Description

American Traveler is hiring a Cardiac Stress Testing RN for a day-shift role in a Cardiology/Stress Test department requiring EKG and stress test technique experience.

Details

• Work in the Cardiac Stress Testing department within Echo/EKG/Nuclear Medicine services at a short-term acute care teaching hospital
• Facilitate stress tests alongside Echo and Nuclear Medicine technologists and other stress test RNs
• 1:1 patient ratio
• Day shift schedule, 5x8 hours, 7:00 AM-3:00 PM
• On-call required on Saturdays in Nuclear Medicine from 0700-1430
• Weekend coverage required on Saturdays
• Floating to other units and sister facilities based on skill set may be required
• Uses Epic for charting
• Uses GE stress testing equipment

Requirements

• Active RN license, Compact license must be in hand at time of submission
• BLS and ACLS certification required
• At least 1 year of relevant experience required
• Epic charting experience required
• Proficiency in stress test techniques including treadmill, bicycle, arm, and leg ergometry protocols
• Knowledge of treadmill protocols (Balke, Bruce, Modified Bruce, Costill, Ellestad, Naughton)
• Skilled in obtaining 12-lead EKG/ECG and performing Exercise Stress Tests and Stress Echo
• Experience administering pharmacologic agents such as Dobutamine and emergency medications
• Peripheral IV insertion skills required
• Experience activating emergency services and rapid response/code teams
• Previous charge experience preferred
• CCU and ICU work setting experience preferred

Additional Information

• Facilitate cardiac stress testing procedures and monitor patients throughout testing
• Work closely with Echo and Nuclear Medicine technologists as part of a collaborative care team
• Must have a personal vehicle for this assignment
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply
• Candidates must be willing to commit to working 3 of the 5 major holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day)
• All RTO and scheduling requests must be submitted upfront; minimal RTO is preferred to avoid delays
• Local candidates accepted at a lower bill rate
• Candidates must live outside a 50-mile radius of the facility for standard travel rate eligibility
• Former permanent staff may return as travelers after a 3-month waiting period, provided they reside more than 50 miles from the facility
• Two supervisory references covering 1 year of employment within the last 3 years are required
• No fee for parking
• Scrubs provided for OR/Cath Lab positions