About this role
Job title: Exercise Specialist
About the Role
The Exercise Specialist works with the registered nurse to conduct the Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Program. Treatment and education are provided to help patients safely regain functional abilities and adopt a heart-healthy lifestyle. The role also conducts and supervises Cardiac and Pulmonary Maintenance Exercise Program classes.
What You'll Do
- Completes Cardiac Rehabilitation Program evaluations.
- Documents patient data.
- Demonstrates group exercise leadership skills.
- Provides group and individual exercise education.
- Clinically monitors patient.
- Provides patients with a home exercise program (HEP).
- Conducts and supervises Cardiac and Pulmonary Maintenance Exercise Program classes.
What We're Looking For
- Education: Four years of formal training or education beyond high school level (e.g., Bachelor's Degree).
- Certification, Registration & Licensure: Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certification, or equivalent course credentialed by American Heart Association.
- Experience: One year of experience as an Exercise Specialist preferred. Must possess knowledge of growth and development across the lifespan.
Physical and Work Requirements
- Material Handling Classification: LIGHT; regularly lift/carry/push/pull less than 10 pounds, frequently up to 10 pounds, occasionally up to 20 pounds.
- Frequently bend, perform repetitive motion, hear, kneel, perform fine motor skills, reach, speak, squat, stand, and walk; occasionally climb and sit.
- Vision: depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision.
- Exposures: airborne pathogens and moving mechanical parts; occasional exposure to bloodborne pathogens, bodily fluids, electrical hazards, slippery surfaces, and vibration.
- Noise level: moderate.