Per Diem RN - Cardiology Clinic, Santa Monica

Description

In this role, you will work independently and interdependently to provide care to the patients served. You will performing Cardiac stress tests with other qualified personnel under standardized procedure within the site. These tests to include Echo Stress Treadmill, Stress Echo with Contrast and Stress Routine Treadmill. You will utilize specialized knowledge and skills for patient care, supervision, evaluation, and teaching; as well as act as a resource person within the Cardiac Stress lab. You will utilize experience, in-depth knowledge and an intuitive grasp of the patient's condition to efficiently focus on the most significant patient problems and identify, modify and document subtle changes in nursing care and / or the plan of care to address complex patient care problems. You will also collaborate with medical staff in managing pre-emergent and emergent patient care situations such as terminating a stress test when patient is in distress.

• This is a 50% per diem position that may convert into career.

Salary : $91.84 / hourly

Qualifications

Required : Active CA RN License

BSN degree

BLCS and ACLS

2 year or more in an acute care unit with 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

Ability to work as a team, taking and giving direction to other team members as appropriate

Knowledge of consent process

Ability to supervise and perform exercise and pharmacological cardiac stress testing in the absence of a physician

Ability to 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

Ability to 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