AlliedTravelCareers is working with Aequor to find a qualified Cath Lab Tech in Rapid City, South Dakota, 57709!
MANAGER INTERVIEW
Hospital Information:
353 Fairmont Blvd., Rapid City, SD
Level II Trauma Center
Level III NICU
Magnet Designated
Primary Stroke
Teaching Hospital
417 Beds
Travelers must live 100 miles away from any Monument Health facility
Unit Information:
Beds:
1 room, new hybrid room
Likely 1-2 cases per day
Minimum Years of Experience required?
Nurse Tech: Minimum of 2 years in procedure area
Will you accept a first-time traveler?
Yes, under review of skills and management
Patient Types/Common Diagnoses:
Adults
Cases/procedure types:
Open and closed procedures
TCAR - transcarotid arterial revascularization
TEVAR - thoracic endovascular aortic repair
EVAR
TAVR - transcatheter aortic valve repair
TMVR -transcatheter mitral valve repair
AIFF - aortoiliac femoral femoral angiogram
Femoral bypass
Required Certifications:
Nurse: BLS, ACLS
Tech: ARRT or equivalent OR RCIS is required, BLS, ACLS
Required Education:
RN Cath Lab/Endovascular: Completion of a nursing education program that is approved by a board of nursing; Registered Nurse (RN) - South Dakota Board of Nursing
Cath Lab Tech/Cath Lab/Endovascular: AS Degree
Skills required:
Nurse:
ICU experience is preferred.
Must have experience in Moderate Sedation.
Cath lab experience required
Comfortable with monitoring sedation and gtt titration
Endovascular approach experience, EVAR experience
Ideal candidate: experience in either Cath lab or IR and then specialized in endovascular cases
Will not be recovering or prepping patients
Tech:
Experience with endovascular procedures
Experience performing these cases in Hybrid OR setting, EVAR experience
If they have no experience with the listed procedures, please decline.
Support within the Department:
Charge nurse available in the Cath lab
Technology/Equipment:
EMR: EPIC
IV Pump: Baxter
Med dispensing: Omnicell
Siemens and Philips X-ray and hemodynamic systems
Floating: If yes, where?
Float to assist within the Cath lab for peripheral and structural procedures
Orientation (facility and unit):
NEO
4 x 10hr shifts for the first week with a preceptor
Scheduling:
Weekend rotation: Flexibility needed. Likely working every other or every third weekend.
On call?
24hr call coverage two weekends a month, with nightly call 1-2 times a week
Holiday Expectations: Likely to work every other holiday
RTO: Managers approval
Shift times: 0600-1630
Schedule cycle: comes out every 4 weeks
Other notes:
Could be expected to precept students.
Scrub Color: scrubs provided
Parking: Free
Unit Culture: Flexibility and willingness to learn
Program Travel