This position is for an Interventional Radiologic Technologist responsible for assisting in interventional radiology and special procedures. The technologist will maintain equipment, stock supplies, assist with procedures such as angioplasty, embolization, and stent placement, and provide patient care in acute inpatient, ED emergent, and outpatient routine procedure settings.
Location:Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
Responsibilities:
- Assist with interventional radiology and special procedures.
- Maintain equipment and stock supplies.
- Assist with procedures such as angioplasty, chest tube placement, embolization, gastrostomy tube placement, IVC filter placement, liver biopsy, mesenteric angiogram, stent placement, thoracentesis, catheter/drain exchange, cystoscopy, gastrostomy, internal/external biliary drainage, nephrostomy, percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram, and renal/ureteral stent placement.
- Perform central venous access/port placement and manage ports.
- Provide care and maintenance for central venous and PICC lines.
- Operate fluoroscopy equipment.
- Accurately monitor patients and set up equipment.
- Prepare access sites and function as a room circulator.
- Maintain a sterile field as a scrub technician.
- Adhere to isolation precautions.
- Participate in rapid response/code teams.
- Assist with interventional body procedures: port, pleurx, gastrostomy tube, nephrostomy tube and perm cath placements; embolizations for bleeding, fibroids; liver cancer treatment/SIRT, chemo embolization.
- Assist with Trauma Level I procedures (splenic, liver, pelvic bleeds)
- Use Pyxis, EPIC, and SBAR for medication, documentation, and communication.
Required Skills & Certifications:
- ARRT R certification.
- BLS certification.
- Minimum 5 years of experience.
- Experience in Interventional Radiology and Special Procedures.
- Skills in maintaining equipment, stocking supplies, angioplasty, chest tube placement, embolization, gastrostomy tube placement, IVC filter placement, liver biopsy, mesenteric angiogram, stent placement, thoracentesis, catheter/drain exchange, cystoscopy, gastrostomy, internal/external biliary drainage, nephrostomy, percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram, renal artery stent placement, ureteral stent placement, central venous access/port placement, accessing/managing ports, central venous access (non-tunneled/PICC lines), central venous lines- care and maintenance, PICC lines- care and maintenance, fluoroscopy, accurate monitoring, equipment set up, prep access site, room circulator, scrub- maintain sterile field, isolation precautions, and use of rapid response/code teams.
- Traveler experience required.
Preferred Skills & Certifications:
- ARRT VI certification.
- Experience with PACS and TIPS (Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt).
- Experience with Computed Tomography, GE Innova IGS, Siemens, and Ultrasound.
- Ability to perform EKG lead placement.
- Recognition of life-threatening arrhythmias.
- Experience with Vascular Closure Systems (Perclose, StarClose).
Special Considerations:
- Weekend call will be rotated 1:5 with 4 fulltime RT's and one travel RT. This comes out to two 24- hour call shifts in a five-week time tract, and the sharing of weekend call days.
- Acute inpatient population, ED emergent population, and outpatient routine procedures; bleeds, cancer, end of life, fibroids, vascular disease, urological comorbidities, failure to thrive.
Scheduling:
- Monday-Friday, 0700-1700.
- Weekend call required, approximately 3-4 weekends per contract.
- Department hours are Monday-Friday 0700-1700 with call coverage after hours.
- Blocked scheduling.
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