NuWest Travel Nursing
NuWest Travel Nursing is seeking a travel Cath Lab Technologist for a travel job in Olympia, Washington.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Cath Lab Technologist
- Discipline: Allied Health Professional
- Start Date: 10/06/2025
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 40 hours per week
- Shift: 10 hours, days
- Employment Type: Travel
Shift: (M-F) w/call
- About Facility:
- Olympia, WA
- 107 beds
- Non-trauma designated
- General Information:
- Beds: 1 Cath Lab, 1 IR room, 1 Hybrid room
- Minimum Years of Experience? 2+ years of experience. Travelers must have at least Cath Lab experience, but Cath Lab AND IR experience is preferred. Needs to be at Level III or higher Trauma Center
- Will you accept a first-time traveler? Yes
- Patient Types/Common Diagnoses:
- Cath Lab (required): LHC/RHC, diagnostic, interventional, IABPs, Rotablator, STEMIs/MIs, pacemakers, gen changes, MICRAs; Impella experience preferred. No EP/ablations done at this time
- IR (experience preferred, can teach): Chemo/coil embolizations, nephrostomy tubes/nephroureteral stents, central lines, ports, G/GJ tubes from scratch and exchanges, IVC filter, tunneled and temporary dialysis catheters, Inari/Penumbra/EKOS for clots, shockwave. Will assist CT/MRI with biopsies. No Neuro IR or Y90s done here.
- Hybrid (experience preferred, can teach): AAA grafts, peripheral/AO runoffs, fistulograms
- Each room utilizes 3 person teams
- NO CVOR backup on site, so no staged/protected PCIs/CTOs
- Cases per day:
- 7-14
- Required Licensure & Certifications:
- RN: BLS, ACLS
- RT: BLS, ACLS, ARRT or RCIS certified
- Skills required:
- RN : read/interpret EKGs, circulate, sedate, transport. Can monitor cases if they know how and want to, but not required. If there is no ICU RN to take an IABP, then the patient will be transported to Tacoma General. The Cath Lab RN will travel with the patient and be responsible for the IABP; “cheat sheets” available with machine
- RT : scrub and pan simultaneously, room turnover, transport. Preferred that they have experience with the Assist and Manifold.
- Support within the Department:
- No transporter
- Scheduler will schedule cases
- Charge nurse or Lead Tech on any given day
- Phlebotomy: 24/7
- RT: 24/7
- Hospitalist: 24/7
- IR and Cardiologist there working during the day. On call if needed and at night
- Intensivist there during the day, on call at night
- Technology/Equipment:
- EMR: EPIC
- IV Pump: Alaris
- Med dispensing: Pyxis
- Hemodynamic monitoring: Maclab, but will be transitioning to Merge late 2024
- All C-arms: GE
- Injector: Assist and MedRad
- Floating: If yes, where?
- Tech may need to float to OR at some point to assist with vascular cases. If traveler is uncomfortable with this, manager can work around this
- Orientation (facility and unit):
- MHS NEO orientation
- If traveler has no IR experience, they’ll be allotted a couple of weeks of orientation. If they have IR experience, will get about 1 week of orientation.
- Travelers will take buddy call during orientation
- RN will be required to take MHS Tele test prior to arrival
- Scheduling:
- Weekend rotation: Call only, see below
- On call? Yes
- 1-2 call shifts during the week, EOS until the following morning
- 1 weekend per month, EOS Friday – Monday morning
- 30-minute response time
- 2 Techs and 1 RN for call team; rarely 2 RNs and 1 Tech
- Holiday Expectations: call only, every other
- Approval of RTO: up to 7 days, send for approval for holidays or more than 7 days
- Shift times: All staff do 10h shifts, . Will have rotating days off
- Schedule cycle: Lead Tech will create schedules
- Other notes:
- Scrub Color: Scrubs and lead provided. Extended sizing is available for scrubs. Please let manager know if traveler needs extended sizing in lead
- Parking: parking lot, free