Exercise Physiologist (Per Diem) Jefferson Abington-Cardiac Rehab, WG

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Job Description

Essential Functions
* Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
* Develop exercise programs to improve participant strength, flexibility, endurance, or circulatory
functioning, in accordance with exercise science standards, regulatory requirements, and
credentialing requirements.
* Lead established exercise/rehab maintenance groups.
* Prescribe individualized exercise programs, specifying equipment such as treadmill, exercise bicycle,
ergometers, or perceptual goggles.
* Interpret exercise program participant data to evaluate progress or identify needed program
changes. Analyze quantitative data to determine effectiveness of treatments or therapies
* Prepares the treatment area, equipment and supplies relating to patient treatment for all division
services to expedite the delivery of patient care. This includes calibrating and maintaining exercise
or testing equipment and demonstrating correct use of exercise equipment or performance of
exercise routine.
* Communicates impressions and objective information in a clear and timely manner to pertinent
stakeholders to insure efficient coordination and optimal outcomes information.
* Participates in the department's performance improvement program.
* Performs other duties as assigned.

Education:
Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science or Exercise Physiology required.
AND
Experience:
0-2 years of clinical practice, 1 year preferred
Minimum Certifications, Registration or License Requirements:
CPR certification required. ACLS if working in Cardiac Rehab.

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Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.