Tech IR/Special Procedures

Job Title

IR Technologist (Interventional Radiology)

Location

Fargo, ND | Acute Care

Schedule / Job Type

Contract | Days | 8- or 10-hour shifts starting between 6:30 AM and 5:30 PM | Call required, including up to 3 weekday call shifts per week (5:30 PM–7:00 AM) and every 3rd–4th weekend (Friday 5:30 PM–Monday 7:00 AM)

Key Responsibilities

• Produce high-quality diagnostic images through the operation of specialized interventional radiology equipment, ensuring optimum clarity for physician diagnosis while minimizing patient discomfort and radiation exposure
• Perform and assist with a full range of IR procedures including all vascular angiograms, biopsies, drainages, tube placements, injections, paracentesis, thoracentesis, thrombectomy, embolizations, endovascular procedures, central lines, and dialysis catheters
• Demonstrate competency in advanced neurointerventional procedures including strokes, MMAs, pipelines, coilings, vasospasms, EVD placement, AVMs, carotid stents, and rhizotomy
• Operate and document within department systems including EPIC, Radiant, Cupid, PACS, and Accudose
• Adhere to safety, infection control, and radiation protection policies; maintain patient confidentiality and sensitivity across all age groups
• Cover procedures across two hospital locations within the Fargo area as needed; participate in call rotation as part of a team consisting of one provider, one nurse, one scrub rad tech, and one circulator

Required Qualifications

• BLS certification required — must be American Heart Association (AHA)
• ARRT certification required
• North Dakota Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy (NDMIRT) license required or willingness to obtain prior to start (licensing process typically takes 2–6 weeks; applicants must submit all materials directly to the NDMIRT Board licensing office — do not send fingerprints to ND BCI)
• Minimum 2 years of experience as an IR Technologist in an interventional radiology setting
• Willingness and ability to cover both hospital locations in the Fargo area
• Must live at least 80 miles from the facility to be eligible as a traveler

Preferred Experience / Skills

• Extensive knowledge of anatomy, physiology, disease processes, and medical terminology including operative terms and pharmacology
• Familiarity with billing and coding of interventional radiology procedures
• Experience with EPIC charting and PACS imaging systems
• Ability to work independently without constant supervision and exercise professional judgment in highly specialized procedures

Why Join Us

• Opportunity to work in a high-acuity, procedure-based interventional radiology environment performing a broad and advanced scope of IR cases
• Scrubs provided; orientation program of up to 2 weeks with the possibility of early completion upon validation of competencies