Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized. Submit your application for the opportunity below: RN Cardiac Clinic with Doctors Hospital of Augusta. You can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!
Job Summary and Qualifications
The Cardiac Stress Test Clinician is responsible for the clinical oversight and execution of diagnostic cardiac procedures. This role involves preparing patients for testing, administering pharmacological agents for chemical stress tests, and monitoring hemodynamics during exercise-based protocols. The clinician must ensure patient safety, provide accurate data for physician interpretation, and respond to cardiac emergencies with advanced life support protocols
What will you do in this role:
- Procedure Facilitation: Conduct Treadmill Stress Tests (TMST), Stress Echocardiograms, and Nuclear Stress Tests (Pharmacological and Exercise).
- Patient Assessment: Perform pre-procedure screenings, including 12-lead ECG interpretation, baseline vitals, and medical history review to identify contraindications.
- Pharmacological Administration: Administer stress-inducing agents (e.g., Lexiscan, Dobutamine, Adenosine) via IV, ensuring precise dosage and monitoring for adverse reactions.
- Emergency Response: Act as a primary responder during adverse cardiac events, utilizing BLS/ACLS skills and clinic emergency equipment (AED/Crash Cart).
- Documentation: Maintain meticulous records of patient hemodynamics, ECG changes, and subjective symptoms throughout the duration of the test.
What qualifications you will need:
- BLS and ACLS required upon Hire
- Must hold a current GA (RN) Registered Nurse license or eNLC license required
- Minimum 1-2 years in a cardiology setting )EP lab, Cath lab, ICU, PACU, or Cardiac rehab)
- Associate Degree, or Bachelors Degree
Benefits
Doctors Hospital of Augusta, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
- Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
- Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
- Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
- Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
- Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
- Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts
Learn more about Employee Benefits
Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
Doctors Hospital of Augusta has provided quality healthcare services since 1973. We give patients access to trained physicians and advanced technology. With nearly 50 years of pioneering healthcare, our 350+ bed hospital is one of the regions leading acute care facilities. We offer a wide range of services for our patients. Our services include our nationally recognized Burn Center and Cancer Center, accredited by the American College of Surgeons. We are Chest Pain Accredited. We have earned the Joint Commissions certificate of distinction for total hip and total knee replacement and spinal fusion surgery and are the only CARF accredited facility in the area.
At Doctors Hospital, our care like family culture extends to our patients, our people and our Augusta community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated 3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our RN Cardiac Clinic opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing - apply today!
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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