Exercise Physiologist

Baylor St. Lukes Medical Center is an 881-bed quaternary care academic medical center that is a joint venture between Baylor College of Medicine and CHI St. Lukes Health. Located in the Texas Medical Center the hospital is the home of the Texas Heart Institute a cardiovascular research and education institution founded in 1962 by Denton A. Cooley MD. The hospital was the first facility in Texas and the Southwest designated a Magnet hospital for Nursing Excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center receiving the award five consecutive times. Baylor St. Lukes also has three community emergency centers offering adult and pediatric care for the Greater Houston area.

CHI St. Lukes Health now part of CommonSpirit Health formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health has been serving our community since 1954. Operating 137 hospitals and more than 1000 care sites across 21 states making our services accessible to nearly 1 in 4 U.S. proudly provide a vast array of services that help us keep our community safe and healthy.

We offer the following benefits to support you and your family:

Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
Free Premium Membership to with preloaded credits for children and dependent adults
Care for Caregivers: Resilience Through Adversity is a series of sessions designed to help caregivers build their resilience and advance their mental well-being during these difficult times
Flexible spending accounts
Voluntary Protection: Group Accident Critical Illness and Identity Theft
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Tuition Assistance for career growth and development
Matching Retirement Programs
Wellness Programs

JOB SUMMARY

As an Exercise Physiologist you will perform fitness assessments on patients as required. You will develop individualized exercise prescriptions based on patients goals and perform fitness assessments and goal modifications as required. In this position you will provide support and education to meet patients goals for risk factor modification; you will assess patients for symptoms EKG changes and contraindications to exercise and education on risk factor modification.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborates with physicians and nursing staff to identify patients requiring mobilization plans of care.
• Collaborates with nursing to develop and implement individualized mobilization plans of care for patients.
• Collaborates with nursing to evaluate effectiveness of the plan of care in achieving desired outcomes and revises plan of care as needed.
• Interdepartmental liaison between the recovery room intensive care areas and the floors to promote continuity of care and discharge planning.
• Communicates treatment plan with collaborative team members medical nursing PT OT SW Case Manager.
• Monitors patient for ECG changes cardiac arrhythmias blood pressure and symptoms before during and after exercise.
• Demonstrates quality & financial benefits of program through reports on improved patient outcomes length of stay and cost per case for this patient population.
• Validate staff understanding and adherence to patient safety standards while mobilizing patients.
• Provides information and resource materials to new staff which will contribute to early assimilation into the organization and the accomplishment of orientation outcomes in a timely manner.
• Participates in product/equipment evaluations. Provides staff education on new and existing products and equipment.
• Contributes to the delivery of quality cost effective patient care through the development and the implementation of staff development programs and selfdirected learning activities designed to meet identified learning needs to enhance professional development and to increase competency.
• Conduct and Supports outcomes oriented research and integrates findings into clinical practice educational programs and policy updates.
• Leads and Participates in the Performance Enhancement program and other quality enhancement activities through monitoring and evaluating the outcomes of programs.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelors Degree
• Minimum of one (1) year of related work experience
• BLS Certification