Exercise Physiologist
About The Position
St. Joseph Health has been caring for the communities in and surrounding the Brazos Valley since 1936 (Bryan/College Station, Navasota, Caldwell, Madisonville (TX)). St. Joseph has a Level III Trauma Center, the first Joint Commission certified Primary Stroke Center and the first accredited Chest Pain Center in the Brazos Valley. St. Joseph Health is a leader in critical care and the largest provider of cardiovascular care in the region. As an integrated healthcare system St. Joseph Health includes a comprehensive network of over 100 employed providers including primary care physicians specialists and advanced practice clinicians. The network includes more than 30 ambulatory clinics featuring Primary Care, Express Clinics and Imaging and Diagnostic Services. As our Exercise Physiologist, you will provide direct, safe, and best-practice driven care primarily in cardiac/pulmonary rehabilitation, collaborating extensively with a multi-disciplinary team, cardiologists, and various hospital staff to ensure optimal patient outcomes. Every day you will establish and update individualized exercise prescriptions, orient patients to equipment and safety protocols, and conduct functional fitness testing and body composition analysis. You will provide essential patient and family education, supervise and monitor exercise sessions, meticulously document and maintain current clinical data and program records, adjusting treatment plans as appropriate. To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate a deep understanding of patient needs, consistently working collaboratively in a diverse and multicultural environment. You will effectively partner with physicians and clinical staff in goal-setting, consistently utilizing work practices aligned with safety, security, and infection control policies, all while actively contributing to a positive quality work environment.
Requirements
- Bachelors Of Science Exercise Physiology, upon hire and 12 week internship or One (1) year of related work experience
- Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days
Responsibilities
- Collaborates with physicians and nursing staff to identify patients requiring mobilization plans of care
- Collaborates with nursing to develop and implement individualized mobilization plans of care for patients
- Collaborates with nursing to evaluate effectiveness of the plan of care in achieving desired outcomes and revises plan of care as needed
- Interdepartmental liaison between the recovery room, intensive care areas and the floors to promote continuity of care and discharge planning
- Communicates treatment plan with collaborative team members – medical, nursing, PT, OT, SW, Case Manager
- Monitors patient for ECG changes, cardiac arrhythmias, blood pressure and symptoms before, during and after exercise
- Establish and update individualized exercise prescriptions
- Orient patients to equipment and safety protocols
- Conduct functional fitness testing and body composition analysis
- Provide essential patient and family education
- Supervise and monitor exercise sessions
- Meticulously document and maintain current clinical data and program records, adjusting treatment plans as appropriate
- Demonstrate a deep understanding of patient needs
- Consistently working collaboratively in a diverse and multicultural environment
- Effectively partner with physicians and clinical staff in goal-setting
- Consistently utilizing work practices aligned with safety, security, and infection control policies
- Actively contributing to a positive quality work environment
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
