Angel Babbs
Chireno,TX
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills. Extensive experience in diagnostic procedures such as common left and right heart caths as well as interventional and complex cases such as PCI's, Atherectomies, Impella, Rotoblator, Balloon Pump, Permanent Pacemakers and ICD Implants. Some experience in Electrophysiology cases and Watchmen procedures. Skilled at starting IVs prior to procedures along with drawing labs. I am seeking to obtain a position in a health care facility where patient care is top priority as well as grow in my knowledge, there are always new and different things to learn, as this will allow me to always provide my patients with the best care possible. Looking to be around people who are compassionate, driven and wanting to make a difference.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Cath Lab Cardiovascular Radiology Technologist
CHI ST. LUKE'S MEMORIAL HEALTH
Lufkin, TX
08.2016 - Current
- Substantial experience of assisting physician with invasive and interventional cardiac procedures acute and nonacute.
- Participating on the on call team for overnight and weekend STEMI and emergent cases on a rotating bases with four man crew.
- Responsible for alerting physician to any change in arrhythmia and other acute vital sign changes.
- If not scrubbing procedure then operate imaging equipment and get anything that maybe needed during the ongoing case and set it up such as IABP, IVUS, FFR, Laser, Rotoblator and various other angioplasty and atherectomy equipment.
- Educate patients about clinical procedures and answer their related questions, while I am prepping them in outpatient.
- Serve as a preceptor for students during clinical rotations.
- Starting IVs and drawing blood from patients prior to procedures
- Performed radiographic procedures and related techniques, producing quality images for timely interpretation.
- Set up sterile tables and prepared patients using aseptic techniques.
Lead Cath Lab Radiology Technologist and QAPI Coor
Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital
Nacogdoches, TX
08.2013 - 08.2016
- Responsible for planning, directing and operating the daily schedule with running the procedure board for doctors and staff.
- Maintain daily and weekly assignments for technical staffing.
- Assist in performing cardiac procedures from heart caths, peripherals to pacemaker and ICD implants.
- Monitor hemodynamics of the Witt machine document procedure, hemodynamic findings, any vital changes, if upgrade from diagnostic to intervention, document use of all products used during procedure.
- Maintain diagnostic and technical equipment to ensure quality control standards are maintained.
- Identifying, evaluating and implementing strategies to correct inter/intra departmental Quality Assurance problems.
- Responsible for orienting new physicians and fellows to the Cath lab.
- Operate x-ray unit during procedures when not scrubbed in or monitoring a case.
- On a rotating call schedule for STEMIS and Urgent cases with three man call team.
Cath Lab Cardiovascular Radiology Technologist
Nacogdoches Medical Center
Nacogdoches, TX
07.2010 - 08.2013
- Setup for all sterile procedures that pertained to the Cath lab.
- Pull sheaths and deploy closure devices.
- Assist physician in scrubbing cardiac procedures.
- Run the imaging equipment in the cath lab following ALARA when not assisting the physician.
- Explain all procedures to patient and patients family.
- On call for any STEMI or Urgent cases three man call team.
Education
Associate of Science - Medical Radiologic Technology
Angelina College
Lufkin, TX 08.2008 - 05.2010
Garrison High School
Garrison , TxSome College (No Degree) - Communications/Broadcasting
Texarkana College
Texarkana, TXSkills
- Registered Radiology Technologist
- Collaborative Leadership
- Quality Standards
- Quality control
- Quality inspection
- Cardiac monitoring
- Patient preparation
- Patient Assessments
- Patient documentation
- ACLS
- BLS
- Scrubbing procedures
- Knowledge of EKG rhythm interpretation and performing EKGs
- Skilled starting IVs and drawing blood
Certification
- ARRT, 469953
- ASRT, 744299
- Texas Medical Board, GMR00100618
- Louisiana License, 14079
- ACLS Certified
- BLS Certified
Professional Contacts
- Melissa Smith, Former Director/Manager, 936-333-4210
- Honey Casey, Current Manager, 979-229-9306
- Ashley Alexander-Bryant, Coworker/RN, 936-414-2266
- Brittany Holmes, Coworker RN/Nurse Practitioner , 936-404-3117
Timeline
Cath Lab Cardiovascular Radiology Technologist
CHI ST. LUKE'S MEMORIAL HEALTH
08.2016 - Current
Lead Cath Lab Radiology Technologist and QAPI Coor
Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital
08.2013 - 08.2016
Cath Lab Cardiovascular Radiology Technologist
Nacogdoches Medical Center
07.2010 - 08.2013
Associate of Science - Medical Radiologic Technology
Angelina College
08.2008 - 05.2010
Garrison High School
Some College (No Degree) - Communications/Broadcasting
Texarkana College