Travel Angiography Technologist

Job Description

Certification Details
• BLS
• State Licensure

Job Details
• Ensures proper patient identification, order verification, and prepares the patient for the exam.
• Prepares patients for exam using appropriate body mechanics.
• Identifies proper exams based on patient need and utilizes correct exam techniques.
• Produces quality images through the appropriate operation of equipment/instrumentation.
• Follows proper patient identification protocols.
• Thoroughly and accurately completes all required documentation, including time stamps and image storage.
• Maintains work area and stocks needed supplies.
• Transports patients as needed.
• Develops specific knowledge with regard to invasive, diagnostic and interventional supplies, appropriate indications and applications, and proper use and deployment techniques.
• At the end of the procedure, may apply closure device, suture the sheath in place, or remove the sheath and apply pressure to obtain hemostasis.
• Understands and applies principles of x-ray generation and safety.
• Understands and demonstrates the correct operation of imaging equipment.
• Provides patient education, as needed and assures patient comfort.
• Provides procedural assistance as a circulating tech, scrub tech, or monitoring tech, according to Angio lab policies and procedures and Scope of Practice documents.

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