Cardiac Rehab Exercise Specialist - Casual - Days

Nebraska Methodist Hospital•Omaha, NE

4d•Onsite

About The Position

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. To provide safe and effective exercise and to provide quality care to adult clients involved in the Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited college with a major in exercise science required.
Satisfactory completion of annual mandatory education requirements.
Three to six months previous experience in a cardiac rehabilitation program or internship.
One to three months on-the-job training.
EKG Telemetry Monitoring course required.
American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification required.

Nice To Haves

Masters level preferred.
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.

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.