Invasive Specialist Tech at South Seminole Hospital - Orlando Health

Department: SSEM Cardiac Catheterization

Status: Full-TimeT / 40 hours a week 

Schedule: 4 x 10 hour days with STEMI CALL

Title: Invasive Specialist Tech ll

ORLANDO HEALTH SOUTH SEMINOLE HOSPITAL
Located in Longwood, Florida, Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital is a comprehensive medical, surgical and behavioral health facility with 126 acute-care beds and 80 inpatient behavioral health beds. Orlando Health South Seminole has a 30-bed ER, surgical department, endoscopy center and diagnostic cardiac catheterization laboratory. It also provides a full range of outpatient services, including diagnostic and interventional radiology, nuclear medicine, laboratory, surgery, MRI, psychotherapy services and hyperbaric oxygen therapy for wound care. Orlando Health South Seminole is proudly recognized among the nation’s “Best Regional Hospitals” by U.S. News & World Report, “Great Community Hospitals” by Becker’s Healthcare and “Best Places to Work” by Modern Healthcare, named for four consecutive years.

Orlando Health South Seminole is part of the Orlando Health system of care, which includes award-winning hospitals and ERs, specialty institutes, urgent care centers, primary care practices and outpatient facilities that span Florida’s east to west coasts and beyond. Collectively, our 27,000+ team members honor our over 100-year legacy by providing professional and compassionate care to the patients, families and communities we serve.

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Top Reasons to Choose Orlando Health - South Seminole Hospital:

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• Benefits Package that begins on day one (Full-Time & Part-Time only).
• Flexible Schedules
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,000 a year.

Position Summary:

Performs diagnostic imaging and related procedures to demonstrate anatomy for interpretation and/or intervention for cardiovascular procedures.

Essential Functions
• Delivers appropriate care while recognizing patient conditions and ensuring successful completion of procedures and protocols.
Assesses the patient’s physical condition and age specific needs.
• Ensures that patient's education of procedure performed, needs, safety, and comfort are met while in their care.
• Acquires patient’s clinical history and assures that the information is accurately documented. Verifies files and records for
completeness and accuracy of the patient involved in studies. Archives and amends demographic information to appropriate
storage media
• Positions patient, equipment, associated devices and manipulates technical factors to achieve high quality images for
interpretation.
• Assesses processed image media for technical quality, and patient identification, ensuring that all relative anatomy is
demonstrated.
• When applicable, applies principals of radiation protection to minimize exposure to patient, self and others.
• Provides physiological and hemodynamic monitoring during diagnostic and interventional procedures.
• Supports the Physician as a scrub assistant for cardiovascular procedures.
• Demonstrates the knowledge of aseptic technique.
• Appraises and evaluates actual and potential hemostasis of a vessel post procedure.
• Locates, uses and troubleshoots complex technical equipment/instruments. Acts as a resource for its operation and training
• Maintains use of customer service skills in communication with all staff, visitors and co-workers.
• Maintains adequate inventory levels of supplies, equipment, resources tools and forms.
• Understands application and technical aspects of all equipment and supplies used in all procedures.
• Ensures case turnover time to be within established department standards by maintaining proper workflow and prioritizing
optimize patient care.
• Must perform at least two of the following: Department preceptor (attend basic preceptor course), charge, actively participates in quality initiative and performance improvement initiative, measures by outcomes and shared governance.
• Must be able to demonstrate competencies in four of the department’s current technologies. Refer to the clinical ladder for a current list of the technologies.
• Must be a superuser on at least two of the department’s clinical systems. Refer to the clinical ladder for a current list of the department’s pertinent systems.
• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.
• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.

Education/Training
A graduate of an accredited school of:
• Cardiovascular Technologist –new graduate or
• AS degree in Respiratory Therapy or
• AS degree in Radiologic Technology or certificate of graduation from radiology technology program
Paramedic certification (This option is only valid for team members hired in the cath lab prior to 2008. Paramedics are no longer hired).

Licensure/Certification
Maintain current BLS and ACLS certification. PALS may be required depending on unit specific needs.
The following licensure or certification is required depending on the corresponding education above:

• CVT-- Cardiovascular Technologist. Must have valid Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist (RCIS) Certification upon hire at
Arnold Palmer Hospital. Must maintain 12 CEUs per year or 36 every three years.
• RRT-- Registered by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC). Licensed by the State of Florida (Department of Health).
Renewed Bi-annually.
• CRT— Certified by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC). Licensed by the State of Florida (Department of Health).
Renewed Bi-annually.
• Rad Tech-- Valid Florida state license renewed every two years required. Valid American registry of Radiologic Technologists
(ARRT) certification. Renewed yearly.
• Paramedic—Registered by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT). Licensed by the State of Florida Department of Health. Paramedics must also have valid Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist (RCIS) certification. (This option is only valid for team members hired in the cath lab prior to 2008. Paramedics are no longer hired).

Experience
One (1) year experience in Cardiac Catheterization lab is required. Able to meet all job duties of Invasive Specialist I. Must meet unit specific performance competencies