Exercise Specialist Non-Invasive Cardiology - Cardiovascular - .9 FTE

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Summary

Job Description

Job Duties

• Ensure that all accurate and clinically relevant information is communicated with patients, their families and co-workers at hand offs and other times as needed.
• Take all measures necessary to ensure that the appropriate and involved parties have communicated necessary information in order to allow for the best possible patient outcome.
• Assesses and evaluates new patients at intake into program
• Conducts orientation session with patient, which includes interpretation of exercise prescription, guidelines for safety, and overview of program.
• Assists participant in goal-setting during the initial evaluation and throughout the program, and participates in discharge planning.
• Assists in determining progression of exercise program
• Conducts exercise therapy session in a safe professional manner.
• Provides selected classes in patient and family education in areas of expertise.
• Competent with patient assessment and plan of care including consideration of biophysical, psychosocial, spiritual, environmental, self care, educational, and discharge planning.
• Demonstrates competency in implementing the patient's plan of care, including writing exercise prescriptions, calculating target heart rate, and educational sessions.
• Demonstrates clinical competency and practices within established standards of the American College of Sports Medicine and American Association of Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehab
• Demonstrates competency in responding to emergencies and life threatening situations, including management of angina, and arrhythmias within the scope of the ES practice
• Follows Mercy's safety guidelines, carries out job-specific safety duties and responsibilities, and promptly reports any unsafe conditions, situations, incidents and injuries.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Sound background in exercise and health promotion principles and procedures.
• Interest in cardiac/pulmonary rehab, cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases and educational strategies for CAD and Pulmonary risk management.

Professional Experience

• Working knowledge of principles of cardiac and pulmonary disease processes preferred.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Allied Health Field or Nursing, with course work specific to basic exercise science, health promotion, and health risk appraisal techniques highly preferred.

Licensure, Certification, Registration

• Current certification in Basic Cardiac Life Support, in accordance with the American Heart Association required
• American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support required or may obtain within 6 months of hire
• Cardiac Imaging - Iowa Dependent Adult Abuse Mandatory Reporter training required. Employee must submit certification of completed training to Human Resources prior to start or transfer date.
• Cardiac Imaging - American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) certification as Exercise Specialist preferred.
• Cardiac/Pulmonary Rehab - American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) certification as Exercise Specialist required or may obtain within 1 year of hire.

Pay Rate Type

Mercy is an independent, community-based organization supporting the Cedar Rapids area for over 120 years.

Mercy is an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion and therefore evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.