Exercise Physiologist jobs in Cleveland, OH

Job Responsibilities:

Stress testing

• Supervises all stress testing in the inpatient and outpatient setting.  Review history and physical (H&P) for test appropriateness.
• Required to have knowledge of cardiology, disease processes, multi-organ disease issues, and pharmacology as it relates to exercise.
• Proficient in 12-lead EKG interpretation and cardiac arrhythmia recognition.
• Recognizes contraindications to exercise and abnormal patient responses to exercise.
• Responds appropriately to all situations including exercise cessation and referral to medical professionals.
• Performs additional physiologic assessments as required (i.e. cardiopulmonary testing, PFTs, oximetry, ammonia PET studies 
• Responsible for coding daily procedures using current Medicare CPT and ICD10 guidelines.

Cardiac Rehabilitation

• Provides inpatient (Phase I) and outpatient (Phase II and maintenance) cardiac rehabilitation services to a variety of cardiovascular conditions.

• May provide patient testing before and after rehabilitation including strength, body composition, flexibility, balance and endurance.
• Provides exercise prescription for patients utilizing test data, patient status and current medication regimen; updates prescription according to patient response. Implements concepts of cardiac secondary prevention.
• May develop and will update cardiac rehab participants’ Individual Treatment Plans.
• Competency in blood pressure, lipid, diabetes, smoking cessation, weight management and psychosocial assessment/plan development/reassessment and symptom evaluation
• Competency in patient assessment skills such as blood pressure measurement, pulse taking, telemetry, pulse oximetry, blood glucose assessment, body composition
• Recognizes contraindications to exercise and abnormal patient responses to exercise.
• Responds appropriately to all situations including exercise cessation and referral to medical professionals.
• Provides exercise, cardiovascular health promotion and behavior change strategy information for patients, peers and the community which may include public speaking and education classes.
• Arrange for initial outpatient cardiac rehab evaluation, recurring outpatient cardiac rehab sessions and discharge from the program.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education:

• Master's Degree in exercise physiology, kinesiology, nursing, or similar related field.  

Languages:

• English required

Certifications:

• Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider.
• American College of Sports Medicine Clinical Exercise Physiologist certification is required within one year of hire date.

Competencies (Complexity of Work):

• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Work Experience:

• Minimum of 3-6 months internship or equivalent work experience working with cardiopulmonary patients and their families
• Experience and/or coursework in EKG preferred
• Experience and/or coursework in Heart Rhythm preferred
• Internship in cardiac rehab hospital or equivalent work experience preferred

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to stand and walk for long periods of time and ability to help patients stand and walk.
• Will require some lifting, bending, twisting of upper extremity to help limited patients.
• Must be able to adapt to different room temperatures.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.