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About the Role

Responsible for developing, coordinating, and implementing exercise programs and education for all phases of cardiac rehabilitation of cardiac and pulmonary patients.

Responsibilities

• Provides care including the development, implementation, and evaluation of exercise programs for patients in all phases of rehabilitation.
• Completes all required feedback and communication to patient and healthcare team including EMR documentation and reports concerning education, exercise progression, exercise treatment, and monitored physiological and vital responses of the patient.
• Assists with insurance authorization, scheduling, and billing to carry out patients’ established plans of care.
• Conducts stress testing (as needed) and interprets EMG results from stress testing or during exercise; Accurately interprets clinical data and seeks medical evaluation of such data.
• Immediately intervenes when a patient adversely responds to any education, exercise, medications, or treatment. Reports and documents events accordingly.
• Ensures that patients and their support systems understand education provided as to the patient’s medical condition, plan of care, and established exercise goals.
• Creates educational materials and session for patients and provides exercise technique instruction for treatment plans.
• Provides Clinical oversight regarding exercise for all patients at all risk levels.
• Maintains current knowledge of new programs and developments within the exercise field.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Exercise Physiology or Exercise Science.
• Obtain certification in Basic Life Support within 30 days of hire date.
• Obtain certification in Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support within 6 months of hire date.
• One (1) year experience in cardiac rehabilitation.

Skills

• Strong communication skills.
• Knowledge in working with patients at risk for or with known cardiopulmonary disease.
• Advanced knowledge of exercise physiology, nutrition, cardiac risk factors and behavioral modification strategies, counseling.
• Appropriate judgment and problem solving skills.

Location

• South Charleston, West Virginia

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 1 year experience in cardiac rehabilitation

Education Level

• Bachelors degree in Exercise Physiology or Exercise Science
• Masters degree in Exercise Physiology or Exercise Science
• Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist (RCEP) Certification OR Certified Cardiac Rehabilitation Professional (CCRP) Certification

About the Company

• THOM Thomas Hospitals

Equal Opportunity

• West Virginia University Health System and its subsidiaries (collectively "WVUHS") is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. WVUHS strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. All WVUHS employees, other workers, and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.