Exercise Physiologist BS

Memorial Health Ohio•Paris Township, OH

About The Position

The Exercise Physiologist completes assessments and maintains records for adult fitness, employee fitness, and cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation programs. The role monitors rehabilitation patients, develops patient problem lists and desired outcomes, implements individualized plans of care, and educates patients according to their age, comprehension, physical and psychosocial needs, and social and cultural status. The Exercise Physiologist works with Wellness Center clients, including sick, injured, or disabled patients, to support ambulation and exercise. The role demonstrates and explains exercise programs and equipment, recognizes complications, and performs CPR as needed. In collaboration with other staff, the position helps coordinate rehabilitation, adult fitness, employee fitness, health fairs, program development, and patient incentive programs. Additional work includes verifying insurance benefits, communicating with patients and care teams, helping schedule diagnostic tests, completing program paperwork, and participating in quality improvement efforts. The role also checks, cleans, tests, and calibrates equipment; manages supplies; performs patient charging and information retrieval; and evaluates patient care based on assessment findings.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science or master’s degree in exercise physiology or a related field.
Experience in all aspects of wellness and/or cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, including telemetry monitoring.
Completion of BLS; maintain continuous American Heart Association BLS certification.
Attain American Heart Association ACLS certification within four months of employment and maintain continuous certification.

Responsibilities

Complete assessments for adult fitness, employee fitness, and cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation; complete charts and enroll patients in appropriate computer programs.
Prepare and maintain patient records and reports.
Monitor cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation patients, including taking blood pressure, pulse, and pulse oximetry measurements.
Take body composition, body, and flexibility measurements; perform CPR as required.
Identify patient problems or cardiopulmonary diagnoses and desired outcomes, and implement individualized plans of care and patient education.
Assist sick, injured, or disabled Wellness Center clients with ambulation and exercise; demonstrate, orient, and instruct patients on programs and exercise equipment.
Recognize patient complications and respond appropriately; perform CPR as needed.
Help administer and coordinate cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, adult fitness, and employee fitness programs.
Assist with health fairs, new program development, and patient incentive programs.
Contact insurance companies to verify patient benefits and coverage.
Communicate with patients, families, coworkers, departments, ancillary services, physicians, and physician staff about wellness education and patient needs.
Help complete weekly, monthly, and discharge paperwork and charts for cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation patients.
Assist with scheduling diagnostic tests related to patient programs.
Identify department cost-saving opportunities and participate in department quality reviews, quality improvement studies, and hospital TQM efforts.
Perform daily crash cart checks; inspect, clean, test, and calibrate diagnostic and therapeutic equipment as available.
Order and stock supplies; use a computer for patient charging and information retrieval.
Assess patients’ physical and psychosocial status, spiritual needs, language barriers, mental state, and knowledge and understanding; evaluate care using assessment findings.