Supervisor Cardiac Rehab
About The Position
The Supervisor of Cardiac Rehab provides leadership and oversight for rehabilitative care and education for cardiac patients. The role manages daily operations, leads and mentors healthcare professionals, develops individualized treatment plans, and monitors patient progress to support recovery and sustainable lifestyle changes. The supervisor oversees the assigned work unit to promote safe, appropriate, timely, and cost-effective patient care that complies with organizational values, professional standards, internal policies and procedures, and applicable regulations. The role helps develop and implement clinical systems and programs, procedures, guidelines, and training materials; monitors performance and quality; reports on key indicators; and collaborates with other departments to improve services and resolve problems. The position assesses cardiac and pulmonary patients for entry into phase II monitored or phase III unmonitored programs, prepares required patient charts and forms, and enters participation information into the Scott Care System. It also involves measuring and assessing patient vital signs, oxygen saturation, EKGs, and lung sounds.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 1 year of experience in the discipline, or 3 years of experience in the discipline.
- Basic Life Support (BLS).
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).
Responsibilities
- Supervise daily operations of the assigned work unit to ensure safe and appropriate patient care, clinical performance, timely and cost-effective activities, and compliance with standards and requirements.
- Participate in developing and implementing clinical systems and programs to enhance services and improve standards of care.
- Recommend and implement procedures, guidelines, and training materials to support regulatory and accreditation compliance.
- Ensure work-unit activities, productivity, and quality indicators are documented according to CHI-FH guidelines.
- Produce and present reports on key performance indicators and benchmarking metrics.
- Collaborate with other departments to address problems, share information, and improve effectiveness and productivity.
- Continuously monitor services, patient outcomes, quality control, patient and family satisfaction, staffing needs, and operational effectiveness.
- Assess the assigned clinical area or facility for opportunities to improve quality and performance, and recommend initiatives.
- Ensure internal controls support accurate, complete, and compliant programs and processes.
- Identify needed changes in standards, programs, and services and develop recommendations for the Director.
- Interview and assess new cardiac and pulmonary patients for entry into phase II monitored or phase III unmonitored programs, and create patient charts with required forms.
- Enter required participation information into the Scott Care System, including demographics, medical information, exercise prescriptions, quality-of-life surveys, shortness-of-breath surveys, and nutritional-habits surveys.
- Measure participants’ height, weight, resting and exercise blood pressure, and resting and exercise oxygen saturation.
- Assess resting and exercise EKGs and auscultate lungs to evaluate breath sounds.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
