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Baptist Health (Central Alabama)

Faith-based hospital system serving Central Alabama

Cath Lab Tech

Diagnostics & Laboratory ProfessionalsPosted on Nov 5
Full-timeHomewood, AL, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A high school diploma or GED is required.
  • Two years of cardiac catheterization laboratory experience are required.
  • Current Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certifications must be maintained. Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) may be required depending on unit-specific needs.
  • Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist (RCIS) certification must be obtained within 24 months of hire.

Responsibilities

  • Work under the supervision of a preceptor and/or charge person during the orientation period.
  • Deliver appropriate care by recognizing patient conditions and ensuring successful completion of procedures and protocols.
  • Assess patients’ physical conditions and age-specific needs.
  • Ensure that patient education about procedures, needs, safety, and comfort is addressed while patients are in care.
  • Acquire patients’ clinical histories and ensure information is accurately documented; verify files and records for completeness and accuracy; archive and amend demographic information in appropriate storage media.
  • Position patients, equipment, and associated devices, and manipulate technical factors to achieve high-quality images for interpretation.
  • Assess processed image media for technical quality and patient identification, ensuring all relevant anatomy is demonstrated.
  • When applicable, apply radiation-protection principles to minimize exposure to patients, self, and others.
  • Provide physiological and hemodynamic monitoring during diagnostic and interventional procedures.
  • Support physicians as a scrub assistant for cardiovascular procedures.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of aseptic technique.
  • Appraise and evaluate actual and potential vessel hemostasis after procedures.
  • Locate, use, and troubleshoot complex technical equipment and instruments; act as a resource for equipment operation and training.
  • Use customer-service skills when communicating with staff, visitors, and coworkers.
  • Maintain adequate inventory levels of supplies, equipment, resource tools, and forms.
  • Ensure case turnover meets established department standards by maintaining proper workflow and prioritizing patient care.
  • Maintain high standards of patient care, documentation, and professionalism.
  • Maintain reasonably regular and punctual attendance consistent with applicable organizational policies and federal, state, and local standards.
  • Comply with organizational policies and procedures.

About the Company

Baptist Health (Central Alabama)

Faith-based hospital system serving Central Alabama

Baptist Health is a faith-based nonprofit health system caring for communities across Central and Northeast Alabama. Its hospitals, emergency services, physician practices and outpatient clinics combine acute, primary and specialty care, including heart, cancer, surgical, diagnostic and women's services. Baptist Health Medical Group includes community-based physician practices alongside hospital and specialty care, extending services beyond inpatient stays. The system is part of Orlando Health, a nonprofit academic health organization whose network spans Florida, Puerto Rico and Alabama. Baptist Health traces its roots to a hospital ministry founded by Birmingham-area Baptist congregations in 1922.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
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Total funding
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Headquarters
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Founded
1922

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