What are the responsibilities and job description for the Exercise Physiologist I position at Brigham and Women's Hospital?
Site: Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, Inc.
At Mass General Brigham, we know it takes a surprising range of talented professionals to advance our mission—from doctors, nurses, business people and tech experts, to dedicated researchers and systems analysts. As a not-for-profit organization, Mass General Brigham is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community. We place great value on being a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization as we aim to reflect the diversity of the patients we serve.
At Mass General Brigham, we believe a diverse set of backgrounds and lived experiences makes us stronger by challenging our assumptions with new perspectives that can drive revolutionary discoveries in medical innovations in research and patient care. Therefore, we invite and welcome applicants from traditionally underrepresented groups in healthcare — people of color, people with disabilities, LGBTQ community, and/or gender expansive, first and second-generation immigrants, veterans, and people from different socioeconomic backgrounds – to apply.
Job Summary
The Exercise Physiologist is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the cardiac stress lab which includes the EKG department. Under the general supervision of a cardiologist, the exercise physiologist will independently perform ETT’s, stress echoes, and nuclear stress tests. Exercise physiologists are responsible for scheduling inpatient cardiac stress exams, preparing patients for cardiac stress tests, performing EKGs, recording vital signs including manual blood pressures, reviewing patient lab results, and compiling a preliminary stress test report.
Primary Responsibilities
Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, an affiliate of Mass General Brigham, is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community. We place great value on being a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization as we aim to reflect the diversity of the patients we serve. At Mass General Brigham, we believe in equal access to quality care, employment and advancement opportunities encompassing the full spectrum of human diversity: race, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability, religion, ethnicity, national origin and all the other forms of human presence and expression that make us better able to provide innovative and cutting-edge healthcare and research.
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital is a 171- bed non-profit, community teaching hospital located in Jamaica Plain directly across the street from the Arnold Arboretum. Founded in 1900, Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital offers comprehensive care in a wide variety of specialties. Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital is a designated Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, a recognition that fewer than nine percent of all US hospitals receive.
At Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, we believe that everyone should have the chance to live a healthy life. From creating breakthroughs that have paved the way for treatments around the globe to training the next generation of providers, our patients, and those we may never meet, are at the center of everything we do. If you’re looking for more than a career, join Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital. Our patients call it better care. Our employees call it home.
Remote Type
Onsite
Work Location
1153 Centre Street
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40
Employee Type
Regular
Work Shift
Day (United States of America)
EEO Statement
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, Inc. is an Affirmative Action Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
Mass General Brigham Competency Framework
At Mass General Brigham, our competency framework defines what effective leadership “looks like” by specifying which behaviors are most critical for successful performance at each job level. The framework is comprised of ten competencies (half People-Focused, half Performance-Focused) and are defined by observable and measurable skills and behaviors that contribute to workplace effectiveness and career success. These competencies are used to evaluate performance, make hiring decisions, identify development needs, mobilize employees across our system, and establish a strong talent pipeline.
At Mass General Brigham, we know it takes a surprising range of talented professionals to advance our mission—from doctors, nurses, business people and tech experts, to dedicated researchers and systems analysts. As a not-for-profit organization, Mass General Brigham is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community. We place great value on being a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization as we aim to reflect the diversity of the patients we serve.
At Mass General Brigham, we believe a diverse set of backgrounds and lived experiences makes us stronger by challenging our assumptions with new perspectives that can drive revolutionary discoveries in medical innovations in research and patient care. Therefore, we invite and welcome applicants from traditionally underrepresented groups in healthcare — people of color, people with disabilities, LGBTQ community, and/or gender expansive, first and second-generation immigrants, veterans, and people from different socioeconomic backgrounds – to apply.
Job Summary
The Exercise Physiologist is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the cardiac stress lab which includes the EKG department. Under the general supervision of a cardiologist, the exercise physiologist will independently perform ETT’s, stress echoes, and nuclear stress tests. Exercise physiologists are responsible for scheduling inpatient cardiac stress exams, preparing patients for cardiac stress tests, performing EKGs, recording vital signs including manual blood pressures, reviewing patient lab results, and compiling a preliminary stress test report.
Primary Responsibilities
- Independently performs the following cardiac stress tests: Nuclear Stress exercise, Exercise Tolerance Test (ETT); Exercise Stress Echocardiogram
- Assesses each patient via patient chart prior to testing as necessary.
- Reviews patient lab results (troponin, CPK, etc.) as necessary prior to testing.
- Explains testing procedure to patient and prepares patient for testing.
- Utilizes critical judgement skills and monitors patient for clinical responses (both normal and abnormal) based on indications for test.
- Evaluates patients hemodynamic and cardiac rhythm responses, while detecting abnormal responses to both BP and cardiac rhythms (arrythmias etc.).
- Recognizes and determines testing endpoint based on testing criteria, EKG changes or hemodynamic response, while ensuring patient safety at all times.
- Recognizes and requests cardiologist presence during testing if clinically warranted.
- Recognizes when to consult with the cardiologist prior to starting an exam if there are baseline clinical or safety concerns.
- Enters accurate test results into Epic and MUSE reporting systems.
- Creates preliminary report on cardiac database.
- Can appropriately respond to a patient emergency per hospital and department protocols.
- Ensures equipment checks and infection control procedures are performed as per policy.
- Ensures accurate data entry and verifies it is transmitted correctly.
- Covers for EKG lab techs when necessary, including performing EKGs and setting up Holter monitors.
- Required: Bachelor’s degree in exercise physiology, exercise science, or kinesiology
- Required: current BLS
- Required: RCEP or ACSM certification upon hire or within one year
- No licensure required in Massachusetts.
- At least two years of direct patient care experience required
- Applicants with a Master’s degree may be considered in lieu of experience.
- Staff adheres to all I.C.A.R.E Standards
- Performs accurate and readable EKG recordings.
- Excellent patient service skills required; supports service excellence initiatives and service excellence in all interactions with patients, patient family members/caregivers and staff.
- Can manually measure blood pressures.
- Able to recognize artifact and life-threatening arrhythmias on EKG recordings.
- Must interact respectfully with all departmental and hospital staff.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, written & oral communications with all departmental and hospital staff.
- Must be able to multi-task and think and act proactively.
Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, an affiliate of Mass General Brigham, is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community. We place great value on being a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization as we aim to reflect the diversity of the patients we serve. At Mass General Brigham, we believe in equal access to quality care, employment and advancement opportunities encompassing the full spectrum of human diversity: race, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability, religion, ethnicity, national origin and all the other forms of human presence and expression that make us better able to provide innovative and cutting-edge healthcare and research.
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital is a 171- bed non-profit, community teaching hospital located in Jamaica Plain directly across the street from the Arnold Arboretum. Founded in 1900, Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital offers comprehensive care in a wide variety of specialties. Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital is a designated Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, a recognition that fewer than nine percent of all US hospitals receive.
At Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, we believe that everyone should have the chance to live a healthy life. From creating breakthroughs that have paved the way for treatments around the globe to training the next generation of providers, our patients, and those we may never meet, are at the center of everything we do. If you’re looking for more than a career, join Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital. Our patients call it better care. Our employees call it home.
Remote Type
Onsite
Work Location
1153 Centre Street
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40
Employee Type
Regular
Work Shift
Day (United States of America)
EEO Statement
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, Inc. is an Affirmative Action Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
Mass General Brigham Competency Framework
At Mass General Brigham, our competency framework defines what effective leadership “looks like” by specifying which behaviors are most critical for successful performance at each job level. The framework is comprised of ten competencies (half People-Focused, half Performance-Focused) and are defined by observable and measurable skills and behaviors that contribute to workplace effectiveness and career success. These competencies are used to evaluate performance, make hiring decisions, identify development needs, mobilize employees across our system, and establish a strong talent pipeline.
