Registered Nurse - Cardiac Stress Testing Lab

Description

The work location for this position is Lewiston, Idaho

Full-Time: 80-hrs per pay period

Hours: 7:30am - 4:30pm

Benefits May Include:

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 401k w/ employer match
• Short & Long-term disabilities
• Life & AD&D insurances
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pet Insurance
• and more…
  
  

Position Summary:

Performs nuclear and nonnuclear cardiac stress tests.

Primary (Essential Duties:

• Assists with scheduling outpatient treadmill stress tests.
• Explains purpose and procedure of stress test to patient.
• Prepares patient for testing which includes set up of modified 12 lead EKG and continuous monitoring throughout entirety of test with rhythm identification and interpretation.
• Maintain/clean stress test machines and equipment.
• Ability to quickly troubleshoot problems that may arise with stress testing equipment.
• Verify all necessary supplies are available, stocked, and reviews for expiration dates regularly.
• Performs routine and emergency EKG acquisition, management of MUSE platform. Downloads, collates, prepares for physician interpretation; transcribes physician interpretations into database system, and processes confirmed reports. Demonstrates advanced understanding of EKG configuration and rhythm recognition.
• Places IV for nuclear testing needs.
• Oversees stress test technician’s patient hookup and monitoring.
• Will be responsible to take call after clinic hours and weekends for testing as needed.
• EKG Rhythm class will be completed upon 3 months of hire date.
  
  

Scion Health considers a consistently positive, cooperative, self-motivated, courteous, and professional attitude to be an essential function of every position. While different positions have different primary areas of responsibility, everyone needs to work as a team, and we expect all employees to roll up their sleeves and pitch in as necessary to get the job done.

Employees must be able to relate to other people beyond giving and receiving instructions: (a) can get along with co-workers or peers without exhibiting behavioral extremes, (b) perform work activities requiring negotiating, instructing, supervising, persuading, or speaking with others; and (c) respond appropriately to constructive feedback from a supervisor.

While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the requirements of the job, management reserves the right to add or remove duties from particular jobs when circumstances (e.g., emergencies, changes in workload, rush jobs or technological developments) dictate.

Qualifications

Required:

• High school graduate or GED
• Associates degree in Nursing
• Current licensed in the state of Idaho, or licensure eligible
• BLS on first day or to be assigned by the Learning Center
• ACLS - within 3-months of hire (to be assigned by the Learning Center)
• PALS - within 3-months of hire (to be assigned by the Learning Center)
  
  

Preferred:

• Previous experience as a nurse in cardiac center
• Basic computer skills
• Advanced knowledge of cardiac rhythms.