RCIS

CommonSpirit Health Mountain Region is committed to building healthier communities, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen—both inside our hospitals and out in the community. With locations throughout Colorado, Utah, and Kansas, we deliver the same high standard of care to our employees as we do to our patients. Our 20 hospitals, emergency and urgent care centers, home care and hospice, Flight for Life Colorado ^TM , telehealth and over 240 physician practices and clinics offer endless opportunities! Here, you can grow your career and impact the people in the communities you serve.

CommonSpirit Health is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit, faith-based health systems, with a team of over 150,000 employees and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians. CommonSpirit operates more than 2,200 care sites and 140 hospitals, serving some of the most diverse communities across the nation, letting humankindness lead the way.

You have a purpose, unique talents and NOW is the time to embrace it, live it and put it to work. We value incredible people with incredible skills – but your commitment to a greater cause is something we value even more.

Join our team as an Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist (RCIS). In our Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist role, you will assist physicians in performing a variety of highly specialized Cardiovascular procedures including, but not limited to, diagnostic and interventional catheterization, pacemaker/defibrillator implantation, intra-aortic balloon pump operation (IABP), and electrophysiology studies.

$4.75/hr Cath Lab differential applies.

Schedule: Four 10 hour weekday shifts.

Additional on-call required: 12 - 14 on-call shifts per 6 week period. 

Ideal Candidate will be within 30 minutes of facility for call. 

In addition to bringing your whole self to the workplace each day, qualified candidates will need the following:

• One year of Cardiac Catheterization Lab experience, preferred. Special procedures experience, preferred
• A graduate of a diploma, associate or baccalaureate academic program in health science or Graduate of a accredited program in invasive cardiovascular technology also acceptable-required
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Association required
• Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist (RCIS) through CCI; OR Registered Cardiac Electrophysiology Specialist (RCES); OR RRT with post primary certification of Cardiac-Interventional Radiography through ARRT required
• Colorado Surgical Assistant License or Surgical Technologist Certification upon hire unless performing SA duties within the scope of another active Colorado license, certification, or registration (required for Colorado employed staff only) required
• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) upon hire or within 6 Months of Hire

Physical Requirements-Medium Work - (Exert up to 50lbs force occasionally, and/or up to 20lbs frequently, and/or up to 10lbs constantly)

At CommonSpirit Mountain Region, we believe in the healing power of humanity and serving the common good through our dedicated work and shared mission to celebrate humankindness. 

Mercy Regional Medical Center is an 82 bed, acute care hospital located in the scenic southwestern Colorado town of Durango. It is the only hospital in Colorado to be rated by Medicare with five stars for overall hospital quality. It is recognized for excellence in orthopedic and spine surgery and for outstanding patient experience and patient safety. Mercy has also received ten consecutive ‘A’ grades for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group. Our providers use state-of-the-art technology in an environment designed to promote wellbeing and healing of body, mind, and spirit.

Among the many specialty services available at Mercy are emergency care (Level III trauma designation), surgical care, cardiac care (including interventional), Orthopedic and Spine Centers of Excellence, a Family Birthing Center, home care, hospice care more. Durango offers an exceptional quality of life with small town charm, excellent schools, and year-round, world-class outdoor recreation opportunities including snow sports, river sports, hiking, biking, camping and more.

The Cardiac Cath Lab department at Mercy Regional Medical Center is comprised of one Cath Lab, one Interventional Radiology Lab and six holding room bays. Volume for the Cath Lab is approximately 1,100 patients per year. The volume for the Interventional Radiology Lab is approximately 1,500 patient per year. The Cath Lab is 24/7 service to assist patients with life-threatening cardiac or peripheral vascular disease. We specialize in right and left heart caths, balloon angioplasty and stenting, pacemakers, BIV’s, loop recorders, temporary pacemakers, fistulagram, peripherals, thrombolytics, tunneled caths, neph tube insert/change, PICC lines and more. We serve inpatients, outpatients, and emergent patients. The Cath Lab and Interventional Radiology Lab recently merged, so the team works amongst both labs. Here, you work with Cardiologists, Radiologists and Nephrologists.

Be sure to consider our generous benefits as part of your overall compensation!  Designed with your well-being in mind, our benefits include:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401K with generous match
• Daycare FSA that can include a company contribution
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Student Loan Forgiveness and more! 

View more on our benefits HERE.