Lung Health Exercise Specialist

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.