It's more than a career, it's a calling MO-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Worker Type: Regular Job Highlights: Join a team where your work matters—every moment, every patient, every community.
At SSM Health, you’ll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact. SSM is seeking a compassionate, patient-focused who thrives in an outpatient hospital environment, with Cardiac Rehab experience. Success in this role requires an active listener who values collaboration, contributes positively to a team, and demonstrates time management, organization, and communication skills while building meaningful connections with patients and colleagues alike.
Department: Cardiac
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Provides direct patient care to cardiac and pulmonary rehab patients including various types of monitoring, education and therapeutic exercise programs.
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PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES Develops exercise prescription and oversees exercise progression in patients (often with cardiovascular or pulmonary disease) within a rehabilitation setting Provides exercise prescription for patients utilizing test data, patient status and current medication regimen; updates prescription according to the patient's response Provides patient testing before and after rehabilitation including strength, body composition, flexibility, balance and endurance Assesses hemodynamic response and patient tolerance to activity progression and utilizes information to provide appropriate exercise prescription Performs appropriate documentation of monitored ambulation, education and discharge planning per departmental policies, guidelines and practices as pertinent for setting.
Provides exercise information for patients, peers and the community which may include public speaking and education classes Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner. Performs other duties as assigned. EDUCATION Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Physiology, Kinesiology, Exercise Science or a health related field EXPERIENCE Completion of internship in a Cardiopulmonary Rehab program PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS Constant standing.
Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs. Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more). Frequent walking, reaching, gripping and keyboard use/data entry. Occasional bending, stooping, climbing, kneeling, sitting, squatting, twisting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs. Occasional lifting/moving patients. Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships and to identify and distinguish colors.
Occasional driving. Rare crawling. REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS State of Work Location: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) And Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA) Work
Day Shift Job Type: Employee Department: 3002000100 Cardiac/Pulm Rehab Scheduled Weekly Hours: 36 SSM Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. SSM Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
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