Exercise Specialist
About The Position
Saint Luke's South Hospital is seeking a PRN Exercise Specialist for Cardiac Rehabilitation. The Exercise Specialist develops, facilitates, and leads exercise programs tailored to each patient's health and abilities. Working with nursing and the multidisciplinary team, the role helps identify risk factors and safe exercise parameters for cardiac rehabilitation patients. Its primary purpose is to develop fitness programs that improve the health of people with heart disease. The Exercise Specialist creates individualized, evidence-based treatment plans and exercise prescriptions, leads exercise sessions, helps assess patient progress and plan for discharge, and reports changes in patient status to the supervising therapist. The role also supports and instructs other personnel, completes documentation required by policy and regulatory, insurance, and treatment-plan requirements, and participates in quality improvement and quality initiatives. Work is PRN on weekdays, with no weekends or holidays.
Requirements
- At least 1 year of applicable experience.
- Bachelor's degree.
- Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association or Red Cross.
Responsibilities
- Develop, facilitate, and lead exercise programs based on individual patients’ health and abilities in Cardiac Rehabilitation.
- Collaborate with nursing and the multidisciplinary team to identify risk factors and safe exercise parameters.
- Develop and deliver individualized, patient-centered treatment plans based on evidence-based practice, in collaboration with Nursing.
- Select appropriate interventions based on the Individual Treatment Plan and develop exercise prescriptions.
- Assist with periodic reassessment of patient progress and contribute to discharge planning.
- Provide exercise leadership, instruction, and exercise prescriptions.
- Report changes in patient status or needs to the supervising therapist in a timely manner.
- Delegate and instruct supportive personnel regarding services to be provided.
- Provide timely documentation in accordance with department or entity policy and applicable insurance, licensing, certification, regulatory, reimbursement, and physician treatment-plan requirements.
- Use professional judgment to ensure the safety of self, patients, and others.
- Participate in and potentially facilitate quality improvement projects; serve as a positive change agent and participate in quality initiatives.
- Perform other duties as requested by the manager.
