Exercise Physiologist

At CHI Health CUMC-Bergan Mercy, our focus is patient-centered care. Our level I trauma center and academic medical center campus is designed to heal the body, mind, and spirit of every person in a more comfortable, less stressful hospital environment. Our full range of medical services includes trauma services, heart and vascular care, emergency services, surgery, maternity, cancer care, and diagnostic imaging.

As our Exercise Physiologist, you will provide direct, safe, and best-practice driven care primarily in cardiac/pulmonary rehabilitation, collaborating extensively with a multi-disciplinary team, cardiologists, and various hospital staff to ensure optimal patient outcomes.

Every day you will establish and update individualized exercise prescriptions, orient patients to equipment and safety protocols, and conduct functional fitness testing and body composition analysis. You will provide essential patient and family education, supervise and monitor exercise sessions, meticulously document and maintain current clinical data and program records, adjusting treatment plans as appropriate.

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate a deep understanding of patient needs, consistently working collaboratively in a diverse and multicultural environment. You will effectively partner with physicians and clinical staff in goal-setting, consistently utilizing work practices aligned with safety, security, and infection control policies, all while actively contributing to a positive quality work environment.

• Provides direct patient care considering the patient’s needs, which promotes a positive quality work environment
• Establishes and updates exercise prescriptions, collaborates with primary care physicians, cardiologists, pulmonologists and patients in goal-setting.
• Orientates patients to the exercise equipment and safety issues.
• Performs functional fitness testing and conducts body composition analysis.
• Provides patient education for cardiac rehab, pulmonary rehab.
• Supervises and monitors exercise sessions, collaborates with clinical staff, and documents outcomes for individual patients. Demonstrates and utilizes work practices consistent with CHI Health and department specific safety, security and infection control policies.

Required

• Bachelors Other in exercise science, kinesiology or related field
• Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association