Interventional Cardiology Assistant - Traineeship

• You are literally at the heart of care, involved in procedures that save or change lives.
• You combine technology with patient care and guide patients during intense moments.
• You work in a top-clinical heart center with the latest techniques and the best specialists.
• No two days are the same: from planned treatments to acute emergency situations.
• You receive a CZO-accredited training program and intensive guidance.

As an interventional cardiology assistant in training, you assist our interventional cardiologists with various examinations and treatments, including angioplasty procedures, cardiac catheterizations, pressure measurements, and heart valve implantations. Advanced imaging techniques are utilized. During the treatment, you alternate between working as a circulator, ensuring everything runs smoothly, or assisting at the table side by side with the specialist. You are a crucial link who guides patients, monitors vital functions, and remains constantly alert. After all, a seemingly simple situation can change into a resuscitation in a fraction of a second. Emergency interventions also occur regularly. This makes your work engaging and challenging, every single day.

Your job in a nutshell:

• Assisting with various cardiovascular diagnostic examinations, elective procedures, and emergency interventions;
• Performing (nursing) technical procedures and providing high-quality patient care;
• Collaborating in a multidisciplinary context with specialists, nurses, Physician Assistants (PA), ambulance staff, and other healthcare providers;
• Contributing ideas regarding quality improvement, innovation, and policy.

On average, within 1.5 years, you will complete the Basic Acute Care (BAZ) training as well as the Interventional Cardiology Assistant (MIC) training. You will attend theoretical lessons at the Amstelacademie of the Amsterdam UMC. During the training, you will work day shifts, later supplemented by on-call shifts. Experienced workplace mentors will guide you step by step through this challenging profession. Get to know your colleague Diekje in this video.

The Interventional Cardiology Center (Cathlab) of the St. Antonius Hospital offers the widest range of cardiological treatments in the Netherlands. We have six state-of-the-art cath labs where thousands of procedures are performed each year, from angioplasty procedures and cardiac catheterizations to TAVI's, ablations, and the placement of ICDs and pacemakers.

We would love to welcome you to our pleasant team where everyone is there for one another. You will work in a warm and committed atmosphere and, moreover, you will be at the forefront of the latest technological developments. In our heart center, you will work together with the best interventional cardiologists and cardiac surgeons in the Netherlands.

• A CZO-accredited training program to become an Interventional Cardiology Assistant (NLQF - level 6);
• During the training, you receive a salary in FWG 50 (maximum € 4,914 gross per month). After graduation, you will be scaled into FWG 55, where you can eventually earn a maximum of € 5,503.
• A very attractive allowance for on-call shifts;
• A contract for 32-36 hours per week during your training. After graduation, part-time employment is negotiable;
• A 13th month, an attractive pension scheme, and a time budget to use for a good work-life balance
• Tax benefits and discounts on, among other things, bicycles, sports, electronics, and cultural outings
• Training and development opportunities to deepen your (professional) knowledge
• Participation in (sporting) activities and workshops

• An mbo or hbo diploma in nursing, BMH (Medical Assistant), surgical technology, or radiology;
• At least one year of hospital experience within one of these fields;
• Affinity with cardiology, acute care, and technology. Experience within cardiology is a plus, but not a requirement; more important is that you are curious, motivated, and eager to develop yourself in this field;
• Technical insight, a great sense of responsibility, and the ability to remain calm and alert in acute situations;
• You enjoy working in a small and close-knit, multidisciplinary team;
• You live within a 30-minute travel time of Nieuwegein due to on-call shifts;
• During your training, you are available for at least 32 hours per week.

At St. Antonius, you work on (highly) complex care with your heart in the right place. We are a top-clinical teaching hospital where patient care, education, and research go hand in hand. Thanks to our size, we make a real impact, but remain agile and personal.

Our clinical priorities are heart & vascular, lungs, and cancer. Additionally, we are one of the leaders in the Netherlands in the field of value-based care. This means that we do not only look at what is medically possible, but especially at what truly makes a difference for the individual patient. By structurally measuring the most important outcomes and learning together, also with the other Santeon hospitals, we make care a little bit better every day. With us, every employee, including you, makes a difference for the patient.

Your future as an interventional cardiology assistant starts here! Apply before November 30, 2026 via the apply button. Shadowing for a day is part of the application procedure.

Has your curiosity been piqued, or do you have more questions? Please call our practical trainer Patricia Versluis (T 088-3200444) or the team leader Abel Reitsema (T 088-3200970). They will be happy to tell you more!