Exercise Specialist, Winston Salem

Performs and maintains exercise prescriptions, and conducts patient exercise therapy and relaxation sessions as specified. Notifies the leader of changes in the patient's condition, performance and response to treatment. Works closely with other disciplines and specialties within the department and facility as well as patients and families to assure a cohesive approach to patient care.

Essential Functions

• Implements exercise programs in the plan of care.
• Assists with transferring patients on/off equipment and provides assistance with adaptive positioning to maximize safety and performance.
• Instructs all users of the facility in the proper operation of exercise equipment.
• Communicates patient's status to physician, physical therapist, clinical staff, oprations manager or nurse manager and works with other disciplines to coordinate patient's schedule and treatment programs.
• Documents daily treatment notes, attendance records, group notes, patient/family education, and charges as needed.
• Monitors patient's performance and tolerance to program.
• Collaborates with appropriate leader in modifying treatment as the patient's status changes.

Education, Experience and Certifications

• Bachelor Degree in a Health/Fitness field required. 
• Masters Degree preferred. 
• Exercise Specialist certified by the American College of Sports Medicine or eligible to test for the same. 
• ACSM Exercise Specialist preferred. 
• ACLS preferred. ACLS may be required based on departmental guidelines. 
• Experience in exercise programming for healthy and diseased populations, group and individual instruction, exercise prescription, and counseling on healthy lifestyles. 
• Minimum 2 years appropriate experience preferred. 
• Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) from AHA required.

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist’s two main components are an integrated clinical system – anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem – that includes Brenner Children’s Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians; and Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise and a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery.

Wake Forest Baptist Health, Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health have joined forces in a strategic combination that will enhance care, transform medical education and create economic opportunity for countless lives in North Carolina and beyond. As a part of that combination, the two health systems will be integrating technology and platforms, including our career sites.

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