Description

In this role, you will provide direct care to patients undergoing outpatient cardiac procedures, cardiac evaluation. You will be responsible for performing Stress Echos, Treadmills and Bubble Studies as ordered by staff physicians under Standardized Procedures. You may also help provide coverage at other UCLA cardiac stress labs.

Salary Range: $63.83 - $96.57/hourly

Qualifications

Required:

• California RN License

• ACLS and BCLS through ARC or AHA

• Bachelor's in Nursing with a minimum of 2 years or greater experience in an acute care unit and at least 6 months cardiology experience

• Ability to perform patient care in an appropriate fashion, depicting all protocols consistent with appropriate diagnostic requirements.

• Ability to provide timely information to the physicians (both referring and reading).

• Ability to depict lethal diagnostic information that should be considered emergent and communicate with the appropriate entities.

• Ability to push heavy equipment to do portable studies.

• Ability to adhere to infection control initiatives as they pertain to the use of all equipment.

• Ability to utilize computer applications to review information consistent and necessary for providing continuity of care (Epic, Syngo).

• Ability to work under considerable pressure and in the modification of ongoing patient care assignment.

• Supervise and perform exercise and pharmacological cardiac stress testing in the absence of a physician.

• Initiate and direct interventions in accordance with ACLS guidelines for patients with or without physician present under the following circumstances: life threatening or symptomatic dysrhythmias, symptomatic hypotension, and acute chest pain and Provide preliminary test results

• Identify high-risk patients and alert the supervising physician

• Knowledge of appropriate indications for exercise testing

• Knowledge of alternative physiological cardiovascular tests

• Knowledge of appropriate contraindications, risks, and risk assessment of testing

• Knowledge to promptly recognize and treat complications of exercise testing Competence in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and successful completion of an AHA- sponsored course in advanced cardiovascular life support and renewal on a regular basis

• Knowledge of various exercise protocols and indications for each

• Knowledge of basic cardiovascular and exercise physiology, including hemodynamic response

• Knowledge of cardiac arrhythmias and the ability to recognize

• Knowledge of cardiovascular drugs and how they can affect exercise performance, hemodynamics, and the ECG

• Knowledge of principles and details of exercise testing, including proper lead placement and skin preparation

• Knowledge of electrocardiography and changes in the ECG that may result from exercise, hyperventilation, ischemia, hypertrophy, conduction disorders, electrolyte disturbances, and drugs

• Knowledge of conditions and circumstances that can cause false-positive, indeterminate, or false-negative test results

• Knowledge of alternative or supplementary diagnostic procedures to exercise testing and when they should be used responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of this equipment and for ensuring that all devices are properly calibrated to be able to collect valid and reliable data.

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