Exercise Physiologist
Company | Halifax Health |
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Location | Daytona Beach, FL, USA |
Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
Type | Full-Time |
Degrees | Bachelor’s |
Experience Level | Junior, Mid Level |
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in Exercise Physiology/Science required
- Must maintain a current BLS certification
- Must be skilled in working with diverse populations
- Must be familiar with exercise stress testing, fitness testing and lipid understanding
- Possess the knowledge and skill to design age appropriate exercise programs for adolescents, adults, geriatrics and special needs populations
Responsibilities
- Test and evaluate adolescent, adult and geriatric members
- Prescribe an adequate, individualized and progressive exercise program
- Perform a fitness evaluation/orientation on new members in a timely and professional manner
- Explain all test results to members and provide appropriate exercise prescription and plan
- Monitor members until they can exercise safely on their own
- Prepare all reports and profiles for member chart data
- Assist physician with Graded Exercise
- Prepare patient for test, run technical components of test and be able to read EKG’s
- Assist with Weight management, Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Monitor patients while exercising including but not limited to heart rate, blood pressure, EKG’s
- Follow up and reevaluate members to ensure they are progressing safely and properly
- Do a six month reevaluation and additional follow up if needed
- Send membership retention cards when needed
- Have new members fill our member satisfaction surveys
- Check equipment daily
- Report all problems to be replaced or repaired
- Repair problems, when possible
- Clean all equipment on a weekly basis
- Assume other duties as assigned by the department manager and coordinator
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in cardiac, pulmonary, and other rehabilitation settings desirable