CV Rad Tech

$10,000 for Student Loan Repayments

As a CV Rad Tech at Northwest Houghton, 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:

This is a full time CV Rad tech position working in the Cath Lab at Northwest Houghton Hospital.

Performs complex, invasive cardiac, interventional radiology, vascular and EP procedures in the role of scrub tech, recording/monitoring tech, and circulator tech. Is a part of a specialized health care team collaborating to provide invasive diagnostic and therapeutic invasive procedures.

Position Qualifications/Minimum Requirements:

Education: Required:  Completion of an accredited program in Radiologic technology

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 Houghton is a 44-bed, full-service hospital serving Tucson's east side. With a cath lab, 24/7 emergency care at our emergency department and Northwest Emergency Center at Vail, ICU (medical/surgical and telemetry), full lab and radiology services and four operating rooms supporting a broad array of specialties, Northwest Medical Center Houghton holds plenty of opportunity for applicants. Whether caring for patients at the bedside or supporting the hospital in a non-clinical role, we're excited to build a team who can really make an impact on our community. Northwest Medical Center Houghton 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.