Exercise Specialist

Woodland Healthcare • Woodland, CA

6d

About The Position

The exercise specialist is responsible, in coordination with the cardiac conditioning nurse, for routine operations of the cardiac-conditioning program. This responsibility includes facilitating the patient's functional progression by ensuring standards of exercise principles as individually prescribed according to specific cardiac diagnosis. This position is responsible for support of patient progress in a manner consistent with the existing and developing policies, and in accordance with the mission statement.

Requirements

• Bachelors Of Science emphasis in exercise physiology or,
• Bachelors Of Arts emphasis in exercise physiology or equivalent degree.
• Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support.
• Proficiency with cardiac telemetry monitoring essential. Familiarity with treatment for specific cardiac diagnoses. Proficiency with prescribing exercise for a variety of patient populations, both diseased and healthy.
• Requires full range of body motion including handling and assisting in lifting and positioning of patients, good manual and finger dexterity and good hand and eye coordination. Requires walking, bending and occasional standing for extensive periods of time. Requires some lifting and carrying of objects weighing up to 30 pounds. Requires corrected vision and hearing, working in stressful or emergency situations.

Responsibilities

• Facilitating the patient's functional progression by ensuring standards of exercise principles as individually prescribed according to specific cardiac diagnosis.
• Support of patient progress in a manner consistent with the existing and developing policies

What This Job Offers

• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees