Cardiac Rehabilitation Coordinator

SSM Health • Lake Saint Louis, MO

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Provides direct patient care to cardiac and pulmonary rehab patients including various types of monitoring, education and therapeutic exercise programs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• No experience required
• State of Work Location: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin
• Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)

Responsibilities

• Assesses patient needs daily through chart review, unit nurses or cardiac nurse, physicians and interdisciplinary team.
• Provides exercise prescription for patients utilizing test data, patient status and current medication regimen; updates prescription according to the patient's response.
• Schedules and coordinates patient assessment, testing, results reporting, treatment and follow up as needed.
• Assesses hemodynamic response and patient tolerance to activity progression and utilizes information to provide appropriate exercise prescription.
• Performs appropriate documentation of monitored ambulation, education and discharge planning per departmental policies, guidelines and practices as pertinent for setting.
• Participates in routine maintenance and calibration of the test equipment to ensure its proper operating condition and reporting the need for major repair.
• Assists in recruiting/interviewing and onboarding of new associates.
• Creates quality improvement monitoring strategies and improvement initiatives.
• Assist in monitoring of staff performance.
• Provides exercise information for patients, peers and the community which may include public speaking and education classes.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Paid Parental Leave: we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).
• Flexible Payment Options: our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.
• Upfront Tuition Coverage: we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.

What This Job Offers

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