Clinical Exercise Physiologist

Dominican Hospital (a member of Dignity Health) is a 222-bed facility that offers a wide range of services to residents of Californias Central Coast. With 24/7 emergency care comprehensive care in cardiac orthopedics oncology womens and childrens services we continue to lead the region in medical innovation and excellence in healthcare.

Comprehensive Care
Dominican offers emergency services and is a Certified Stroke Center and Chest Pain Center. Dominicans services include the only comprehensive Cancer Center in Santa Cruz County a Total Joint Replacement program and advanced neurological and endoscopic services. Dominican regularly receives A grades for hospital safety from Leapfrog Group and has received national recognition for superior patient safety cardiac care and stroke treatment from Healthgrades a leading provider of comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.
As Santa Cruz Countys heart attack (STEMI) receiving center Dominican Hospital provides cutting edge cardiac care. The hospitals heart attack treatment times consistently beat the national average and the hospital offers two cardiac catheterization labs available 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Groundbreaking cardiac procedures at Dominican include the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure which allows for heart valve replacement without opening a patients chest.
Dominican Hospital has forged significant partnerships with area hospitals to bring exceptional care to Santa Cruz County. The hospital offers a level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) through a partnership with Lucile Packard Childrens Hospital Stanford. Neurosurgery at Dominican is also offered through a partnership with Stanford Health Care.

One Community. One Mission. One California

• Utilizes the AIDET principle to communicate with others with a focus on patients and their families.
• Acknowledge
• Introduce Explain Duration Thank
• Accurately assesses client status and develops comprehensive treatment plan in collaboration with the Lifestyle Management Team.
• Establishes patients on clinical pathway
• Provides monitored exercise therapy to clients in the Lifestyle Management Program (i.e. with diagnosis of heart disease diabetes COPD etc.).
• Observes records and reports potentially dangerous signs and symptoms to physician and provides documentation to direct supervisor
• Adjusts treatment plan in accordance with established protocols co-morbidities client goals/needs and medical history.
• Monitors progress and updates treatment/care plan prn
• Actively participates in clinical team meetings to review current case load
• Assists in and directs the education process of clients and their families regarding their disease process progress and treatment plan.

• Masters Of Science or advanced degree in Exercise Physiology or related field One year experience in lifestyle management exercise training prescription and supervision of medical patients upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR upon hire and
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support upon hire and

• Two years experience
• Certified Exercise Specialist upon hire or
• Certified Personal Trainer/Exercise Speciast upon hire