Cardiovascular Radiology Technologist

SUMMARY:

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.

Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include:

Instill Trust and Value Differences

Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Preparation, identification, positioning, protection and radiographic technique

• Demonstrates competence in the preparation, identification, positioning, protection and radiographic technique of all imaging procedures.

Preparation/Set-Up

• Prepares room orientation based on procedure and sets up sterile tables, medrad injector, table contrast, heparinized saline, has all possible equipment ready including ultrasound, angiojet, cryoplasty. Ensures safety checks done on room each day.

Technique

• Employee uses proper techniques that minimize radiation exposure to self, patients the general public and other health care personnel. Modifies care according to patient’s age.

Clinical Practice

• Provides patient care and service with compassion, dignity and respect.

Self/OrganizationalImprovement

• Continually strives to suggest and implement ways to improve personal, departmental and organizational performance.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

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 patients’ 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.