JOB DESCRIPTION- Cath Lab Technician

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title        :           Cath Lab Technician

Reporting To:           Cath Lab Incharge

Job Summary:

Preparing the Cath Lab by setting up the equipment and sterilizing tools that are necessary for the operation. 

Qualification:            

Diploma holders

Duties:

• The Cardiac Cath Lab Tech assists in the responsibility for patients having Cath lab procedures and cardiac device implantations performed in the cardiac Cath Lab.
• A cardiac catheterization technologist helps a cardiologist diagnose a patient's cardiac problems through the use of a heart catheter. The heart catheter is inserted through blood vessels that run up to the heart for the purpose of analyzing possible blockages to blood flow. Treatments performed during a cardiac catheterization may include balloon angioplasties, stent placements or pacemaker implantations.
• These duties include circulating, physiologically monitoring patients during Cath lab procedures, and performing sterile scrub procedures for both diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization, vascular procedures, and other cardiac procedures. 
• Employee must have the same licensure or have completed the same training to satisfy the requirements of the discipline of the student.  
• Direct supervision means the primary caregiver is readily available to the student throughout the shift.
• The technologist will also prepare the patient for the procedure by cleaning, shaving, and, in the case of cardiac catheterization for angioplasty, anesthetizing the area of insertion.
• During surgical procedures, they spend a great deal of time standing and may be required to help lift and transfer patients.