7 Illinois Interventional Radiology Technologist Jobs
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Required Skills/Experience:
Experience with the following general IR and Neuro IR cases is required: kyphoplasties/vertebroplasties, G/GJ tube placement/exchange, nephrostomy tubes/nephroureteral stents, IVC filters, temporary and tunneled dialysis catheters, Y90s/TIPs, chemo/coil embolizations, ports, and stroke patients.
Special Requests:
RTO requests must go through the manager.
Unit Details:
Patient population includes adults and pediatrics; only about 10% of cases are pediatric. For pediatric inpatients, the anesthesiologist and pediatric sedation team provide sedation. Pediatric experience is not required and will be taught here.
General IR and Neuro IR cases include kyphoplasties/vertebroplasties, G/GJ tube placement/exchange, nephrostomy tubes/nephroureteral stents, IVC filters, temporary and tunneled dialysis catheters, Y90s/TIPs, chemo/coil embolizations, ports, and stroke patients.
The unit handles 25-45 cases per day.
Unit-specific equipment includes Inari, Penumbra, IVUS, EKOS, and AngioJet; no experience is required.
Shift & Scheduling:
The schedule runs Monday-Friday with a rotating day off each week.
Call begins in the second week.
The call schedule is made in 8-week increments and is a modified self-schedule.
Weekend call is scheduled one weekend every 4th weekend, from Saturday 0600 to Monday 0600.
The clinician will take a full week of call every 4th week with one weekday off; call will be for either neuro or body cases.
During non-call weeks, the clinician will pick up shared ancillary call as a 3rd on-call team member for strokes or unstable trauma patients; total ancillary call shifts are approximately 3 in 8-week schedule.
The call team is 1 tech and 1 RN; for stroke/trauma cases, it is a 3-man call team with the ancillary call tech or RN.
There is no sleep room.
Response time is 30 minutes for strokes and 45 minutes for traumas.
1 holiday of call per contract.
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Travel Interventional Radiology Technologist Jobs
Interventional Radiology Technologists are specialized, in-demand imaging professionals, building on a radiologic technologist foundation (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage of $77,660 in May 2024, with specialized IR roles often paying above base). Travel IR Tech jobs are found in hospitals and dedicated interventional suites at leading medical centers nationwide. Job descriptions emphasize sterile technique, fluoroscopy and angiography, and procedural support for image-guided treatment. These roles are rewarding because IR procedures spare patients from open surgery - and travel contracts pair strong pay with the chance to work in advanced cardiovascular and interventional suites.
Travel Interventional Radiology Technologist Jobs in Illinois
An Interventional Radiology (IR) Technologist is a radiologic technologist who assists physicians during minimally invasive, image-guided procedures such as angiograms, stent placements, biopsies, and catheter-based treatments. Using real-time fluoroscopy, they help guide instruments through the body without open surgery. Job responsibilities include operating fluoroscopy and angiography equipment, maintaining a sterile field, assisting the interventional radiologist during procedures, and monitoring patients throughout. Most IR Technologists hold the ARRT (R) plus the (VI) or (CV) post-primary certification.
