- Location
- WOODLAND, CA, US
- Education
- Bachelor
- Closing date
- 6 days ago
- Source
- iCIMS
Description
Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our exercise specialist you will be responsible, in coordination with the cardiac conditioning nurse, for routine operations of the cardiac-conditioning program.
Every day you will facilitate the patient's functional progression by ensuring standards of exercise principles as individually prescribed according to specific cardiac diagnosis.
To be succesful in this role, you will be responsible for support of patient progress in a manner consistent with the existing and developing policies, and in accordance with the mission statement.
- Offers education related to the cardiac disease process, medications affecting hemodynamics and exercise regime and lifestyle health behaviors.
- Teaches coronary risk factor information to patients, family community and staff.
- Integrates appropriate referral and counseling abilities into routine care of patients
- Conducts recruitment of prospective program participants
- Motivates patients to insure quality of results and patient satisfaction
- Performs ongoing patient assessments regarding educational, physiological and emotional needs.
Job Requirements
Required
- Bachelors Of Science emphasis in exercise physiology.
- Bachelors Of Arts emphasis in exercise physiology or other equivalent degree.
- Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support, upon hire
Where You’ll Work
Dignity Health Woodland Memorial Hospital is Yolo County’s largest health care provider, serving the community since 1905. Woodland Memorial Hospital is a 108-bed acute care facility offering the most comprehensive range of health care services in Yolo County, including inpatient and outpatient surgical services, family birth center/labor and delivery, emergency services, home health services, palliative care, inpatient mental health services, sleep disorders center and cancer care services. With strong ties to our community, we believe in providing compassionate, high-quality health care to you and your family, close to home. Woodland Memorial Hospital is part of Dignity Health, one of the nation’s largest health care systems with a 22-state network. For more information, please visit our website here at www.dignityhealth.org/woodland.
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