When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.
Contributes to the Hospital’s mission to care, to heal, and to excel in service to our community by providing rehabilitative exercise and education to facilitate a healthier lifestyle. This clinical staff position will have an impact on patient satisfaction by providing the patient with a program that can increase their exertion level and lead to a healthy lifestyle.
Job Description:
QUALIFICATIONS
Education Required: Bachelors degree in Exercise Physiology
Experience Preferred: At least one year of exercise stress testing, or cardiac rehab
Other Skills/Knowledge Required:
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Basic Computer Skills
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EPIC training
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For safety and quality reasons, must be able to read, write and communicate effectively in English with patients, visitors, and fellow members of the hospital team
LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS:
ACSM Clinical Exercise Physiologist Certification preferred
LIFE SUPPORT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED: ACLS
POPULATION SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: Adults, Geriatrics
JOB FUNCTIONS
Consistent with the WE CARE principles and inherent in a hospital environment, employees must be flexible in meeting patients’ and the Hospital’s needs. While the list below describes the primary functions of this job, all employees at Winchester Hospital need to recognize that an essential element of their job is the ability to respond to unanticipated and/or changing situations. This may result in assuming responsibilities or tasks which are not on this list.
As part of the Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehab team, this position:
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Evaluates patient’s stress test to develop an individualized exercise plan.
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Recommends exercise plan and receives approval from Cardiologist or Pulmonologist.
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Reviews exercise plan and instructs patient on the proper use of exercise equipment.
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Reviews rate of exertion scale with patient and explains how each level of the scale is defined.
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Monitors the patient during their exercise routine, periodically checking blood pressure, heart rate and oxygen saturation.
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Recommends the proper exercise routine for the patient to continue at home upon discharge from program.
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Maintains proper function and cleanliness of equipment.
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Assists with emergency situation when they occur.
Pay Range:
$28.00 – $37.68
The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.
