Lung Health Exercise Specialist

2 weeks ago

Maple Ridge, Canada Fraser Health Full time

Detailed Overview:
Responsible for coordinating exercise schedules, planning and supervising exercise sessions for lung health patients at the 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 lung health 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 patient's functional status and risk factors and develops an exercise prescription by reviewing patient information, interviewing the patient to ensure patient's needs/goals are met/addressed 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 effective respiratory function, related medications and their potential effect on lung health; 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 lung health rehabilitation by reviewing relevant materials, attending seminars and identifying new trends to ensure information provided to patients is current_._
- 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 lung health environment, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

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.

**Skills and Abilities**
- Demonstrated ability to evaluate and interpret clinical data related to lung health functioning.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct exercise sessions.
- Demonstrated ability to recognize and respond to complications.
- Demonstrated ability to modify exercise for bronchial 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.
- Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.

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