What are the responsibilities and job description for the Exercise Physiologist position at UChicago Medicine?
Job Description
Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system at UChicago Medicine as an Exercise Physiologist in our Cardiac Rehabilitation department.
As an Exercise Physiologist you will be responsible for the design and implementation of comprehensive programs for patients referred to cardiac/ pulmonary rehabilitation. Duties include supervising patient exercise sessions to ensure safe and effective treatments as well as educating patients regarding proper exercise techniques and health fitness topics to facilitate a decrease in participants’ cardiac risk factors, an increase in independence with skills for management of disease and associated symptoms, and an increase in functional capacity.
Essential Job Functions
Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system at UChicago Medicine as an Exercise Physiologist in our Cardiac Rehabilitation department.
As an Exercise Physiologist you will be responsible for the design and implementation of comprehensive programs for patients referred to cardiac/ pulmonary rehabilitation. Duties include supervising patient exercise sessions to ensure safe and effective treatments as well as educating patients regarding proper exercise techniques and health fitness topics to facilitate a decrease in participants’ cardiac risk factors, an increase in independence with skills for management of disease and associated symptoms, and an increase in functional capacity.
Essential Job Functions
- Supervise cardiopulmonary rehabilitation according to ACSM standards. Includes monitoring patient's vital signs, heart rhythm, ratings of perceived exertion and exercise workloads as well as handling emergent issues that might arise according to department policy
- Duties include scheduling appointments, assessing risk factors for heart disease, performing sub maximal exercise test, data entry and counseling participants regarding health fitness issues
- Maintain cardiac or pulmonary rehab records on each patient in the programs. Includes establishment of care plans, writing progress reports and discharge summaries. Also includes timely completion of outcomes to assess program effectiveness. Instructs patient/families in continuing home exercise programs
- Assist with Phase I rehabilitation for inpatients at UCMC. Includes risk factor education, recommendations for ongoing rehab programming in discharge planning helping ambulate inpatients according to hospital guidelines
- Complies with standards and regulations of, regulatory and accrediting agencies, AACVPR and the joint Commission. Demonstrates awareness and compliance with hospital policies and procedures.
- Maintain safe and clean exercise facility
- Participates in Quality Improvement activities
- Performs other duties assigned.
- B.S in Exercise Science/Physiology, master’s preferred with experience or training equivalent to that specified for an Exercise Specialist by the American College of Sports Medicine.
- Applicants should possess a knowledge of exercise physiology, nutrition, risk factor modification strategies, counseling techniques and use of educational programs and technologies as applied to cardiopulmonary rehabilitation services.
- One year experience in exercise programming, supervision and education of cardiopulmonary rehab patients desirable.
- Basic computer skills to allow access to operations and patient monitoring are necessary.
- Physical ability to demonstrate exercise techniques required
- Exercise Specialist certification by the American College of Sports Medicine.
- BLS/ACLS certification required
- Job Type/FTE: Full-Time
- Shift: Days
- Unit/Department: Cardiac Rehabilitation - Hyde Park
- Work Location: Hyde Park
- CBA Code: Non-Union
