Wellness Center Assistant (4295)

WACO FAMILY MEDICINE • Waco, TX

11d • Onsite

About The Position

The Wellness Center Assistant will maintain the efficiency and efficacy of various operations within the Wellness Center, including patient contact and enrollment, data collection and reporting, and scheduling. This role involves designing individualized exercise prescriptions for specific populations, creating and implementing fitness classes for employees, patients, and community members, and serving as a research liaison for wellness-focused projects. The assistant will also compile patient stories for various publications and assist with administrative tasks such as answering phones and running errands.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Physiology, Kinesiology, or related field.
• Understanding of determinants of health and health behavior/change theory.
• Knowledge of American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) exercise guidelines.
• Ability to design individualized exercise prescriptions.
• Ability to take manual hemodynamic measurements.
• Highly efficient organizational and planning skills as reflected in abilities to create and maintain organizational systems, prioritize multiple tasks, and produce timely quality results.
• Ability to manage multiple schedules (volunteers and patients) in order to best serve patients.
• Ability to work well with and communicate with patients, staff, care providers, and community members.
• Ability to handle sensitive patient information with confidentiality.
• CPR Certification Required (BLS Certification Preferred).
• Visual and auditory accuracy.
• Indoor setting.
• Continuous use of computer and calculator.
• Frequent periods of sitting.
• Frequent use of telephone.
• Continuous repetitive grasping and manipulation of both hands.
• Continuous conversational communication.
• Occasional reaching, walking, squatting, bending, kneeling, twisting and climbing.
• Occasionally carrying, lifting, pushing and pulling of up to 25 lbs.
• Occasionally working in confined, noisy, dusty areas.
• Frequent use of personal car.
• Understand/carry out simple/detailed, oral/written instructions.
• Memorize and retain instructions.
• Read and interpret detailed specifications.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the efficiency and efficacy of Wellness Center patient contact & enrollment, patient data collection and reporting, and scheduling.
• Maintain the efficiency and efficacy of patient training in physical activity by creating and implementing class/group structures, patient training objectives and assessments, and longitudinal data collection.
• Design individualized exercise prescriptions for specific populations such as those with chronic diseases.
• Design and implement fitness classes for employees (including short term trainings on using equipment), patients, community members.
• Serve as research liaison on wellness-focused projects.
• Compile patient stories suitable for publication in newsletters, grant proposals, media posts.
• Assist with Wellness Center phones and errands.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level