing catheters, guide wires, transducers, angioplasty balloons, stents, and manifold assembly. The CVT shall operate the angiographic pressure injector to control the rate of pressure development and limits the onset of ejection to minimize ventricular irritability during the procedure.
• The CVT may also function in the nonsterile role (circulator) by preparing the vascular access site on the patient, positioning the patient, operating the electric exam table and radiologic equipment, opening sterile supplies and monitoring patient physiological response to the procedure. During cardiac arrest the CVT shall operate the defibrillator and initiate CPR to restore the patient to a normal cardiac rhythm.
• The CVT shall set up the Procedure Suite, ensuring sterile supplies and other required equipment are carefully selected and properly presented as determined by the procedure being performed.
• The CVT shall set up Mac Lab and the GE Innova x-ray computers, perform quality checks to ensure readiness for use during the procedure, set up the GE x‑ray diagnostic system (angio/fluoroscopic) so that appropriate views of cardiac anatomy can be obtained and recorded for analysis, and perform a check of lead shielding equipment in compliance with National Standards (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Radiation Exposure – as low as is reasonably achievable (ALARA).
• The CVT shall prepare the various computer software and peripheral devices (disk and magnetic tape drives and video for matters) to quantify coronary lesions and to generate ventricular analysis reports, cardiac output (thermodilution, Fick determinations), and maintains logs of patient data and library of videotapes and hardcopy tracings.
• The CVT shall performs daily calibration of equipment, prepare physiologic monitoring equipment such as ECG, Oximetry, Intra‑Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP), balloon catheters, code cart, Intravascular ultrasound, Fick cardiac output device, Therapeutic Pressure wire, defibrillator, and various other complex equipment.
• The CVT shall perform quality checks for various lab analysis equipment such as blood gas, coagulation studies that are used throughout the procedure, and ensures that emergency medication is available in the suite, performing quality checks to verify outdates and competency of like containers to ensure sterility and correct medication dosage. The CVT shall also perform a quality assessment of the 35mm…