Exercise Physiologist - Primary Care Pavilion, Galveston (up to 19 hours/wk)

REQUIRED EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor’s in a health-related field. One year of related experience. CPR certification required  and ACLS certification within 6 months of hire. American College of Sports Medicine certification required within 6 months of hire.

Preferred:

Master’s in a health-related field.

JOB SUMMARY:

To facilitate healthier outcomes for cardiopulmonary patients by offering fitness and health related programs. Evaluate and execute exercise plan for each cardiopulmonary patient while focusing on risk reduction and behavior intervention and modification

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Provides fitness evaluations and exercise prescriptions to patients
• Monitors the progress of the individual during the patient’s enrollment period
• Provides fitness and health related educational sessions for patients
• Prepare exercise prescription for approval be medical director
• Maintain current knowledge and certification
• Skillfully utilize and maintain specialized equipment, devices and computer program
• Ability to communicate knowledge and experiences in related field
• Ability to educate and motivate patients; tailoring specific goals to meet patients needs
• Demonstrate excellent communication and listening skills
• Organizes and implements other programs that offer educational  and practical information on nutrition and exercise.
• Provides fitness and health related seminars and presentations.
• Identifies appropriate internal controls for department; provides mechanisms to monitor and enforce compliance
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team members-working closely with physicians, nurses, and therapist to modify patient’s plan of care
• Exercise testing/prescription while monitoring resting/ exercise heart rate, blood pressures, oxygen saturation and EKG as needed.
• Knowledge of exercise physiology and activity progression for fitness and outcome oriented goals
• Performs educational guidance for risk factor management of patients 
• Ability to work well in an interdisciplinary team and interact with variety of patients
• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision

WORK SCHEDULE:

Up to 19.99 hours per week with no benefits

Equal Employment Opportunity

UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.