Pulmo Rehab Specialist
Lincare · Abilene, KS · 2 mo ago
OTHRFull-time
- Implements the respiratory regimen and assists with pulmonary participant support as part of a multi-disciplinary team to offer comprehensive treatment strategies for positive outcomes.
- Communicates effectively with rehab team members about individual patient findings, concerns, and program improvement issues.
- Strives toward proficiency in clinical competencies.
- Identifies appropriate psychosocial adaptation to illness and/or presence of psychopathology (e.g., depression, anger, excessive anxiety) using interpersonal and observational skills.
- Assesses patients' modifiable risk factors and offers support and strategies for successful therapeutic lifestyle changes (TLC).
- Utilizes contemporary theories of health behavior change to help participants set learning and lifestyle modification goals.
- Participates in educational efforts, classes, and individual sessions.
- Conducts initial assessment and orientation of new participants.
- Assists in developing individualized treatment plans with other staff members.
- Applies exercise science knowledge to populations with pulmonary disease and co-morbidities.
- Develops and adjusts individual exercise prescriptions based on GXT, daily patient response, and physician recommendations.
- Supervises exercise sessions, monitoring participants for inappropriate responses.
- Performs oximetry, heart rate, and blood pressure measurement.
- Assesses participants pre-, during, and post-exercise, making appropriate referrals and recommendations to participants, staff, and the Medical Director.
- Observes telemetry responses when indicated.
- Documents initial and daily assessment data in participant records.
- Immediately reports new, changing, or significant participant conditions (oxygen desaturation, dysrhythmias, abnormal blood pressure responses, status changes) to the supervising physician.
- Initiates ACLS measures and emergency care per hospital policy.
- Participates in collection, analysis, and reporting of individual patient and program outcomes.
- Maintains current knowledge in pulmonary rehabilitation through journals, in-services, and conferences.
- Participates in emergency drills and mock codes on a routine basis.
- Attends all scheduled staff meetings.