Lead Exercise Physiologist - Cardiac Rehab - FT Days

HonorHealth • Scottsdale, AZ

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About The Position

Looking to be part of something more meaningful? At HonorHealth, you’ll be part of a team, creating a multi-dimensional care experience for our patients. You’ll have opportunities to make a difference. From our Ambassador Movement to our robust training and development programs, you can select where and how you want to make an impact. HonorHealth offers a diverse benefits portfolio for our full-time and part-time team members designed to help you and your family live your best lives. Visit honorhealth.com/benefits to learn more. Join us. Let’s go beyond expectations and transform healthcare together. HonorHealth is one of Arizona’s largest nonprofit healthcare systems, serving a population of five million people in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area. The comprehensive network encompasses six acute-care hospitals, an extensive medical group with primary, specialty and urgent care services, a cancer care network, outpatient surgery centers, clinical research, medical education, a foundation, an accountable care organization, community services and more. With nearly 17,000 team members, 3,700 affiliated providers and close to 2,000 volunteers dedicated to providing high quality care, HonorHealth strives to go beyond the expectations of a traditional healthcare system to improve the health and well-being of communities across Arizona. Learn more at HonorHealth.com.

Job Summary
The Lead Exercise Physiologist is a member of a multi-disciplinary team which offers comprehensive treatment strategies to provide positive outcomes of individual participants and for the overall Cardiac Rehabilitation program. The Lead Exercise Physiologist acts as a subject matter expert for all phases Cardiac Rehabilitation to develop, implement, monitor and evaluates exercise programs for patients with cardiovascular disease and other co-morbidities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Exercise Physiology, Kinesiology, or related field
• 1 year Exercise Science
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Rehab\ACSM - Exercise Specialist or Personal Trainer 180 Days

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree Exercise Science or Related
• More than a year experience

Responsibilities

• Applies critical thinking to assess, plan, and implement day-to-day cardiac rehab operations, and communicates updates to team members. Delegates team member duties in relation to patient needs, and manage evolving demands from team members, physicians, equipment, and scheduling. Leads daily huddles and monthly meetings as assigned. Assists with patient reviews to determine program eligibility and support weekly staff timecard review and approvals. Serves as a resource to others, including staff, patients, families, physicians, and visitors. Facilitates inter/intra departmental communications and promotes problem solving.
• Independently and collaboratively and performs patient assessments/re-assessments, education, and comprehensive documentation of patients’ individual exercise programs. Monitors and records patient responses to rehab program. Collaborates with members of the multidisciplinary team and modifies and/or progresses patient exercises according to the rehab policies and procedures. Communicates all appropriate exercise responses to the patient’s physician and implements adjustments, if necessary, based on physician recommendation. Supports daily supervision of individual and group exercise programs.
• Contributes as an active participant on the cardiac rehab team. Maintains competency of department safety policy and procedures.
• Performs other departmental duties related to health promotion, staff meetings, public relations, marketing of Exercise Rehabilitation program, record keeping, and scheduling, measures/fits clients for compression garments.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees