Cardiology Stress Tech, PRN

Contribute to positive patient outcomes through technical cardiovascular testing as a Cardiology Stress Technician for Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, NC.

What You Will Do: 

Renders highly skilled, technical cardiovascular testing to various age levels ranging from pediatrics, adolescent, adult and geriatrics while maintaining a safe testing environment. Provides patient comfort and care. Provides effective communication with other health professionals regarding patient's medical history and test results, which contributes to positive patient outcomes. 

What You Will Need: 

• Bachelor's degree in Exercise Physiology with one year basic EKG recognition and interpretation and course work in EKGs, exercise physiology, exercise prescription, cardiovascular pharmacology, anatomy, and pathophysiology preferred.
• OR High school diploma/GED and five years of practical work experience with EKGs in exercise physiology, exercise prescription, cardiovascular pharmacology, anatomy, and pathophysiology required. 
• Patient contact through clinical experience or internship performing exercise or pharmacological stress testing preferred. 
• Current completion of BCLS course required. ACLS preferred.
• American College of Sports Medicine certification as Exercise Specialist preferred.  

Job Duties include: 

1. Minimizes risks to patients during testing through judgment and meticulous pre-test screening and risk stratification. 
2. Minimizes patient risk during procedures through application of cardiology stress testing knowledge and established departmental protocols. 
3. Ensures patient confidence and comfort. 
4. Ensures quality of professional services. 
5. Minimizes delays through scheduling and lab maintenance. 
6. Maintains safe and secure testing environment. 
7. Provides accurate and reliable diagnostic results. 
8. Provides effective communication to physicians and ancillary personnel. 
9. Maintains patient files. 
10. Ensures age/developmentally appropriate patient procedures are provided in accordance with Age-Specific Procedure Guidelines for the specific age groups served. 

Skills for Success: 

• Ability to communicate on a professional level with physicians and ancillary personnel regarding patient's medical history and diagnostic test result 
• Ability to communicate/interact on a professional basis with patients and their families 

Work Environment: 

• Clean, well lit and comfortable environment 
• Possible exposure to infections and contagious diseases 
• Occasional exposure to unpleasant patient elements 
• Subject to varying and unpredictable situations 
• Handles emergency or crises 
• Requires judgment/action which could result in death of patient 
• Exposed to explosive, flammable gasses and low level radiation
• Occasionally subject to irregular hours 

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist’s two main components are an integrated clinical system – anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem – that includes Brenner Children’s Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians; and Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise and a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery.

Wake Forest Baptist Health, Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health have joined forces in a strategic combination that will enhance care, transform medical education and create economic opportunity for countless lives in North Carolina and beyond. As a part of that combination, the two health systems will be integrating technology and platforms, including our career sites.

This means that although you are applying on the Wake Forest Baptist Health Career Site, you receive communications from the Atrium Health Recruitment Team. Please know that this is an expected process, and thanks in advance for your flexibility.