Registered Nurse (RN) - Cardiology Diagnostic

Description

Job Schedule : Part Time

Standard Hours : 32

Job Shift : Shift 1

Shift Details :

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For more than 75 years, Windham Hospital has treated patients with the latest high-tech equipment, operated by some of the most skilled and compassionate medical professionals available.

We seek to meet the total healthcare needs of people from throughout Northeastern Connecticut. Our staff members are proud to live and work in this area, and are committed to providing quality healthcare to our community.

Job Summary

Supervises the performance of and provides preliminary interpretation of diagnostic cardiac exercise and pharmacologic stress testing according to department policies and procedures.

Requires completion of department based cardiac stress testing / EKG interpretation training and supervised performance of 50 stress tests.

Key areas of responsibility include :

• Understanding of stress testing protocols, identification of absolute and relative contraindications to stress testing and indications for early termination of testing.
• Review and abstraction of patient medical records for risk assessment of testing.
• Supervision of exercise and pharmacologic stress tests including preliminary test interpretation.
• EKG monitoring and interpretation (12 leads and rhythm strips)
• IV insertion

Qualifications

Education : Graduate of a school of nursing. BSN preferred.

Experience : One (1) to two (2) years of critical care or cardiac experience required; three (3) or more years preferred.

One (1) year clinical experience in stress testing preferred.

Licensure, Certification, Registration : Current unrestricted License in good standing to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Connecticut; BLS and ACLS required.

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