Clinical Exercise Physiologist

10 hours ago

Raleigh NC United States UNC Health Care Full time

Summary: Clinical Exercise Physiologist role involves providing evidence-based exercise therapy to patients, working closely with healthcare teams, and contributing to quality performance improvement initiatives.

The Clinical Exercise Physiologist plays a key role in the multidisciplinary healthcare team, providing exercise therapy that is integrated and compatible with patient-focused medical goals. Primary responsibilities include developing and implementing exercise prescriptions, conducting initial patient assessments, and monitoring patient progress. The Clinical Exercise Physiologist uses evidence-based practice, protocols, and guidelines to determine exercise intervention and works collaboratively with the healthcare team to resolve medical issues.

Responsibilities:

  • Assesses exercise therapy needs using standardized practice and critical thinking, conducts exercise testing where applicable, and recognizes potential medical problems in all clinical situations.
  • Develops exercise prescriptions according to age, disease, medical history, comorbidities, and individual needs for patients, implements, monitors, and modifies exercise prescriptions and individual treatment plans.
  • Provides initial orientation to exercise program, educating patient on untoward signs and symptoms to recognize and report, safe use of exercise equipment, and program processes.
  • Documents all aspects of exercise therapy in the medical record, demonstrates compliance with regulatory agency standards, and communicates effectively with physicians, medical director, other providers, and co-workers.
  • Assists in achieving compliance with regulatory agency standards, performs business functions, and participates in compliance and quality performance improvement efforts.
  • Attends and participates in staff meetings, continuing education opportunities, quality improvement initiatives, and cross training, maintains professional competency and skills required for professional practice.

Education Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree at a US regionally accredited university in Exercise Physiology, Exercise Science, Kinesiology, or related field.
  • Master's degree in Exercise Physiology, Exercise Science, Kinesiology, or related field preferred, completion of a clinical internship preferred.

Licensure/Certification Requirements:

  • Basic Life Support (BLS).
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support preferred.
  • Clinical Exercise Physiologist (ACSM-CEP) required within twelve (12) months of hire.

Professional Experience Requirements:

  • One (1) year of experience working in a clinical exercise setting.
  • No minimum clinical experience required with Master's degree.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

  • Ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal form to patients, public, hospital and medical staff, and physicians.
  • Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
  • Ability to speak effectively before groups of patients and their guests, community members, and others outside of the organization.
  • Possess ability to time manage, complete tasks, and meet operational timelines.
  • Ability to function independently on assignments.
  • Demonstrate a passion for using skills and knowledge to help patients, guests and coworkers.
  • Ability to efficiently, calmly, and tactfully deal with in-person interactions, telephone calls, email correspondence, and related patient and customer services issues.
  • Working knowledge and skills of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, Proficient keyboarding skills.
  • Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations by collecting data, establishing facts, and drawing valid conclusions.
  • Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
  • Critical thinking to integrate facts, informed opinion, active listening, and observations.
  • Ability to use good judgment and make decisions regarding patient care.

Job Details:

  • Legal Employer: NCHEALTH.
  • Entity: UNC REX Healthcare.
  • Organization Unit: Rex IP Rehab Svcs.
  • Work Type: Full Time.
  • Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00.
  • Salary Range: $22.45 - $32.27 per hour (Hiring Range).
  • Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity.
  • Work Assignment Type: Onsite.
  • Work Schedule: Day Job.
  • Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh.
  • Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No.

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