Exercise Physiologist Greer, Greer, PT, Day

• Provides fitness and lifestyle assessment. Responsible for development of exercise prescription, instructions and ongoing re-evaluation of activity until discharge.
• May provide classroom education to patients regarding importance of exercise and increased activity, how to monitor activity, indications, and contraindications.
• Responsible for monitoring patients during exercise, assessing equipment needs and providing recommendations to manager.
• Performs pertinent chart reviews to determine appropriate activity levels. Communicates plan to other care providers.
• Recognizes the need for and makes appropriate interdisciplinary referrals.
• Documents patient's physical activity as well as documenting vitals and clinical response.
• Provides patient with self-monitoring tools as appropriate.
• May perform a variety of stress tests to include routine treadmill stress tests, nuclear stress tests and stress echocardiography.
• May prepare studies for interpretation and assign studies to correct physician.
• Participates in interdisciplinary team meetings, including discharge planning. Participates in collection of outcome data.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Supervisory/Management Responsibility

• This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director, or executive.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Exercise Science
• 2 of experience years preferred

Required Licensures/Registrations/Certifications

• N/A

In Lieu Of The Above Minimum Requirements

• N/A

Other Required Skills and Experience

• Certification may be required depending on job duties.
• BLS required.
• Demonstrates clinical competency based on patient's age.