Clinical Exercise Physiologist

Where You'll Work Dominican Hospital (a member of Dignity Health) is a 222-bed facility that offers a wide range of services to residents of California's Central Coast. With 24/7 emergency care, comprehensive care in cardiac, orthopedics, oncology, women's and children's services, we continue to lead the region in medical innovation and excellence in healthcare. Comprehensive Care Dominican offers emergency services and is a Certified Stroke Center and Chest Pain Center. Dominican's services include the only comprehensive Cancer Center in Santa Cruz County, a Total Joint Replacement program, and advanced neurological and endoscopic services. Dominican regularly receives 'A' grades for hospital safety from Leapfrog Group, and has received national recognition for superior patient safety, cardiac care, and stroke treatment from Healthgrades, a leading provider of comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals. As Santa Cruz County's heart attack (STEMI) receiving center, Dominican Hospital provides cutting edge cardiac care. The hospital's heart attack treatment times consistently beat the national average, and the hospital offers two cardiac catheterization labs available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Groundbreaking cardiac procedures at Dominican include the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure, which allows for heart valve replacement without opening a patient's chest. Dominican Hospital has forged significant partnerships with area hospitals to bring exceptional care to Santa Cruz County. The hospital offers a level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) through a partnership with Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford. Neurosurgery at Dominican is also offered through a partnership with Stanford Health Care. One Community. One Mission. One California Job Summary and Responsibilities As our Clinical Exercise Physiologist CRT, you will collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to provide comprehensive lifestyle modification services for individuals with chronic diseases.

Every day you will be responsible for developing and implementing treatment plans for your own caseload.

To be successful in this role, you will actively participate in clinical and program decisions made by the Lifestyle Management Team. Utilizes the AIDET principle to communicate with others, with a focus on patients and their families. Acknowledge Introduce Explain Duration Thank Accurately assesses client status and develops comprehensive treatment plan in collaboration with the Lifestyle Management Team. Establishes patients on clinical pathway Provides monitored exercise therapy to clients in the Lifestyle Management Program (i.e. with diagnosis of heart disease, diabetes, COPD, etc.). Observes, records and reports potentially dangerous signs and symptoms to physician and provides documentation to direct supervisor Adjusts treatment plan in accordance with established protocols, co-morbidities, client goals/needs and medical history. Monitors progress and updates treatment/care plan prn Actively participates in clinical team meetings to review current case load Assists in and directs the education process of clients and their families regarding their disease, process, progress, and treatment plan. Job Requirements Required Masters Of Science or advanced degree in Exercise Physiology or related field One year experience in lifestyle management, exercise training, prescription and supervision of medical patients, upon hire and Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and Advanced Cardiac Life Support, upon hire and Preferred Two years experience Certified Exercise Specialist, upon hire or Certified Personal Trainer/Exercise Speciast, upon hire