Exercise Specialist- Per Diem

Schedule: Mondays 3:00pm-7:30pm weekly

The Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise Specialist is an allied health professional who is responsible for the development of the exercise curriculum designed to enhance cardiovascular fitness and muscle strength. The exercise specialist demonstrates the initiative, knowledge, and clinical skills to provide comprehensive treatment strategies with the goal of achieving positive outcomes for individual participants.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Demonstrates ability to communicate effectively with team members.

• Demonstrates a willingness to strive toward proficiency in the core competencies as defined by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR).

• Assesses individual patients' risk factors and demonstrates ability to offer support and strategies to aid patients in successful therapeutic lifestyle changes.

• Understands and utilizes theories of health behavior change in helping participants identify learning and lifestyle modification goals.

• Designs and teaches the Exercise curriculum. Teaches the resistance training aspects of the exercise sessions.

• Assists in the initial assessment, orientation and discharge assessments of participants. Completes the initial exercise prescription and assists in the development of the individualized treatment plan with other staff members.

• Develops and adjusts individual exercise prescription in accordance with the patient's response and recommendations of the physician and other team members.

• With nursing staff present supervises exercise sessions, monitoring participants for inappropriate responses to exercise.

• Assists with getting patients vital signs and monitoring patients on telemetry.

• Assists with documenting initial and daily assessment data in Epic.

• Assists as directed in an emergency situation.

• Participates in the collection, analysis, and reporting of patient and program outcomes.

• Keeps current in the field of cardiac rehabilitation through journals, in-services, and conferences.

• Participates in cardiac rehab emergency in-services.

• Completes annual cardiac rehab competencies.

SKILLS/COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:

• Adheres to all C.A,R.E. standards. The Cardiac Rehab Exercise Specialist must show evidence of critical thinking necessary to care for a group of cardiac rehab patients undergoing a program of exercise and secondary prevention. Must be able to function under stress maintaining good interpersonal and communication skills. Must demonstrate effective skills in applying hospital standards in the area of service, team work, communications, respect for others, and time/priority management.

Previous experience with Epic documentation and LSI Telemetry system strongly preferred.

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.

EDUCATION:

• Masters of Science in Exercise Science, Exercise Physiology required.

LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, and/or REGISTRATIONS (if applicable):

• Certification in Basic Life Support required
• MACVPR, AACVPR member preferred
• ASCM Clinical Exercise Specialist Certification (preferred)
• Minimum of 1-year Cardiac Rehabilitation experience required