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Required:

• Bachelor’s in nursing with a minimum of 2 years or greater experience in an acute care unit and at least 6 months cardiology experience required.    
• CA RN License
• ACLS from the American Red Cross or American Heart Association
• BLS from the American Red Cross or American Heart Association
• Ability to perform patient care in an appropriate fashion, depicting all protocols consistent with appropriate diagnostic requirements.
• Ability to depict lethal diagnostic information that should be considered emergent and communicate with the appropriate entities.
• Ability to utilize computer applications to review information consistent and necessary for providing continuity of care (Epic, Syngo).
• Supervise and perform exercise and pharmacological cardiac stress testing in the absence of a physician.
• Initiate and direct interventions in accordance with ACLS guidelines for patients with or without physician present under the following circumstances: life threatening or symptomatic dysrhythmias, symptomatic hypotension, and acute chest pain and provide preliminary test results
• Knowledge of appropriate indications for exercise testing
• Knowledge of alternative physiological cardiovascular tests
• Knowledge of appropriate contraindications, risks, and risk assessment of testing          
• Knowledge of basic cardiovascular and exercise physiology, including hemodynamic response
• Knowledge of cardiac arrhythmias and the ability to recognize
• Knowledge of cardiovascular drugs and how they can affect exercise performance, hemodynamics, and the ECG
• Knowledge of electrocardiography and changes in the ECG that may result from exercise, hyperventilation, ischemia, hypertrophy, conduction disorders, electrolyte disturbances, and drugs

• Familiarity with UCLA Health system.
• Ability to cross train to support primary and specialty care operations
• Strong EPIC (EMR) knowledge.
• Ability to speak Spanish