Call ratios cascade
Lose one of five and the remaining four absorb it. The second resignation usually follows within a quarter, and it is rarely a coincidence.
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The call schedule is the job, not a detail of it
Cath lab coverage is usually bought to protect a call rotation that has become unsustainable for the remaining staff. We staff invasive cardiology, electrophysiology, and structural heart programs with clinicians screened by room role and by the call they are genuinely willing to take.
Room roleScrub, monitor, circulate
ProgramsDiagnostic, EP, structural
CallRatio agreed before start
Same dayUrgent requests answered
Why this one is different
Small teams, high consequence
A cath lab runs on a handful of people. One departure changes the call ratio for everyone left, which is why these vacancies tend to cascade rather than sit still.
Programs are not equivalent
Diagnostic, interventional, electrophysiology, and structural heart require different familiarity. Screening on cath lab alone reliably produces a mismatch.
Room role matters more than title
Scrubbing, monitoring, and circulating are distinct. Most clinicians are strong in two of the three, and you should know which before they arrive.
Verification
What we confirm before submittal
Specific enough that you can tell whether the clinician has done your procedures.
- Program types worked — diagnostic, interventional, EP, and structural heart stated individually.
- Room roles — scrub, monitor, and circulate confirmed separately, with recency for each.
- Procedure familiarity — including TAVR, Watchman, and ablation where your program runs them.
- Certifications — BLS and ACLS current, with RCIS noted where held.
- Call willingness and history — agreed explicitly rather than assumed at offer stage.
- Licensure — active state or compact, with status shown if an application is pending.
- Intake
Program scope, lab count, procedure mix, and the real call ratio.
- Screen
Clinical interview by procedure type and room role, plus an explicit call conversation.
- Submittal
Profiles listing programs, room roles, and agreed call on the front page.
- Start
Credential file before day one, with expiry tracking active.
Commercials
Call is where cath lab quotes diverge
Two cath lab quotes can differ by a wide margin purely in how call is treated. We state the ratio in the agreement and price call as its own line, so you can compare vendors on the same basis rather than discovering the difference on an invoice.
- Call ratio written into the agreement, not negotiated after the clinician starts.
- Call pay quoted separately from the base hourly rate.
- Rate card held for the term, by program type and market.
- Conversion priced up front as a declining fee based on hours worked.
Client FAQ
Before you post the cath lab requisition
Call, programs, and how to stop a small team unravelling.
Yes, and both narrow the pool considerably. We screen against the specific procedures your program runs rather than the program label, because structural experience at one volume is not equivalent at another.
Explicitly, before submittal. The clinician agrees to a stated ratio and it goes in the agreement. Call disputes are the most common reason cath lab assignments end early, and almost all of them trace back to an assumption nobody wrote down.
Usually a single traveler taking a defined share of call, quickly, to stop the cascade — then a permanent search running in parallel rather than after. Our permanent placement and travel lines are built to run together for exactly this.
Yes. Cath lab teams are mixed by design, and we staff RNs, RT(R) technologists, and RCIS-credentialed staff against the same room-role detail.
Longer than med-surg and comparable to critical care, with call willingness as the most common limiting factor rather than clinical skill. You get a realistic date at intake.
Tell us the call ratio first
Program scope, procedure mix, and the call your team is actually carrying. We come back with clinicians who have agreed to it in writing.