Cardiac Rehab Exercise Specialist - Casual

Job Summary

Work schedule:

This is a casual position. Casual employees work on an ‘as needed’ basis to meet the needs of the business. Work days/hours will often vary from week to week. Must work 2, 8-hour shifts per month.

To provide safe and effective exercise and to provide quality care to adult clients involved in the Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs.

Ask your recruiter/hiring manager about the following incentives that may be available for this position:

• Shift differentials & other financial incentives
• Tuition assistance
• Academic sponsorship with Methodist College
• Free parking

Essential Functions

Admission assessment completed upon arrival to the unit and based upon identified patient needs.

• Consistently formulates initial exercise prescription prior to patient’s first exercise session.
• Consistently reviews patients history and prioritizes rehab activities according to participant’s needs.
• Consistently reviews graded exercise test and formulates exercise prescription accordingly.

Formulation of initial exercise plan to include physical needs, stated patient goals, and discharge plan.

• Consistently assesses patient’s functional capacity.
• Consistently identifies patient’s likes/dislikes regarding activity.
• Consistently identifies patient’s likes/dislikes regarding exercise.
• Consistently formulates home exercise program for patient.

Assesses the patient’s tolerance to activity/learning opportunities.

• Consistently reviews and updates patient exercise prescription each session.
• Consistently notes modifications in patient’s exercise prescription due to patient’s physical response to prescribed activity.
• Consistently assess participant’s response to learning opportunities.
• Consistently develops further learning opportunities when needed.

Implements and documents actual plan of care.

• Consistently documents participant’s tolerance of prescribed activity by documenting Rated Perceived Exertion (RPE), Rating of Perceived Dyspnea (RPD), Hazard Ratio (HR), Electrocardiogram (EKG).
• Consistently documents exercise prescription on daily exercise sheet.
• Consistently updates participant’s home exercise plan on the daily exercise sheet on a weekly basis.
• Consistently records participant’s activity plan on risk factor/goal sheets.
• Consistently documents significant change and/or abnormal findings on daily exercise sheet.
• Consistently records attendance of participant’s at learning opportunities.

Demonstrates use of other health team members in planning participant outcomes.

• Consistently consults with other professionals regarding participant’s individual needs.
• Consistently reviews, through case studies, participant’s individual activity plan.

Demonstrates ability to maintain area updated on current trends on the field of exercise science.

• Consistently directs projects that maintain staff current in the field of exercise science.

• Graduate of an accredited college with a major in exercise science required.
• Masters level preferred.
• Satisfactory completion of annual mandatory education requirements.

• Three to six months previous experience in a cardiac rehabilitation program or internship.
• One to three months on-the-job training.

• Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) strongly preferred at time of hire, required within 3 months of hire.
• Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist (RCEP) is preferred.
• American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification required.

• EKG Telemetry Monitoring course required.

• Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force.

• Occasionally Performed (1%-33%):
  • Climbing
  • Crawling
  • Kneeling
  • Sitting
• Frequently Performed (34%-66%):
  • Balancing
  • Carrying
  • Crouching
  • Distinguish colors
  • Keyboarding/typing
  • Lifting
  • Pulling/Pushing
  • Repetitive Motions
  • Standing
  • Stooping/bending
  • Twisting
  • Walking
• Constantly Performed (67%-100%):
  • Fingering/Touching
  • Grasping
  • Hearing
  • Reaching
  • Seeing/Visual
  • Speaking/talking

• Not Related:
  • Explosives (pressurized gas)
  • Electrical Shock/Static
  • Radiation Alpha, Beta and Gamma (particles such as X-ray, Cat Scan, Gamma Knife, etc)
  • Radiation…