Cardiac Cath Tech
- Employer
- University of Virginia
- Location
- Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Cardiac Cath Technician
Play a vital role in helping cardiac patients safely recover, transition, and return home following life-changing procedures. This position offers the opportunity to work in a highly specialized environment where your technical skills, clinical judgment, and teamwork directly contribute to exceptional patient outcomes. As a Cardiac Cath Technician in UVA Health's Cardiac Transition Unit (CTU), you will be an essential member of a collaborative cardiovascular care team. Working alongside experienced nurses and providers, you will support patients through critical phases of care while utilizing advanced skills that go beyond those found in many traditional technician roles.
The Role
The Cardiac Transition Unit is a unique environment that cares for patients recovering from cardiovascular procedures and preparing for discharge. This role combines hands-on patient care, technical expertise, and close collaboration with nursing staff in a fast-paced setting where every team member plays an important role. In a typical day, you will support patients and the care team through responsibilities including:
- Obtaining and documenting vital signs, intake and output measurements, and patient weights
- Ambulating patients and supporting safe mobility
- Assisted with specialized pre- procedure care
- Assisting with specialized post-procedural care
- Partnering closely with the assigned RN to ensure seamless patient care and communication
- Supporting patient flow and helping maintain efficient unit operations
UVA Health is nationally recognized for delivering outstanding patient care while advancing innovation, education, and research. As part of an academic health system, team members have the opportunity to contribute to a culture that values excellence, continuous learning, and professional growth. Within the Cardiac Transition Unit, you'll find a role that offers experiences and responsibilities that distinguish it from many comparable technician positions.
Highlights of this opportunity include:
- A unique care environment that blends elements of inpatient and ambulatory cardiovascular care
- Strong team-based culture where technicians and nurses work closely together to deliver exceptional patient experiences
- Exposure to specialized cardiac populations and cutting-edge cardiovascular treatments
- Opportunities to grow clinically while working alongside highly skilled cardiovascular professionals
- Predictable scheduling advantages, including a unit structure that is not routinely open for Saturday or Sunday night shifts
- Holiday scheduling aligned with clinic operations, supporting improved work-life balance compared to many inpatient settings
- An opportunity to join a department with growth initiatives focused on expanding patient capacity and enhancing cardiovascular services
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Education: High School Graduate or Equivalent required.
Experience: None
Licensure: American Heart Association (AHA) Health Care Provider BLS certification required
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Job requires standing for prolonged periods and frequently bending/stooping/traveling. Ability to lift/push/pull > 100lbs. May be exposed to chemicals, radiation, blood/body fluids and infectious disease.
The pay range for this role is $15.99 - $24.78 hourly. Individual compensation will be determined by the selected candidate's qualifications, previous work experience, and/or education.Benefits- Comprehensive Benefits Package: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Retirement Savings
- Long-term and Short-term Disability
- Health Saving Plans, and Flexible Spending Accounts
- Certification and Education Support
The University of Virginia is an equal opportunity employer. All interested persons are encouraged to apply, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Learn more about UVA’s commitment to non-discrimination and equal opportunity employment.
Organization
In 1819, the University of Virginia established a new model for intellectual exchange and cross-disciplinary collaboration in higher education. Two hundred years later, as a major research institution, we continue to challenge conventions, lead with ingenuity and advance knowledge for the common good.
What began as an innovative idea has become one of the nation’s leading public research universities, with over 21,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students. UVA also has over 3,000 full-time faculty offering more than 400 degrees.
Each of the University’s eleven schools has its own distinctive mission, working together to garner consistently high rankings—including #2 Best Value Public College (Princeton Review, 2016), #3 Public University in the Nation (U.S. News & World Report, 2016), and #3 Best Value Among Public Colleges (Kiplinger’s, 2016).
As we invest in and strengthen our research capabilities, UVA seeks new faculty ready to uncover new insights, rewrite old rules and collaborate on intellectual discoveries.
RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS THAT CROSS DISCIPLINES
As an R1 institution, the University’s research centers, consortia and laboratories are on the leading edge of discovery and technology, offering collaborative spaces for students and faculty to solve global problems.
Our professors are recognized members of major national scholarly and professional organizations, including the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Our faculty’s engagement in interdisciplinary research is being facilitated by new research institutes specializing in everything from big data to brain functioning, and by cluster hires across schools.
NATIONALLY RANKED HEALTH SYSTEM
UVA is also home to a nationally renowned academic medical center and the UVA Health System, which serves a three-part mission to treat patients, conduct translational research and train medical practitioners in a wide variety of disciplines.
Established as the nation’s 10th medical school in 1825, the institution has since grown to include a 612-bed hospital and a Level I trauma center, nationally recognized cancer and heart centers, a Children’s Hospital, and primary and specialty clinics throughout Central Virginia.
The UVA Medical Center is consistently ranked among the nation’s best hospitals by the U.S. News & World Report magazine and has been named among the top 25 percent in seven specialties.
INSPIRING STUDENTS, INSPIRED TEACHING
The vast majority of UVA students come from the top 10% of their high school class, as well as from all 50 states, over 142 countries and a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds. Despite their diversity, all UVA students share a love of learning and a drive to achieve.
One of the reasons students choose Virginia is our unique residential culture. At UVA, the community of students, faculty and staff personifies the Jeffersonian idea that living and learning are connected. The Academical Village was constructed to support a unique residential experience, with faculty living in the Pavilions, students occupying Lawn rooms and the world-famous Rotunda at its heart. The University’s residential culture continues to support this experience today—strengthened by students, faculty and staff rich in backgrounds, ideas and perspectives. Our unique culture is also paying dividends in innovation: UVA’s faculty have generated more than 130 patents since 2010.
Perhaps most importantly, faculty come to UVA knowing that instruction is as important as research, and they pride themselves on their many teaching awards. Our best professors look for ways to encourage, mentor and develop tomorrow’s leaders inside and outside the classroom.
LIFE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE
Living in Charlottesville you’ll find sophisticated restaurants, world-renowned wineries and breweries, cosmopolitan arts and music, friendly urban and suburban neighborhoods and a Piedmont landscape that has lured adventurous souls for centuries. No wonder the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research named Charlottesville the “happiest city in America” in 2014.
In addition to UVA and its health system, several major employers have facilities in Charlottesville, including State Farm, Northrop Grumman, the U.S. Department of Defense, GE and others. Charlottesville is also becoming a center for innovative start-up businesses. The University also actively helps spouses and partners of faculty members build their networks and pursue employment opportunities with a wide variety of area employers.
The University of Virginia is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All interested persons are encouraged to apply including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
- Telephone
- 434-985-4532
- Location
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2420 Old Ivy
Charlottesvle
Virginia
22911-7433
United States
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