Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist
Community Health Systems
**Description**
**Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist (RCIS)**
**$15,000 Sign On Bonus for eligible experienced Techs!**
**$10,000 for Student Loan Repayments**
As a Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist at Northwest Medical Center, you'll play a vital role in doing what you do best- providing quality care to our patients. Our OR staff enjoy a robust benefits package including health insurance, 401K, flexible scheduling, Tuition Reimbursement, and up to 10K for student loan payments.
**Summary:**
The Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist is responsible for the technical management of patients undergoing cardiovascular or interventional radiology. The RCIS utilizes expertise in performing hemodynamic and physiologic monitoring, assists the physician in the scrub position during invasive procedures, and provides radiological support during invasive procedures according to unit, facility and CHS guidelines. They provide Didactic and clerical training to employees and CVT students. Patient care includes care to patients in the following age groups: adults (18-64) and geriatric (over 64 years).
**Position Qualifications/Minimum Requirements:**
**Education:** **Required:** Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist (RCIS)
**Experience:** **Preferred:** One (1) year Cath Lab or Special procedures.
**Skills:** Ability to follow written and oral instructions and established procedures.
**Licenses/Certifications:**
**Required:** CRT license from the State of AZ Medical Radiologic Technology Board of Examiners (MRTBE),
American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross(ARC) or American Safety and Health Institute (ASHI) BLS certification.
ACLS certification within one (1) year of employment in the position.
**Preferred:** ARRT
**About our Cath Lab :**
The Cardiac Catheterization Department is composed of three catheterization labs as well as one hybrid room and Cardiac Observation Unit (COU) where our patients are prepped for procedures and recovered post procedure. Our team works with high risk, high acuity patients and pride ourselves in superb outcomes.
Bedside procedures such as Trans esophageal Echocardiography (TEE) and Cardioversions (CV) are performed in COU.
**About the job:**
Cardiac catheterizations and PCI procedures, high risk procedures.
Impella or IABP protected "Left Main" PCI, CTO, lithotripsy therapy, rotational atherectomy, and laser technology are utilized in our labs.
As a STEMI Receiving Center and a Chest Pain Accredited Program, you will have the opportunity to care for the emergent STEMI patients.
Additionally, we do PFO closures, as well as thrombectomies. The ability of extracting a pulmonary embolism is new technology that has proven extremely successful for our patients. Interventional Radiology is an exciting addition to the services we can provide our community.
**THERE'S MORE!**
We implant devices such as permanent pacemakers (PPM), bi V ICD ( Intra-cardiac defibrillators ) as well as advanced monitoring systems.
Want to Become a member of a Structural Heart Team? THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY!!
We teach, mentor, and support experienced cath lab staff wanting to expand their skill set even further and learn STRUCTURAL HEART. We do TAVR, Mitral Clips, and Watchman procedures. These are fascinating skill sets to learn and expand your career.
_Northwest Medical Center is comprised of a 287-bed hospital, three urgent care facilities, a freestanding emergency center and a large physician group, offering you a variety of settings in which to work. Every location is dedicated to providing safe, quality patient care, but more than that is the commitment to employees. It strives to provide a culture of teamwork, respect and appreciation for all staff, whether they care for patients directly or work in a support role. With employee appreciation celebrations throughout the year, opportunities for growth and the satisfaction that you are part of a hospital leading the way with accessible, convenient healthcare in Tucson, Northwest is a great place to work. NMC is accredited by The Joint Commission and is an equal opportunity employer: race, gender, disability and Veteran status, and VEVRAA Federal Contractor – priority referral Protected Veterans requested._
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This organization does not discriminate in any way to deprive any person of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect the status of any employee because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, citizenship, veteran status, or military or uniformed services, in accordance with all applicable governmental laws and regulations. In addition, the facility complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to: hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. If you are an applicant with a mental or physical disability who needs a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, contact the director of Human Resources at the facility to which you are seeking employment; Simply go to http://www.chs.net/serving-communities/locations/ to obtain the main telephone number of the facility and ask for Human Resources.
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