Exercise Physiologist - Cardiopulmonary Rehab at Reynolds Crossing - PRN
VCU Health•Richmond, VA
•Onsite
About The Position
The Exercise Physiologist will administer physician-ordered cardiopulmonary exercise assessments, including exercise and pharmacologic cardiac stress tests. They will also develop and guide exercise treatment plans for patients with chronic diseases, primarily cardiovascular, pulmonary, and metabolic disorders. The role requires recognizing and responding immediately to potential emergency situations, and making clinical decisions about the safety and contraindications of assessment, testing, and training procedures.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Science, Exercise Physiology or related allied health field
- Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) must successfully obtain certification within the first 6 months of employment
- Current ACSM Clinical Exercise Physiologist certification
- Current CPR (BLS-C)
- Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification
Nice To Haves
- Master's Degree in Exercise Science, Exercise Physiology or related allied health field
- Two (2) years or more of experience in exercise testing of clinical cardiopulmonary populations (not athletes or apparently healthy populations) or cardiovascular/pulmonary rehabilitation environment
Responsibilities
- Administer physician-ordered cardiopulmonary exercise assessments, including exercise and pharmacologic cardiac stress tests.
- Develop and guide exercise treatment plans for patients with chronic diseases, primarily cardiovascular, pulmonary, and metabolic disorders.
- Recognize and respond immediately and appropriately to potential emergency situations.
- Make clinical decisions about safety and contraindications of assessment/testing/training procedures.
- Formulate and carry out rehabilitation prescription.
- Exercise judgment to adjust testing/exercise parameters.
- Determine when to resume or terminate assessments/exercise based on clinical observations and established protocols.
- Assist in problem-solving and ensuring a safe environment for patients as part of a self-directed team.
Benefits
- Inventing better care, day by day by discovery
- Offer the best in care
- Empower the best in quality of life
- Exciting new medicine is happening at VCU Health
- One college and four health sciences schools
- An academic medical center
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- The region’s only full-service children’s hospital
- More than 800 physicians in 200 specialties
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- Internationally known physicians
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- Driven to learn more, dig deeper, teach passionately and never rest
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