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RegularScheduled Hours:
40Job Summary:
St. Elizabeth Healthcare is hiring a Paramedic Interventional Tech for our Cardiac Cath Lab department.Shift/Hours: Full-Time 40 hours/week, First Shift
Job Description:
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Join our team and find out what it means to be Right Here. A career at St. Elizabeth means inspiring hope and healing in those who need it most. Youll enjoy the culture, compensation, and benefits you want, while receiving the support you need to advance your career.
With five Magnet-recognized facilities and a tradition of excellence unmatched in our region, St. Elizabeth is a place where associates can flourish, and where their commitment to patients is mirrored by our administrations commitment to them. Come see why we continue to be one of the most highly awarded health systems in our region.
The Interventional Scrub Tech Paramedic, (IT Paramedic), is a health care professional that, through the utilization of specialized equipment and supplies while under the direction of a qualified physician, assists with trans-catheter procedures on adult patients resulting in accurate diagnosis and/or optimal treatment of congenital or acquired heart and/or peripheral vascular disease while maintaining maximum patient safety. IT Paramedic is delegated by position and responsible for sterile procedural assistance, operation of specialty equipment, and support of departmental operations and patient care. Example of the support role includes venipunctures, IV insertion, blood and urine specimen collections, vital signs, patient weight, application of monitoring equipment, cardiac monitoring, assisting with patient preparation. The IT Paramedic will perform intra-departmental transport with cardiac monitoring when indicated. The IT Paramedic, under the direction of the nurse, communicates/updates patients and families awaiting care and treatment. Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background.
Qualifications
Education, Credentials, Licenses:
High School Diploma/GED.
Graduate of approved EMS-TEI program
Current BCLS, ACLS, certifications
Cardiac monitoring classes
Current Paramedic license for practicing state
Specialized Knowledge:
Understanding of radiation protection and sterile technique
Ability to perform vital sign checks including assessment and reassessment of physical pain
Pharmacologic Treatment of lethal rhythms within protocol
Cardiac monitoring
Proficient at IV insertion
Knowledge of Anatomy and Physiology
Kind and Length of Experience:
Successful completion of preceptorship and orientation to the facility and clinical area.
Able to critically think and problem solve in routine and emergency situations.
FLSA Status:
Non-ExemptRight Career. Right Here. If you're looking for the right careers in healthcare, the right place to be is at St. Elizabeth. Join us, and you'll take pride in the level of care we offer our community.
