What are the responsibilities and job description for the Special Procedures Tech position at CommonSpirit Health?
Founded by the Sisters of Mercy Mercy Hospitals have a history of caring for our community that goes back more than 100 years. We provide a broad range of medical and surgical services including minimally invasive and outpatient options. Our family of services includes the areas only inpatient oncology unit the Orthopedic Spine and Hand Center Family Birth Center the Lactation Support Center and retail store and many others. Mercy Hospital Downtown is a 194-bed facility located in downtown Bakersfield. Mercy Hospital Southwest is a 78-bed facility and the only hospital located in the rapidly growing area west of Highway 99. Mercy Hospital is a member of Dignity Health and is a trusted community partner serving residents of Bakersfield and Kern County with quality compassionate care since 1910. Learn more at https://www.dignityhealth.org/central-california/locations/mercy-bakersfield.#bakersfieldRN
Responsibilities
Position Summary:
The Interventional Radiology Technologist is a professional working in Interventional Radiography with diagnostic angiographic procedures complex vascular interventional procedures and therapeutic procedures. The Interventional Radiology Technologist must have technical radiologic and clinical skills. The Interventional Radiology Technologist works closely with the physicians to perform vascular and interventional Imaging procedures.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements:
- BLS (HA required)
- CA Radiology Technologist (R) (F) ARRT
- Experience operating an interventional Flouroscopy unit.
- Excellent verbal and written skills to facilitate communication with medical and technical personnel.
- Must have the ability to read write and speak English.
The Interventional Radiologic Technologist candidate must have experience with assisting the Interventional physician in the following procedures.
- Kyphoplasties
- Fistulograms
- Declotts
- Vena Cava Filter placements
- Ash Catheter placements
- Balloon Angioplasties
- Mechanical Thrombectomy
- Stent placements
- Nephrostomy placements
Preferred:
- One year experience in an acute Hospital Setting.
Please be advised that this location requires quarterly American Heart Association (AHA) Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) competency certification post-hire. This ongoing competency is required through resources internal to the facility; outside RQI competency resources are not acceptable for CommonSpirit Health compliance requirements.
