BHS
Location
La Grange, Kentucky
The RN supervises cardiac exercise testing procedures and monitors patient vitals, EKG, and symptoms during stress tests. They are also responsible for documenting assessments and assisting sonographers with contrast administration and bubble studies.
Candidates must have an Associate Degree in Nursing, an active Kentucky RN license, and at least one year of critical care experience. BLS and ACLS certifications, along with advanced EKG knowledge and exercise test training, are required.
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.
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. 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 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 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 two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 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 more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing. NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056. Job Applicant Privacy Policy Statement - Job Applicant Privacy Policy