Summary
Job Description:
Baptist Health LaGrange Cardiology Department is seeking to fill a PRN Registered Nurse opening. The Cardiology Stress Monitor RN is responsible for supervising cardiac exercise testing procedures including Stress Echocardiography, Pharmacological Stress Echocardiography, Exercise Stress Testing, and Stress Radionuclide Cardiac Imaging with physician availability. Duties include completing and documenting pre-test patient assessments; establishing target heart rate; continuously monitoring and documenting EKG, heart rate, blood pressure, exertion level, symptoms, and recovery; and determining appropriate test termination. The RN communicates patient status to physicians, identifies and documents basic arrhythmias and respiratory issues, and demonstrates proficiency with cardiac monitoring equipment, pulse oximetry, and blood pressure devices. Additional responsibilities include assisting cardiac sonographers with bubble studies and contrast administration, supporting staff orientation, and promoting professional development through leadership and critical thinking.
Requirements: Associate Degree in Nursing, active Kentucky RN license, minimum one year critical care experience with advanced EKG knowledge, BLS and ACLS certification, and completion of exercise test supervision training.
Work Experience
Education
If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now! Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.Skills Required
- Associate Degree in Nursing
- Active Kentucky RN license
- Minimum one year critical care experience
- Advanced EKG knowledge
- BLS certification
- ACLS certification
- Completion of exercise test supervision training
What We Do
Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.
