Exercise Physiologist - Multilocation **Galveston, Texas, United States** **New** Patient Care UTMB Health Requisition # 2503272 **EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE** Minimum Qualifications: • Bachelor’s in a health-related field. • Minimum of three (3) years of clinical experience. Preferred Qualifications: • Master’s in a health-related field • Minimum of three (5) years of clinical experience. **LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS OR CERTIFICATIONS** Required: • BLS and ACLS certified. . • ACSM – Exercise Physiologist or AACVPR- Certified Cardiac Rehabilitation Professional. **JOB DESCRIPTION:** To facilitate healthier outcomes for not only cardiopulmonary patients but also others by offering fitness and health-related programs. Evaluate and execute an exercise plan for each patient regardless of diagnosis while focusing on risk reduction, behavior intervention, and modification. **ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS** • Provides fitness evaluations and exercise prescriptions to patients • Monitors the progress of the individual during the patient’s enrollment period • Provides fitness and health-related educational sessions for patients • Skillfully utilize and maintain specialized equipment, devices, and computer programs • Ability to communicate knowledge and experiences in the related field • Ability to educate and motivate patients, tailoring specific goals to meet patients’ needs • Demonstrate excellent communication and listening skills • Organizes and implements other programs that offer educational and practical information on nutrition and exercise. • Identifies appropriate internal controls for department; provides mechanisms to monitor and enforce compliance • Collaborate with multidisciplinary team members-working closely with physicians, nurses, and therapists to modify the patient’s plan of care • Exercise testing/prescription while monitoring resting/ exercise heart rate, blood pressures, oxygen saturation, and EKG as needed. • Fitness testing/exercise prescription as needed. • Knowledge of exercise physiology and activity progression for fitness and outcome-oriented goals • Performs educational guidance for risk factor management of patients • Ability to work well in an interdisciplinary team and interact with a variety of patients • Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal • Assists in the development and expansion of exercise planning for patients at risk to include risk reduction, behavior intervention, and modification • Provides educational sessions and/or teaching on fitness and health-related topics to special interest groups, conferences, students, etc. • Provides an annual case study or journal article to peers • Provides training to ancillary or nursing departments as requested • Participates in community programs with the hospital or organizations • Participates and assists with implementation and data gathering for quality assurance projects • Participates in the training and mentoring of entry-level exercise physiologists **Equal Employment Opportunity** UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Compensation