The Opportunity:
The Exercise Specialist develops, facilitates and leads exercise programs based on individual patient’s health and ability in Cardiac Rehabilitation. The Exercise Specialist collaborates with the nurse and the multidisciplinary team to identify risk factors and parameters for safe exercise within the Cardiac Rehab population. The primary purpose of the Exercise Specialist is to develop a sound fitness program to improve the health of patients with heart disease.
Location: Saint Luke's North Hospital - Barry Road Campus
Status: PRN - Days Only - Monday through Friday (7am-5:30pm)
The Work:
Develops and delivers individualized patient-centered treatment plan based on evidence-based practice. Collaborates with Nursing.
Selects appropriate interventions based on the plan of care established on the Individual Treatment Plan (ITP) and develops exercise prescription.
Aides in the periodic reassessment of patient progress and contributes to discharge planning.
Provides exercise leadership, instruction, and exercise prescription.
Reports any changes in patient status or needs to the supervising therapist on a timely basis
Delegates and instructs supportive personnel in services to be provided.
Provides timely documentation per department and/or hospital policy and as required by insurance provider to meet licensing, certification, regulatory, reimbursement requirements, and physician treatment plan.
Uses professional judgment to ensure safety to self, patients, and others at all times.
Performs all other duties as requested by the manager.
Participates and may facilitate quality improvement projects; and serves as a positive change agent.
Participates in quality initiatives.
Why Saint Luke’s?:
We believe in creating a collaborative environment where all voices are heard.
We are here for you and will support you in achieving your goals.
We are dedicated to innovation and always looking for ways to improve.
Requirements:
Exercise Science Bachelor's Degree
Applicable Experience:
Less than 1 yearBasic Life Support - American Heart Association or Red CrossBachelor's DegreePRNDay (United States of America)
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About Saint Luke’s
Saint Luke’s serves the West Region of BJC Health System as a faith-based, nonprofit, aligned health system committed to providing the highest levels of excellence in compassionate health care and health-related services. Saint Luke’s cares for patients in 65 specialty services across 67 counties in Missouri and Kansas. Saint Luke’s Hospital has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the elite hospitals in the nation. For more than 140 years, Saint Luke’s has been dedicated to enhancing the physical, mental, and spiritual health of the diverse communities we serve.
Saint Luke’s offers:
- The region’s longest continuously operating adult heart transplant program and one of the nation’s leading cardiovascular programs at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute
- Treatment for complex brain and spinal cord diseases and one of the nation’s leading stroke reversal programs at the nationally ranked Saint Luke’s Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute
- The region’s only treatment center dedicated exclusively to treating metastatic breast cancer—the Koontz Center for Advanced Breast Cancer at Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute
- Saint Luke’s Convenient and Urgent Care clinics for treatment of minor illnesses and injuries
- Liver and kidney transplantation programs
- A comprehensive maternal-fetal diagnostic and treatment center
- Three Neonatal Intensive Care Units, including a Level IIIb NICU at Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
- Saint Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute, the only comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation hospital of its kind in the region
- A nationally recognized children's behavioral health center, Saint Luke’s Hospital Crittenton Children’s Center
