Travel Interventional Radiology Technologist
Albany, NY
Tact Staff
5x8 hrs

10 hour days (730a-6pm) with a day off during the week, On call as well including weeknights and weekends EPIC experience REQUIRED Effective 1/11/2024, local (please refer to list of ineligible counties) candidates are no longer being accepted by AMC Minimum Qualifications: Education: Must be a graduate of an approved professional academic imaging program and must hold an Associate or Applied Science Degree (AS or AAS), or Diploma, in X-ray Licensure, Certification & Registration: Must hold current New York State registration or possess a limited permit to practice in the State of New York and by registered by the ARRT. CPR certification is required Experience: Previous experience is helpful. Willing to train the best candidate for the job. Skills, Knowledge & Abilities: All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skills, and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Employees will be required to perform any other job-related instructions given by their supervisor subject to reasonable accommodations. Position Summary: The Medical Imaging Technologist within the Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, under the direction of the Medical Director, the manager, and the physicians, has a key role in providing quality care to patients requiring a wide variety of procedural services. The VIR Technologist works collaboratively with all members of the team to create diagnostic images, engage in hands-on participation as a procedural assistant, and develop relationships with staff and patients to provide everyone with a safe and positive experience. VIR technologists practice and enforce the radiation safety measures in New York State Department of health code part 16 and support teaching and continued learning for themselves and others as technology evolves. Essential Duties & Responsibilities, including but not limited to: Possess, use, and maintain knowledge of radiation protection and safety (ALARA guidelines). Direct and perform a sterile prep of patients for various procedures Assist physicians in all aspects of complex procedures in their assigned area (sterile scrub). Demonstrate knowledge of the operation of all IR and OR hybrid procedure rooms. AMC has 5 IR rooms along with a hybrid OR room. Two of the rooms are bi-plane for neuro intervention cases. The procedure rooms at AMC are manufactured by three different companies (Phillips, GE, Siemens), and the VIR techs have to understand the operation of all rooms. Demonstrate knowledge about and proficiency using each of the supplies used for the variety of IR procedures (>900 inventory items and >300 non-stock inventory items). VIR techs also have to be knowledgeable with the supplies used in the OR for AAA repair and bypass procedures (stent grafts). Knowledge of the compatibility of each supply to ensure patient safety. Knowledge of complex cases including but not limited to the treatment of peripheral arterial disease (angiography, stent placement, Atherectomy), portal hypertension (transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts - TIPS), cancer (Y-90 administration, chemoembolization, port placement), DVT and PE (thrombolysis, thrombectomy), trauma (embolization), aortic aneurysms (endograft placement and revision), dialysis interventions (fistulagrams, angioplasty, declotting, catheter placement), and neurointervention (stroke revascularization, aneurysm and AVM embolization).