Cardiac Rehab Exercise Specialist - Casual - Days

About the role

Nebraska Methodist Health System focuses on providing exceptional care to the communities they serve and the people they employ. They believe in The Meaning of Care – a culture that sets them apart by helping families grow, delivering difficult diagnoses with compassion, going above and beyond for patient needs, and celebrating personal health challenges.

We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits, and a great work environment where all employees are valued. Our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.

Job Summary

Work schedule: This is a casual position. Casual employees work on an 'as needed' basis to meet the needs of the business. Work days/hours will often vary from week to week. Must work 2, 8-hour shifts per month.

Responsibilities

• Admission assessment completed upon arrival to the unit and based upon identified patient needs.
• Consistently formulates initial exercise prescription prior to patient's first exercise session.
• Consistently reviews patients history and prioritizes rehab activities according to participant's needs.
• Consistently reviews graded exercise test and formulates exercise prescription accordingly.
• Formulation of initial exercise plan to include physical needs, stated patient goals, and discharge plan.
• Consistently assesses patient's functional capacity.
• Consistently identifies patient's likes/dislikes regarding activity.
• Consistently identifies patient's likes/dislikes regarding exercise.
• Consistently formulates home exercise program for patient.
• Assesses the patient's tolerance to activity/learning opportunities.
• Consistently reviews and updates patient exercise prescription each session.
• Consistently notes modifications in patient's exercise prescription due to patient's physical response to prescribed activity.
• Consistently assess participant's response to learning opportunities.
• Consistently develops further learning opportunities when needed.
• Implements and documents actual plan of care.
• Consistently documents participant's tolerance of prescribed activity by documenting Rated Perceived Exertion (RPE), Rating of Perceived Dyspnea (RPD), Hazard Ratio (HR), Electrocardiogram (EKG).
• Consistently documents exercise prescription on daily exercise sheet.
• Consistently updates participant's home exercise plan on the daily exercise sheet on a weekly basis.
• Consistently records participant's activity plan on risk factor/goal sheets.
• Consistently documents significant change and/or abnormal findings on daily exercise sheet.
• Consistently records attendance of participant's at learning opportunities.
• Demonstrates use of other health team members in planning participant outcomes.
• Consistently consults with other professionals regarding participant's individual needs.
• Consistently reviews, through case studies, participant's individual activity plan.
• Demonstrates ability to maintain area updated on current trends on the field of exercise science.
• Consistently directs projects that maintain staff current in the field of exercise science.

Requirements

• Education: Graduate of an accredited college with a major in exercise science required. Masters level preferred.
• Satisfactory completion of annual mandatory education requirements.
• Experience: Three to six months previous experience in a cardiac rehabilitation program or internship. One to three months on-the-job training.
• Licenses/Certifications: Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) strongly preferred at time of hire, required within 3 months of hire. Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist (RCEP) is preferred. American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification required.
• Skills/Knowledge/Abilities: EKG Telemetry Monitoring course required.

Physical Requirements

• Weight Demands: Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force.
• Physical Activity: Occasionally Performed (1%-33%): Climbing, Crawling, Kneeling, Sitting, Frequently Performed (34%-66%): Balancing, Carrying, Crouching, Distinguishing colors, Keyboarding/typing, Lifting, Pulling/Pushing, Repetitive Motions, Standing, Stooping/bending, Twisting, Walking, Constantly Performed (67%-100%): Fingering/Touching, Grasping, Hearing, Reaching, Seeing/Visual, Speaking/talking.

Schedule

This is a casual position. Casual employees work on an 'as needed' basis to meet the needs of the business. Work days/hours will often vary from week to week. Must work 2, 8-hour shifts per month.

About Methodist

Nebraska Methodist Health System is made up of four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa, more than 30 clinic locations, a nursing and allied health college, and a medical supply distributorship and central laundry facility. From the day Methodist Hospital was chartered in 1891, service to our communities has been a top priority. Financial assistance, health education, outreach to our diverse communities and populations, and other community benefit activities have always been central to our mission.

Employer Information

Nebraska Methodist Health System is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by Federal, state or local law.