Clinical Exercise Physiologist: FT Days

Position Highlights:

• Lifestyle: Sandusky was voted "Best Coastal Small Town in America". You will have the opportunity to enjoy living and working in this growing area along the beautiful shores of Lake Erie.
• Work/life: Variable start times 6:30am-8am to 3pm-4:30pm. You will find support to help you manage your personal life while building a career.
• Employee-centric: Tuition reimbursement, loan forgiveness, comprehensive major medical, dental and vision insurance, paid time off, 401(k), health and wellness offerings, monthly employee events, and more.

About Firelands Health:

Our goal at Firelands Health is to be the best & preferred independent healthcare employer for the Sandusky Bay region.

Firelands Health is the area's largest and most comprehensive resource for quality medical care. We are "big enough to care for you, and small enough to care about you". We are locally managed and governed as a not-for-profit healthcare facility, serving the counties of Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Huron, covering a regional service area with over 300,000 residents. Our mission is to provide excellent healthcare, promote community wellness, and improve the lives we serve.

Our Core ACE Values: Attitude: We choose to be positive and inclusive every day. Commitment: We are committed to exceed the expectations of those we serve. Enthusiasm: We will work passionately to make a difference.

What You Will Do:

• Coordinates and provides exercise related consulting and conducts assessments and individualized training to guide and strengthen the lifestyles of those with cardiovascular and pulmonary disease and disorders.
• Demonstrates skill and competency related to blood pressure monitoring, EKG monitoring and assessment, oxygen saturation monitoring of patients for appropriate response to exercise.
• Plans, implements, and supervises exercise prescription and progression for patients with cardiovascular and pulmonary disease.
• Assesses patients for appropriateness for exercise, potential problems or limitations that impact exercise based on their individual needs and goals.
• Determines exercise prescription based on ACSM (American College of Sports Medicine) guidelines for exercise prescription specific to the cardiopulmonary population.
• Measures physiological and subjective responses to exercise at appropriate intervals during test. Records, organizes, and performs necessary calculations of test data for interpretation.
• Serves as a clinical resource to team members specific to the skills and knowledge of exercise physiology.
• Communicates observations, changes in patient's progress, identified problems/concerns to physicians and healthcare team members within appropriate time frame as determined by situation.
• Effectively communicates with patients, families, physicians, and team members.
• Accurately assesses patient before, during and after exercise.
• Documents appropriate patient information regarding each exercise session.
• Provides quality and effective patient education and documentation.
• Develops and implements patient/family teaching plan based on identified health education needs.
• Evaluates and documents effectiveness of patient/family teaching.
• Recognizes and identifies critical changes in patient's status which requires immediate action.
• Assures continuity of care through follow-up with patient and appropriate healthcare providers
• Assesses patient's educational, rehabilitative, and risk factor modification needs to plan and provide care based on assessed needs and documents.
• Monitors the patient's clinical course utilizing assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Interprets EKG and bases care and/or treatment on EKG findings.
• Monitors patient's responses of heart rate, rhythm, blood pressure, perceived exertion, pulse oximetry, and other signs and symptoms to exercise intensity and duration and makes adjustments to exercise.
• Provides and performs patient education and orientation to the outpatient program and ensures understanding.
• Accurately enters patient charges for services into Meditech.
• Promotes patient safety through:
  • Patient instruction on proper use of exercise equipment.
  • Correction of patient behaviors or positioning during exercise that increase risk of injury.
  • Ensure 100% patient compliance with use of equipment safety mechanisms.

What You Will Need:

• Bachelor's degree in Exercise Science. Exercise specialist certification by ACSM is preferred.
• BLS and ACLS certification.
• Minimum one year of clinical experience in a cardiopulmonary rehab setting preferred.
• Ability to utilize specialized equipment and computer-based equipment and programs.
• Ability to understand and effectively communicate in both oral and written form.
• Ability to serve as a positive role model displaying enthusiasm, positive interpersonal interactions, and health promotion.

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