Exercise Physiologist
About the role
McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
- Evaluates a person’s overall health, with special attention to cardiovascular function and metabolism.
- Counsels patients on the importance of regular exercise and healthy lifestyle choices.
- Conducts diagnostic procedures like exercise stress tests to evaluate patients’ health.
- Develops individualized exercise prescriptions to increase physical fitness, strength, endurance, and flexibility.
- Designs customized exercise programs to meet health care needs and athletic performance goals.
- Administers exercise prescriptions designed to improve mobility and flexibility, hasten recovery from injury, and help patients live with disabilities.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in exercise science or physiology.
- Certification through the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the American Society of Exercise Physiologists (ASEP).
- Master's degree (preferred).
Benefits
Equal Opportunity Employer
McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.