About this role
Join our team as a day shift, full-time, Clinical Exercise Specialist for Cardiac Rehabilitation in Tyler, TX.
Why Join Us?
Thrive in a People-First Environment and Make Healthcare Better
- Thrive: We empower our team with career growth opportunities, tuition assistance, and resources that support your wellness, education, and financial well-being.
- People-First: We prioritize your well-being with paid time off, comprehensive health benefits, and a supportive, inclusive culture where you are valued and cared for.
- Make Healthcare Better: We use advanced technology to support our team and enhance patient care.
Get to Know Your Team:
- UT Health East Texas Rehabilitation Center includes a 48-bed inpatient hospital, 14 outpatient therapy clinics, 11 cardiopulmonary rehabilitation clinics and nine Olympic fitness centers, with access to some of the most advanced therapy techniques and care available.
Responsibilities
- Provides direct patient care in Cardiac Rehabilitation.
- Monitors patients during exercise sessions.
- Responsibilities focus on the preventive and restorative healthcare needs of the cardiovascular patient.
- Provides patient education on disease entities, cardiac risk factors, behavior modification.
- Communicates with the Cardiac Rehabilitation Medical Director and the patient’s physician about changes in the patient's clinical condition symptomatology.
- Respond quickly and accurately to changes in the patient’s condition and response to treatment.
Qualifications
Job Requirements:
- Graduate of an approved exercise science program: BS in Exercise Science or MS in Exercise Physiology.
- BLS certification must be obtained within 14 days of hire or transfer into the role and prior to providing direct patient care.
- ACLS and AED certification.
Preferred Job Requirements:
- ACSM certification preferred
Other facts
About UT Health East Texas
Representing the very best in healthcare, UT Health East Texas is comprised of 10 hospitals and more than 90 clinics across East Texas. With nearly 7,500 employees and over 1,000 licensed inpatient beds, UT Health East Texas provides healthcare services to thousands of patients annually through our hospitals, clinics, Level 1 trauma facility, air emergency fleet and EMS in a metropolitan service area of a quarter million people.
With the support of Ardent Health Services and the University of Texas System, UT Health East Texas is uniquely positioned to provide patients with access to cutting-edge research and clinical therapies while training and educating the next generation of physicians and other health professionals. At UT Health East Texas, our mission is to care for people — our patients, their families and each other. We do so while educating and developing the caregivers of the future.
What you'll do
- The Clinical Exercise Specialist provides direct patient care in Cardiac Rehabilitation and monitors patients during exercise sessions. Responsibilities also include patient education on cardiac risk factors and communication with medical professionals regarding patient conditions.
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