Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist - PRN

Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist - Texas Health Mansfield- operated as joint venture between Texas Health Resources and AdventHealth

Location: 2300 Lone Star Road; Mansfield, TX

Top Reasons to Work at Texas Health Mansfield; Mansfield, TX 

• Join a family of caregivers focused on whole-person health and committed to making communities healthier.
• Provide wholistic care for patients that extends to the spiritual level by praying with patients and families.  Chaplains are available to meet with patients, families and team members 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to provide spiritual support.
• Help develop a brand new $150 million community hospital and medical office building that will provide services such as Medical/Surgical, ICU, Womenâ™s Services, General Surgery, Orthopedics, Interventional Cardiology and Gastroenterology.
• Grow in your career with AdventHealth, named in 2018 by Beckerâ™s Hospital Review as one of the âœ150 Top Places to Work in Healthcareâ.  AdventHealth has partnered with Texas Health Resources, named in 2019 as one of Fortuneâ™s 100 Best Companies to Work For, to build Texas Health Mansfield, which is creating new opportunities for employment and professional growth. 
• Thrive in the Mansfield community, ranked by CNN/Money Magazine as #17 for âœBest Places to Liveâ.  Mansfield is one of the fastest growing areas of North Texas, projected to reach more than 250,000 residents by 2023.  Future job growth over the next ten years is predicted to be 41%, higher than the national average of 33.5%.  Mansfield has top-rated schools, over 900 acres of parkland, quality housing, a historic downtown area, recreational opportunities for all ages, and a growing business community.

Work Hours:

PRN / Days

You Will Be Responsible For:

·    Maintains a proper sterile field during surgical procedures

·    Assists surgeons with vascular procedures, such as preparing balloons and stents

·  Monitors patient comfort and safety during tests, alerting physicians to abnormalities or changes in patient responses

·    Ensures patient comfort and reports any unusual occurrences

·    Is consistent in obtaining high quality images using digital x-ray equipment

·    Transfers images to appropriate storage medium

·  Learns physician preferences and routines and meets these in a timely manner

·    Can gather all supplies and set up a sterile field for each procedure that is performed in the Cath lab

·    Inspects and documents findings of protective wear according to policy

·   Monitors radiation safety for staff, physicians, patients and any observers involved in procedures performed in the Cath lab

·    Uses stock judiciously and in a cost-effective manner

·    Demonstrates the ability to provide post procedure hemostasis and correctly applies post procedure dressing

·     Participates in patient/family educational/supportive needs

·     Participates in quality improvement efforts

·     Performs other duties as assigned

What You Will Need:

·         Associates degree in a related field

·         Bachelorâ™s degree preferred

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION REQUIRED:

·         Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

·         Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)

·         Must possess and maintain one of the following:

·         Current valid State of                _ license as a Registered Nurse (RN)

·         Radiologic Technologist [R.T.(R)]

·         Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist (RCIS)

·         Registered Cardiovascular Electrophysiology Specialist (RCES)

·         Cardiovascular Therapist (CVT)

Job Summary:

Assists cardiologists with cardiac catheterization procedures.