RN - Stress Testing, Cardiac Imaging Westwood

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

- 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

As a condition of employment , the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.
Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.