Exercise Specialist PRN

Exercise Specialist PRN

The Exercise Specialist provides clinical support to Cardiovascular Services and/or Cardiac / Pulmonary Rehabilitation.

Cardiovascular Services:
Performs all physician ordered non-invasive cardiology tests, such as 12 lead and signal averaged EKGs, a variety of cardiac stress tests in CVS and Nuclear Medicine, Holter and event monitoring, EKG's, supervises stress tests, assists physicians and other professionals in stress testing or particularly delicate or sensitive testing situations. Supervises pharmaceutical stress tests and administers Lexiscan and Definity per department policy.

Cardiac/Pulmonary Rehabilitation:
Supervision of Cardiac Rehabilitation Phase II and Phase III monitoring of patients. Prescribing phase II patients with exercise prescription per department policy. Working with cardiac rehab Phase II and Phase III patients supervising patient exercise, determination of patient exercise prescriptions and performance of body fat analysis. Documents patient performance and individual treatment plans. Employees providing direct patient care must demonstrate competencies specific to the population served.

Qualifications:

Employees providing direct patient care must demonstrate competencies specific to the population served.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in Exercise Science or a related field required.
• Previous 1 year experience in exercise testing of low and high-risk patients preferred.
• Satisfactory completion of Basic EKG and Advanced EKG courses within 12 months of hire.

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS

• BLS certification required upon hire or within the first 90 days of employment.
• ACLS certification required within 6 months of hire.
• Certified by the American College of Sports Medicine preferred.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in a clean, well-lighted & temperature controlled environment. The employee is occasionally exposed to cutting instruments or other hazardous conditions, infectious disease from blood/airborne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually mild.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• The employee is required to regularly talk and hear, stand and walk and use of hands to perform fine motor skills. He/She is occasionally required to stoop, crouch of kneel, lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and move quickly to gather equipment and medication to respond to emergency situations. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.

INTERPERSONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Regularly works with patients where social sensitivity and the ability to communicate effectively are definitely required. Must be able to work and communicate with all managers, employees, physicians, and customers with which the department does business. The specialist must be able to work well with in a small work group which includes: communicating effectively with team members, assertively handling conflict, diplomatically resolving issues, participating in problem-solving.
  
  Individuals in this position must treat everyone in a professional manner.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Demonstrates proficiency in managing PC applications.
• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
• Strong assessment skills to determine appropriateness of patient test protocol
• Critical thinking skills to determine end points of test
• Recognition of critical arrhythmias.
• Regularly works with patients where social sensitivity and the ability to communicate effectively are definitely required.

FUNCTIONS OF EXERCISE SPECIALIST IN NONINVASIVE CARDIOLOGY

• Familiarizes patient with test to be performed and preparation for the test; obtains any relevant information from the patient and available clinical records, check that labs are negative, and evaluate medication list.
• Monitors equipment during testing and makes adjustments as necessary; informs physician or other members of the professional staff of EKG abnormalities.
• Performs EKGs when patient condition warrants.
• Supervision…