Description
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Description
In this role you would be in a non-invasive Cardiodiagnostics department provides direct care to patients undergoing outpatient cardiac procedures, cardiac evaluation. You will be responsible for preforming Stress Echos, Treadmills and Bubble Studies as ordered by staff physicians under Standardized Procedures. You may provide coverage at other UCLA cardiac stress labs.
Salary Range: $70.59-106.80/hrly
Qualifications
- 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 required. - California RN License
- BLS from American Heart Association or American
Red Cross - ACLS from American Heart Association or American
Red Cross - 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. - 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 adhere to policies and standardized
procedures that govern practice. - 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. - Ability to work as a team, taking and giving
direction to other team members as appropriate. - Knowledge of consent process
- Supervise and perform exercise and 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 alternative physiological
cardiovascular tests - 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