Cardiac Rehab Specialist II

Intermountain Health

2d • $32 - $50 • Onsite

About The Position

The Cardiac/Pulmonary Rehab Specialist plays a vital role in helping patients return to their baseline health or achieve improved functional capacity following a cardiac or pulmonary event. This position focuses on designing, implementing, and evaluating individualized exercise and lifestyle management programs that promote recovery, reduce risk factors, and enhance overall quality of life. Responsibilities include comprehensive patient assessment, such as medical history review, vital sign monitoring, ECG interpretation, and functional capacity testing. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, the specialist provides education on medication compliance, stress management, symptom recognition, and healthy lifestyle practices. Additional duties include developing and updating treatment plans, ensuring accurate documentation, supporting inpatient mobility, and contributing to patient safety and quality improvement initiatives. The role also involves mentoring new staff and fostering continuous improvement in departmental protocols and patient satisfaction.

Requirements

• Demonstrates clinical competence in all expectations, knowledge, skill and duties as specified in Cardiac/Pulmonary Rehab Specialist I (requires supervisor approval)
• Bachelor's degree required AND cardiac related certification (CCRP, ACSM-CEP)
• Current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS-HCP)
• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) as required by facility
• Advanced clinical exercise physiology expertise, assessment, and programming abilities
• Experience with Program design and policy leadership to include contributing to updated department protocols, policies, and program certification
• Experience with Patient education, coaching, and disease management including thorough documentation and care coordination.
• Experience with Quality and Advanced clinical exercise physiology expertise, assessment, and programming abilities
• Quality and safety leadership experience

Nice To Haves

• Two (2) Years of cardiac and/or pulmonary rehab experience
• Master's Degree in Exercise Physiology, Exercise Science, Kinesiology

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates foundational knowledge pertaining to the design, evaluation and standards of exercise programs for Cardiac and/ Or Pulmonary Rehab patients.
• Trained to obtain a medical history through patient interview and review of the medical record; review medications with patients; assess symptoms and vital signs; measure heart rate, blood pressure, blood glucose, and interpret ECGs during rest and exercise.
• Assigns and instructs appropriate exercise levels (METs) and/or modalities with respect to the patients' age, health status, physical and/or mental limitations, and capacity to perform within the exercise prescription set forth by the patient's physician.
• Functions as an essential member of a multidisciplinary team by directing, coordinating and providing special expertise to staff, patient and families including but not limited to day to day planning and conduction of disease specific exercise, education and lifestyle management intervention, including but not limited to nutrition, blood pressure management, medication compliance, stress management, symptom recognition, smoking cessation, lipid management, risk factor modification and independent exercise.
• Provides immediate and ongoing education/information to patient/participants regarding monitoring of their vital signs in class and at home, prescription and OTC medications, coronary artery disease risk factors, modification of exercise with regards to temperature extremes, stress reduction techniques, recognition of angina and heart attack symptoms, and appropriate increases/changes in workloads.
• Provides inpatient mobility, activities of daily living and education following a developed plan of care per delegation by therapists or floor RN.
• Obtains and records patient vital signs, BP, HR, O2 sats as assigned.
• Completes individualized treatment plans for cardiac and/or pulmonary rehab patients.
• Participates in quality and patient safety initiatives.
• Assists in training new caregivers and students, and other duties assigned.

Benefits

• generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level