Exercise Physiologist

Sussex Campus Hospital

STATUS:Full Time 72 Hours

SHIFT:Days

GENERAL SUMMARY:

Summary:

Provides age specific Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehabilitation care to adult and geriatric patients at Bayhealth Medical Center. Performs direct treatment, education, counseling and patient care for Phase I (inpatient), Phase II (outpatient) and Phase III (maintenance) patients. Serves as a professional resource to patients and physicians.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• 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: Demonstrates the ability to work collaboratively with cardiopulmonary rehabilitation team members to develop a safe effective exercise prescription (frequency, intensity, time, type) for patient based on initial assessment, medical history, test results, physician orders. limitations and individualized goals.
• Walk Studies and Diagnostic Testing: Demonstrates the ability to perform 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): Demonstrates ability to work collaboratively with cardiopulmonary rehabilitation team members, medical director and patient in developing and documenting the Individual Treatment Plan (ITP) in consideration of physicians orders, medical history, assessments (Functional, Nutritional, Psychosocial), limitation and patient goals.
• Direct Patient Care: Demonstrates the ability to work collaboratively with cardiopulmonary rehabilitation team members to help patient execute and accomplish Individual Treatment Plan (ITP)/ exercise prescription by instructing, encouraging, monitoring and assisting patients in performing their physical activities prescribed.
• Patient Intakes/Orientations: Demonstrates the ability to assist and support in the performance of comprehensive patient initial intake, assessment (Functional, Nutritional, and Psychosocial Assessments) to gather relevant to patient needs in collaboration with patient, family members, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation team members.
• Patient education, counseling, and coaching: Identifies risk factors and their possible impact on disease and rehabilitation. Understands basic educational principles and theories of learning as well as those factors which effect learning and utilizes this to develop an educational program with an interdisciplinary approach for each patient
• Safety and Emergency Procedure: Demonstrates the ability to work collaboratively with cardiopulmonary rehabilitation team members performing all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/healthcare errors. Initiates and assists with emergency care per policy and procedures.
• Outcome and Performance Improvement Measures: Demonstrates the ability to work collaboratively with cardiopulmonary rehabilitation team members assessing outcome and performance improvement measures in cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation programs.
• All other duties as assigned, within the scope and range of job responsibilities.
  
  

REQUIRED MINIMUM EDUCATION AND CREDENTIAL:

• Education Bachelor Degree Exercise Physiology
• Credential Basic Life Support
  
  

EXPERIENCE:

Required: Recent cardiac and/or pulmonary rehabilitation intensive internship or recent cardiac and/or pulmonary rehabilitation. Preferred: Twelve (12) months recent and relevant experience cardiac and/or pulmonary rehabilitation

PREFERRED EDUCATION AND CREDENTIAL:

• Education Master Degree Master Degree Exercise Physiology Related field
• Credential Medical Exercise Specialist
  
  

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Salary : $23 - $35