Cardiac Exercise Specialist

Salary

CAD $37.89 - $47.31 / hour

Job Summary

Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations, and is home to six Métis Chartered Communities. Our team of 45,000 staff, medical staff and volunteers is dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities to deliver on our vision: Better health, best in health care.

Detailed Overview

Responsible for coordinating exercise schedules, planning and supervising exercise sessions for cardiac rehabilitation patients at an assigned location; assesses patient’s medical history and performs diagnostic tests to develop an individual care plan for each patient; leads individual and group exercises, education, counseling and related patient cardiac rehabilitation support activities; acts as a resource through the collegial sharing of information and collaborates with the interdisciplinary team in the planning, coordination and evaluation of patient exercise services.

Responsibilities

• Assesses and evaluates the patient’s functional status and risk factors and develops an exercise prescription by reviewing patient information, interviewing the patient to ensure his / her needs/goals are met and collaborating with the members of the health care team.
• Coordinates exercise schedules for patients; plans and conducts exercise sessions utilizing case management techniques; demonstrates exercise equipment and explains principles of exercise training to ensure patients are exercising to their greatest benefit.
• Assesses patient’s symptoms and responses to activities by monitoring patients for cardiac arrhythmias, ECG abnormalities, cardiac medications and their potential effect on cardiac activity; modifies patient’s exercise prescription as appropriate.
• Responds to patient complications such as fainting or heart attack during exercise by initiating and/or assisting in emergency care, calling 911 and documenting incident in accordance with established procedures.
• Counsels patients and their families regarding lifestyle changes, active living exercise program guidelines, the principles of training and the value of a home exercise program.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team and the community by attending patient conferences and meetings, providing information, acting as a resource and collaborating with team members in the planning, coordination and evaluation of patient services.
• Reviews patient charts, prepares reports and documents patient’s progress in training intensity; maintains statistics records of patient assessments and treatments, as required.
• Participates in and provides in-service education/instruction to staff, interns, students and/or agencies as required by attending and/or delivering the in-service.
• Maintains current knowledge related to cardiac rehabilitation by reviewing relevant materials, attending seminars and identifying new trends to ensure information provided to patients is current; provides input into the planning of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program, as requested.
• Participates in quality assurance/improvement activities by collecting data, monitoring variances to expected outcomes and participating in client satisfaction surveys; makes recommendations for change based on documented results.
• Operates, maintains and cleans related equipment as required; refers repairs to appropriate department and/or staff.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science, Kinesiology, Physical Education, Sports Medicine or Physiology. Two (2) years’ recent related clinical experience in a cardiac rehabilitation environment, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Certification

Certification with American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) – Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist (CCEP), current CPR Level “C” certification or equivalent and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification.
Eligible for registration with the Canadian Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation.

Skills And Abilities

• Demonstrated ability to evaluate and interpret clinical data such as stress tests and ECG.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct exercise sessions.
• Demonstrated ability to recognize and respond to complications.
• Demonstrated ability to modify exercise for cardio‑pulmonary limitations.
• Demonstrated ability to prescribe aerobic and strength exercise based on the exercise stress test.
• Demonstrated ability to perform patient assessment.
• Demonstrated ability to plan a patient program.
• Demonstrated ability to provide staff and patient education.
• Demonstrated ability to problem‑solve.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrated ability to deal effectively with others.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively provide instructions and directions.
• Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize work.
• Demonstrated ability to operate related equipment including related software applications.
• Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region. People – those we care for and those who care for them – are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community‑based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers. We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the workforce. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Equal Opportunity

Fraser Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.