Vascular Technologist I - Outpatient - Day/Part Time - Aston

Job Details

About ChristianaCare

ChristianaCare is one of the Mid Atlantic's largest academic health care providers and consists of 3 campuses: Wilmington, Newark, and Union at Cecil County. Through our values of love and excellence, ChristianaCare is consistently identified as a regional center of excellence for cardiology, cancer, and women's health services and ranked by US News & World as Best Hospital.

Primary Function

The primary responsibility involves all phases of noninvasive peripheral vascular testing. The work is performed on outpatients in accordance with established procedures and protocols of the department under the direct supervision of the interpreting vascular physician. The vascular technologist is responsible for all non-invasive vascular procedures in the vascular laboratory. The technologist must show significant, independent judgment in performing all procedures and be able to deal with difficult or unusual situations. Must be able to evaluate studies for technical quality and correlate with other modalities when appropriate.

Shift

• 7:30 AM - 4 PM
• No weekend and no holidays

Principle Duties

• Perform all diagnostic vascular procedures and operate all vascular equipment such as ultrasound imagers, treadmill, segmental limb pressure, and pulse volume recordings, responsible to differentiate normal from abnormal pathology.
• Perform a thorough review of the patient charts to verify the physician orders and obtain pertinent clinical history relating to the examination.
• Responsible for recognizing characteristic changes related to age spans and chronic disease.
• Responsible for establishing which procedures are appropriate for the diagnosis and which procedures are contraindicated for specific symptoms and test values.
• Responsible for differentiating user-created artifact from patient pathology.
• Responsible for briefly explaining the test to the patient and answering any questions the patient may have. Professional ethics and confidentiality should be kept in mind.
• Make the patient as comfortable as possible while in the department. Ensure patient safety and attend to their needs the entire time they are in the department. Familiarity with basic patient support equipment.
• Responsible for evaluating studies for technical quality.
• Responsible for utilizing all accessories necessary to perform procedures.
• Responsible for proper identification of films.
• Responsible for portions of the Quality Assurance Program, assists with development and updating of policy and procedures, and pursues ongoing continuing education.
• Displays actions in accordance with Christiana Care Mission Statement and Core Values.
• Responsible for other duties or projects assigned by Supervisor/Manager, Administrative Director, or Medical Director of Vascular Lab.
• Perform assigned work safely, adhering to established departmental safety rules and policies. Reports to supervisor, in a timely manner, any unsafe activities, conditions, hazards, or safety violations that may cause injury to oneself, other employees, patients, and visitors.
• Demonstrates skills and knowledge necessary to provide care appropriate to neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients, including knowledge of growth and development, the ability to obtain and interpret information to identify patient needs, and to provide the care needed.
• Maintains patient confidentiality.
• Consistently uses two patient identifiers.
• Completes all mandatory education.
• Performs other related duties as required, including but not limited to rotating through satellite locations.