Job Description

Qualifications
Required:
* 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.
* CA RN License
* ACLS from the American Red Cross or American Heart Association
* BLS from the American Red Cross or American Heart Association
* Ability to perform patient care in an appropriate fashion, depicting all protocols consistent with appropriate diagnostic requirements.
* Ability to depict lethal diagnostic information that should be considered emergent and communicate with the appropriate entities.
* Ability to utilize computer applications to review information consistent and necessary for providing continuity of care (Epic, Syngo).
* 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
* Knowledge of appropriate indications for exercise testing
* Knowledge of alternative physiological cardiovascular tests
* Knowledge of appropriate contraindications, risks, and risk assessment of testing
* 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 electrocardiography and changes in the ECG that may result from exercise, hyperventilation, ischemia, hypertrophy, conduction disorders, electrolyte disturbances, and drugs


Preferred
* Familiarity with UCLA Health system.
* Ability to cross train to support primary and specialty care operations
* Strong EPIC (EMR) knowledge.
* Ability to speak Spanish