Exercise Physiologist

Responsibilities

• Referral/Enrollment/Registration/Scheduling: Demonstrates ability to competently perform complete referral, scheduling, and registration workflow processes for cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation program services.
• Exercise Prescriptions: Collaborates with cardiopulmonary rehabilitation team members to develop a safe, effective exercise prescription (frequency, intensity, time, type) for the patient based on the initial assessment, medical history, test results, physician orders, limitations, and individualized goals.
• Walk Studies and Diagnostic Testing: Performs complete and accurate 6 and 12-minute walk studies and diagnostic testing but not limited to exercise-induced asthma studies and metabolic studies.
• Individual Treatment Plan (ITP): Works collaboratively with cardiopulmonary rehabilitation team members, medical director, and patient in developing and documenting the Individual Treatment Plan (ITP) in consideration of physician’s orders, medical history, assessments (Functional, Nutritional, Psychosocial), limitation and patient goals.
• Direct Patient Care: Collaborates with cardiopulmonary rehabilitation team members to help patients execute and accomplish their Individual Treatment Plan (ITP)/ exercise prescription by instructing, encouraging, monitoring, and assisting them in performing their prescribed physical activities.
• Patient Intakes/Orientations: Assist and support the performance of comprehensive patient initial intake and assessment (Functional, Nutritional, and Psychosocial Assessments) to gather relevant patient needs in collaboration with patients, family members, and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation team members.
• Patient education, counseling, and coaching: Identifies risk factors and their possible impact on disease and rehabilitation. Understand basic educational principles and theories of learning as well as those factors that affect learning and utilize this to develop an educational program with an interdisciplinary approach for each patient.
• Mentor, orient, and assist with training department staff and interns.

Qualifications

• Required Education: Bachelor Degree in Exercise Physiology or Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science, Kinesiology or other related field. Emphasis in Cardiac or Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
• Credential(s): Basic Life Support.
• Experience: One year of experience in Cardiac/Pulmonary Rehabilitation and/or Skilled internship in Cardiac Rehabilitation. Preferred: Five years’ experience in Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation.

Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• Matching 401(k)/403(b) Plans
• Excellent Health, Dental, and Vision Disability and Life Insurance options
• On Site Child Care
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flex Spending Accounts
• Plus, an array of Voluntary Benefits to include Critical Care Coverage and more!