Job Description
At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day.
We all have the power to help, heal and change lives - beginning with our own. That's the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One. Job Title Cardiac Exercise Physiologist
Location Akron
Facility Akron General Medical Center
Department Cardiac Testing Lab-Cleveland Clinic Akron General
Job Code D99707
Shift Days + Call
Schedule 7:00am-3:30pm/7:30am-4:30pm
Job Summary Job Details Join us at Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital where we have been providing world-class care to our community for over 100 years. Here, we strive for patient-centered care and comfort with our collaborative team of healthcare professionals. We are committed to serving the community and treating our patients as family.
As a Cardiac Exercise Physiologist, you will conduct and evaluate all exercise stress tests for both outpatients and inpatients in accordance with physician orders, clinical assessments, and established protocols. In this role, you will develop individualized exercise prescriptions and oversee safe, progressive exercise programming for patients with cardiovascular disease in a rehabilitative setting.
A caregiver in this role works days from 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. or 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. with on-call and weekend requirements. A caregiver who excels in this role will:
- Supervise all stress testing in the inpatient and outpatient setting.
- Review history and physical (H&P) for test appropriateness.
- Recognize contraindications to exercise and abnormal patient responses to exercise.
- Respond appropriately to all situations including exercise cessation and referral to medical professionals.
- Perform additional physiologic assessments as required (i.e. cardiopulmonary testing, PFTs, oximetry, ammonia PET studies, etc.).
- Be responsible for coding daily procedures using current Medicare CPT and ICD10 guidelines.
- Provide inpatient (Phase I) and outpatient (Phase II and maintenance) cardiac rehabilitation services to a variety of cardiovascular conditions.
- Provide patient testing before and after rehabilitation including strength, body composition, flexibility, balance and endurance.
- Provide exercise prescriptions for patients utilizing test data, patient status and current medication regimen.
- Update prescriptions according to patient response.
- Implement concepts of cardiac secondary prevention.
- Develop and/or update cardiac rehab participants' Individual Treatment Plans.
- Provide 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.
Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
- Master's degree in exercise physiology, kinesiology, nursing or a similar field
- Completion of a three-to-six-month internship or equivalent work experience working with cardiopulmonary patients and their families
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- American College of Sports Medicine Clinical Exercise Physiologist certification upon hire or within one year or employment
- Knowledge of cardiology, disease processes, multi-organ disease issues, and pharmacology as it relates to exercise
- Proficiency in 12-lead EKG interpretation and cardiac arrhythmia recognition
- Competency in blood pressure, lipids, diabetes, smoking cessation, weight management, 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 and body composition
Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
- Three years of Exercise Physiologist experience
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.
The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.
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Job Tags
Full time, Work experience placement, Internship, Shift work, Weekend work