Cath Lab Technician

1. Job Description
   1. Catheterization Laboratory Technician:
      1. Position: Cath lab Technician
      2. Location: Nanavati Hospital Heart Institute (NHHI) Cath Lab.
      3. Reporting To (Administrative) : Manager Operations (NHHI).
      4. Reporting To (Functional) : Manager Operations (NHHI).
      5. Reportees: None.
      6. Job Purpose: Cath lab technicians are vital team members who assist doctors during invasive cardiovascular procedures such as angioplasty, cardiac catheterization, and electrophysiology

1. Principal Duties Responsibilities:

1.1.7.1 To check cath lab machine functionality

1.1.7.2 Assist Physician in all the procedures that are undertaken in the cath l

Lab (PTCA, stent placement, IABP placement etc.)

1.1.7.3 Prepares sterile field and operative site

1.1.7.4 To assist the consultant while viewing the digital images to the patient s relatives

1.1.7.5 To participate in emergency measures

1. Patient rights:
   1. Ensure protection of patient rights and maintain patient confidentiality and privacy while providing services to patient.
   2. If patient has any query regarding any services kindly raise it to the immediate superior for providing correct information.
   3. Do not enter or go near to the bed / room of female patient without knocking and check first if any attendant is there with female patient. After consent of patient or patient attendant, then only visit bed /room for any assistance.
   4. Do not discuss any patient clinical condition with colleagues or with any other staff of the hospital.

1. Facility management:
   1. To check machine vitality
   2. To co-ordinate with company for Preventive maintenance
   3. Ensure timely reporting of maintenance issues of AC, civil, biomedical equipment in complaint management system and escalate with pictures to immediate superiors on an urgent basis for rectification.
   4. Identify and report any infrastructure hazard prone area such as electrical, fire, hazardous chemical storage, to your immediate superior on duty.
2. Communication:
   1. To prepare CD for each every patient
   2. Reporting any emergency of the ward to Manager - NHHI.
   3. Communicate day to day activities within department (non clinical).
   4. Report, document immediately any incident or sentinel event occurrence.
   5. For emergency cases, in cath lab / COT, during night shift or on holidays timely response as per calls by NHHI reception staff.

1. Material management:
   1. To receive consignment items in cath lab for procedure
   2. To give proper count of all used consignment material to NHHI pharmacy
2. Key performance indicator monitoring:
   1. Six monthly fluoroscopy screening of cath lab aprons its reporting
   2. TLD batch screening on regular interval documentation of it
3. Code of conduct at work place:
   1. To perform job/task as and when assigned by the superiors
   2. To be punctual on duty and time schedule
   3. To comply with concurrent policies of the hospital

1. Disaster Management:
   1. To participate in the disaster drill such as fire evacuation drill, spill management, code violet in case of violence, code pink in case of child abduction, bomb threat, internal disaster and external disaster response
   2. Implement the roles defined effectively
   3. Ensure the timely intimation to immediate superior in case of any disaster.
   4. To always remember the emergency response contact numbers for specific disaster codes escalation.

Machineries comes under Cath lab technician are;

• Cath lab machine
• Injector
• Hemodynamic system
• Pacemaker
• ACT machine
• ROTA machine
• FFR machine
• IVUS machine
• Cautery ( Force FX)
• UPS