Exercise Physiologist - PRN - Fond du Lac

Job Highlights :

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Position Specific Information

Location : St. Agnes Hospital

430 E Division St

Fond du Lac, WI 54935

Schedule : PRN - on an as needed basis to cover PTO and call-ins.

Qualification / Ideal candidate : Must have a Bachelor's degree

Job Summary :

Provides direct patient care to cardiac and pulmonary rehab patients including various types of monitoring, education and therapeutic exercise programs.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements :

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develops exercise prescription and oversees exercise progression in patients (often with cardiovascular or pulmonary disease) within a rehabilitation setting
• Provides exercise prescription for patients utilizing test data, patient status and current medication regimen; updates prescription according to the patient's response
• Provides patient testing before and after rehabilitation including strength, body composition, flexibility, balance and endurance
• Assesses hemodynamic response and patient tolerance to activity progression and utilizes information to provide appropriate exercise prescription
• Performs appropriate documentation of monitored ambulation, education and discharge planning per departmental policies, guidelines and practices as pertinent for setting.
• Provides exercise information for patients, peers and the community which may include public speaking and education classes
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

Bachelor's degree

EXPERIENCE

No experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Constant standing.
• Frequent lifting / carrying and pushing / pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.
• Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and / or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more).
• Frequent walking, reaching, gripping and keyboard use / data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, climbing, kneeling, sitting, squatting, twisting and repetitive foot / leg and hand / arm movements.
• Occasional lifting / carrying and pushing / pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Occasional lifting / moving patients.
• Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Occasional driving.
• Rare crawling.

Licenses / Certifications :

Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA), FUTURE - Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) within 90 days - American Heart Association (AHA)

Work Shift :

Day Shift (United States of America)

Job Type : Employee

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