Exercise Specialist
Woodland Healthcare
- Woodland, California, United States
- Woodland, California, United States
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Job Summary and Responsibilities As our Exercise Specialist you are responsible, in coordination with the cardiac conditioning nurse, for routine operations of the cardiac-conditioning program. Every day you will facilitate the patient's functional progression by ensuring standards of exercise principles as individually prescribed according to specific cardiac diagnosis. To be successful in this role you will be responsible for support of patient progress in a manner consistent with the existing and developing policies, and in accordance with the mission statement.
Offers education related to the cardiac disease process, medications affecting hemodynamics and exercise regime and lifestyle health behaviors. Teaches coronary risk factor information to patients, family community and staff. Integrates appropriate referral and counseling abilities into routine care of patients Conducts recruitment of prospective program participants Motivates patients to insure quality of results and patient satisfaction Performs ongoing patient assessments regarding educational, physiological and emotional needs. Job RequirementsBachelors Of Science emphasis in exercise physiology or, Bachelors Of Arts emphasis in exercise physiology or equivalent degree. Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association. Advanced Cardiac Life Support. Proficiency with cardiac telemetry monitoring essential. Familiarity with treatment for specific cardiac diagnoses. Proficiency with prescribing exercise for a variety of patient populations, both diseased and healthy. Requires full range of body motion including handling and assisting in lifting and positioning of patients, good manual and finger dexterity and good hand and eye coordination. Requires walking, bending and occasional standing for extensive periods of time. Requires some lifting and carrying of objects weighing up to 30 pounds. Requires corrected vision and hearing, working in stressful or emergency situations.
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- English
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