Cardiac Rehab Specialist - Outpatient Cardiac Rehab

Cardiac Rehab Specialist - Outpatient Cardiac Rehab

Every breath, every heartbeat matters to you. Each day, you tend to the individual needs of cardiac rehab patients, planning, implementing, and evaluating specialized care plans for the best possible outcomes. In your work, you embody the Legacy mission of making life better for others and personally feel a tremendous sense of pride seeing your patients get back to the life they enjoy. If this describes you, we invite you to consider a future as part of the Legacy team. This is an outpatient cardiac rehab position.

Job Description

• Age-appropriate therapy is provided to patients and families integrating knowledge of the cardiac nursing process to achieve desired outcomes in appropriate and consistent collaboration with Cardiac Rehab RNs and Physical Therapists.

• Performs age-appropriate intake and ongoing assessments which include bio-psycho-social status, subtle and overt findings, and evaluation of patient/family participation and communicates findings in a timely manner.

• Reassesses patient prior to each therapy session.

• Determines and communicates patient/family's desired level of participation in care.

• Analyzes support systems and potential discharge needs.

• Documents the assessments.

• Analyzes assessment findings to identify/clarify clinical problems.

• Independently seeks assistance/guidance as needed.

• Establishes and maintains a realistic plan of care in collaboration with patient, family, and health team members.

• Identifies and individualizes appropriate interventions for each clinical problem in congruence with the treatment plans of other health team members.

• Provides for patient safety by recognizing subtle changes and initiating appropriate interventions.

• Implements therapeutic interventions with knowledge and competence in accordance with written standards of practice.

• Achieves desired patient outcomes through collaboration with health team members and use of appropriate resources (skill, knowledge, equipment, standards).

• Communicates and documents interventions and patient responses clearly and concisely according to standards.

• Initiates and implements changes to patient care plan in collaboration with Cardiac Rehab RNs and Physical Therapists.

• Evaluates the patient's response to intervention and modifies the plan of care accordingly.

• Establishes appropriate care priorities based on patient response to treatments and interventions.

Requirements

• M.S. or B.S. degree from an accredited program of Exercise Physiology or Exercise Science or B.S. or M.S. degree from an accredited school of Physical Therapy, with successful completion of the National Board Examination.

• Experience in clinical delivery of cardiac rehab services preferred. Basic familiarity with computers preferred.

Benefits

• Compensation details: $27.36 - $39.13 hourly wage.

Professional Development

• Demonstrates awareness of hospital, department, and unit goals. Participates in activities to constructively facilitate change.

• Supports hospital/departmental/unit standards and operations.

• Identifies clinical practice issues and uses appropriate channels of communication to obtain evaluation and promote resolution.

• Keeps abreast of recent changes in unit and hospital standards by reading transmittals/communications within a month of distribution.

• Complies with changes in department and hospital standards.

• Assists in the completion of evaluations/checklists.

• Participates in department activities, projects, and committees.

• Actively participates in quality improvement activities.

• Advocates for Continuous Quality Improvement with peers, patients/family, and medical staff.

Legacy's Values in Action

Follows guidelines set forth in Legacy's Values in Action. Equal Opportunity Employer/Vet/Disabled.