Invasive Specialist FT Days
Req #: 17008132
Location:
Tampa,
FL
Job Category: Cath Lab/Special Procedures
Organization: Florida Hospital Tampa
Potential Referral Bonus: $
Description
Work Hours/Shift
FT Days
Florida Hospital Tampa
You will be responsible for:
- Resolves customer service issues, treating all customers with courtesy. Communicates issues to Supervisor and Team Leader.
- Proficiently performs each position for the Invasive Cardiovascular procedures on all patient age groups.
- Provides Diagnostic and Intervention Invasive Cardiovascular procedures to all patients, regardless of sex, age or race. Provides patients with efficient and courteous care.
- Proficient on the proper use and operation of the specific imaging and monitoring equipment according to the department's policies and procedures.
- Demonstrates effective communication skills with all staff, patients, families, and cardiology services administration.
- Demonstrates Core Values of Integrity, Compassion, Balance Excellence, and Teamwork.
- Annually meets all department competencies.
- Efficient utilization of department supplies and resources.
- Reports any equipment malfunctions and discontinues use before the problem leads to a more costly repair.
- Time management skills resulting in cost reduction. Works to help maintain worked hours vs daily volumes balance.
- Accountable for quality and PI improvement activities with the goal to improve patient outcomes.
- Is familiar and complies with appropriate JCAHO standards and directives.
- Wears TLD badge daily, reviews radiation exposure reports and uses radiation restrictive devices on all examinations. Follows ALARA.
- Follows patient identification/verification process prior to performing all patient exams/procedures.
- Follows Infection Control policies. Adherence to regulatory standards and enforces safety regulations.
- Exhibits desire to learn and upgrade skills. Assists with orientation, training, and education of new personnel.
- Maintains satisfactory participation and attendance at required meetings and staff development programs.
- Supervises other health care team members in a clinical setting. Supports new physicians with orientation to the department.
RN’S WORKING IN THE CATH LAB:
- Proficient at Neuro Intervention in scrub and circulate roles.
- Proficient at Structural Heart procedures in scrub, circulate and monitor roles.
- Proficient with all venous and arterial peripheral intervention procedures in scrub, circulate and monitor roles.
- Becomes proficient on all new complex procedures at start of program.
- Competencies validated by company representatives.
- Provides education to nursing units at their staff meetings.
- Preceptor to co-workers.
- Obtain CEU’s and organizes education in-services.
- Resource for one assigned Research Study.
- Monthly PI project.
RN’S WORKING IN THE EP LAB:
- Carto Mapping.
- Complex ablation procedures.
- Complex EP Studies.
- Becomes proficient on all new complex procedures at start of program.
- Competencies validated by company representatives.
- Provides education to nursing units at their staff meetings.
- Preceptor to co-workers.
- Obtain CEU’s and organizes education in-services.
- Monthly PI project.
What will you need?
- Able to learn and comprehend the hemodynamic monitoring software.
- Able to quickly learn and follow departmental policies and procedures.
- Experience with Windows operating system.
- Knowledge of the all anatomy including circulatory neuro systems.
- Responsible to maintain all required registries and licenses to perform all positions for Invasive Cardiology procedures.
- Able to operate and operate the x-ray equipment. Knowledge of placing service calls.
- Able to follow Basic Radiation Safety concepts of time, distance, and shielding to keep exposure levels ALARA for patients and staff.
- Able to learn and comprehend the scrub, record and circulate position and become independent on Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiovascular cases.
- Able to operate all equipment in various Invasive Cardiology labs.
- Assists in patient flow through the Invasive Cardiology areas.
- Assists in training new employees once becoming independent in each position.
- Performs properly and legibly documents and reports all procedures in accordance with department policies.
- High school graduate or equivalent.
- Computer skills
- Associates Degree or higher (Preferred)
- Understanding of hemodynamic monitoring (Preferred)
- EKG training (Preferred)
- Two (2) years’ experience in Cardiac Cath/ EP /NeuroSciences/ Critical Care, or Interventional Radiology (Preferred)
- RN, RT, RRT, RCIS, RCES
- BLS, ACLS within 90 days.