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Exercise Physiologist - Cardiopulmonary Rehab, Full-time, Days, Baptist Hospital

Baptist Health Care

Pensacola, Florida

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JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Basic Life Support (BLS), Biomedicine, Cardiac Monitoring, Cardiology, Cardiovascular, Cerebral Vascular Accident, Clinical Medicine, Communication Skills, Discharge Plans, Drug Development, Exercise Science, Fitness, Healthcare, Healthcare Providers, Hospital, Leadership, Literacy, Medicare, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Needs Assessment, Nonprofit, Nutrition, Operational Support, Orthopedics, Patient Admissions, Patient Assessment, Patient Care, Patient Education, Physiology, Prescription Drugs, Primary Care, Quality of Care, Quality of Life, Respiratory Medicine, Risk, Risk Management, Sports Medicine, Team Lead/Manager, Telemetry, Testing, Training/Teaching, Treatment Evaluation, Treatment Plan
LOCATION
Pensacola, Florida
POSTED
30+ days ago
JOB DESCRIPTION

The Exercise Physiologist is responsible for the administration, clinical planning, development, and operations of the Baptist Health Care cardiopulmonary rehab program and staffing. The position works directly with the program manager to update and improve patient-centered care based on changing trends in cardiac and/or pulmonary rehabilitation. The position participates in the processes of assisting the patient with cardiovascular risk factor reduction and performs initial and ongoing assessments of patients' individualized treatment plan (ITP) in collaboration with other health care team members. The position fosters patient learning by providing ongoing patient education based on their needs and wants. The Exercise Physiologist works with students and/or collegiate interns to cultivate continuous learning to meet their educational goals as determined by their clinical experience requirements to include initial patient care assessments, evaluations, and appropriateness to modify patient goals and individual treatment plans.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Assesses and evaluates new patients at intake into program.
  • Assists cardiac and pulmonary patients in goal-setting during the initial evaluation and throughout the program, and participates in discharge planning.
  • Conducts orientation session with patient, which includes interpretation of graded exercise test (GXT) results if available, performs fit testing of exercise prescription, guidelines for safety, and overview of program.
  • Assesses and evaluates the patient's GXT, fitness assessments, and medical data, and develops a safe and effective exercise prescription for the patient utilizing the appropriate mode, intensity, duration and frequency of exercise.
  • Conducts and monitors each exercise plan to include implementing safety parameters when appropriate.
  • Provides educational and training classes for patients/family/support system as needs are identified.
  • Monitors equipment daily and alerts department leadership and Bio-Medical Services for repair as needed.
  • References and complies with BHC Organizational and BHVI Program policies and protocols.
  • Assist in other duties as assigned to support the operational needs of the department and organization.
  • May be required to remain on campus immediately before, during, and after severe weather and/or disasters.


QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Education
  • Bachelor's Degree Exercise Science, Kinesiology, Exercise Physiology Required

Minimum Work Experience
  • Completion of Collegiate Internship Required or
  • 1-3 years Cardiac or Pulmonary Rehab experience Required

Licenses and Certifications
  • BLS for Healthcare Providers (BLS) American Heart Association within 30 Days Required
  • National Institutes Of Health Stroke Scale (NIH) within 30 Days Required
  • ACSM-Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist within 18 Months Required

Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
  • Knowledge and/or experience in techniques/skills required for Cardiac and/or Pulmonary Rehabilitation (Medicare/AACVPR guidelines).
  • Knowledge in exercise physiology, exercise prescription, nutrition, risk factor modification, counseling techniques, behavioral modification techniques, ability to perform individual and group educational programs for patients/ family members.
  • Ability to lead individual and group exercise programs to include needed educational sessions to maximize the patient experience.
  • Uses the Intradisciplinary approach and hospital and/or community resources whenever a patient might present with unique needs: Health Literacy; Dietary; Smoking/Tobacco/Vaping cessation; psychosocial; socioeconomics and/or medical compliance.
  • Skill in educating patients, families, students and peers using various learning techniques and verifies/confirms understanding/comprehension
  • Ability to identify learning needs and foster learning.
  • Ability to implement and enforce safety measures for patients and peers.
  • Ability to communicate constructive feedback to optimize learning and establishes expectations.
  • Ability to interpret cardiac rhythms and work with ScottCare/Versa Care telemetry monitoring system.


ABOUT US

Baptist Health Care is a not-for-profit health care system committed to improving the quality of life for people and communities in northwest Florida and south Alabama. The organization includesthree hospitals, four medical parks,Andrews Institute for Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine, and an extensive primary and specialty care provider

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