As a Contingent Exercise Physiologist with Michigan Medicine, you will work directly with patients at the following seven stress testing and 2 cardiac rehabilitation locations: Cardiovascular Center, Dominos Farms, Brighton Center for Specialty Care, Ypsilanti Health Center, Briarwood building 5, Northville Health Center. You'll work in a collaborative and multidisciplinary environment with physicians, nurses, dietitians, and other medical professionals to determine patients' needs and monitor progress to ensure the best care is coordinated. The Exercise Physiologist's is responsible for being able to conduct the following areas:
Stress testing:
- Knowledge of principles and details of clinical exercise testing, including proper lead placement, cardiovascular medications, etc.
- Conduct and interpretation of 6-minute hall walks, cardiopulmonary exercise tests, stress echocardiograms, routine treadmills, and research stress tests.
- Knowledge of appropriate indication for exercise testing
- Knowledge of appropriate contraindications, risk, and risk assessment of testing
- Ability to promptly recognize and treat complications of exercise testing, including cardiac arrhythmias
- Knowledge of various exercise protocols and indication for each
Knowledge of basic cardiovascular and exercise physiology including hemodynamics response to exercise
Cardiac Rehabilitation:
- Possess the knowledge and skills for each of the core competencies (patient assessment, nutritional counseling, weight management, blood pressure management, etc.).
- Identify, respect, and care for patients expressed needs.
- Educate patient based on educational needs and interest.
- Empower patients.
- Cooperate, collaborate, and communicate with multidisciplinary team to ensure care is continuous and reliable.
- Understand and implement basic exercise safety design principles.
- Knowledgeable of exercise prescription guidelines and recommendations for healthy populations, cardiac and pulmonary diseases, and other special populations.
- Conduct health related screenings and fitness testing.
- Assists in obtaining, evaluating, and reporting outcomes.
- Be an advocate for disease prevention, wellness, and promote a healthy lifestyle.
Other Duties:
- Contribute to the advancement and promotion of services through participation in professional associations, writing articles for publications, and representing the Medical Center in community activities.
- Monitor patients' vital signs and be prepared to perform CPR or other necessary emergency first aid procedures, while seeking appropriate medical assistance.
- May supervise work of other exercise physiologists, including hiring, evaluating performance, and discipline.
- May train staff and students in new or revised work methods and procedures.
- Effective documentation skills, in multiple systems: LSI, Epic, GE, Medgraphics Ultima.