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Exercise Physiologist

Company: Intermountain Healthcare
Location: Ogden
Posted on: November 18, 2023

Job Description:

Job Description:
This position is responsible for utilizing assessment options to identify and evaluate patient therapeutic, fitness, health behaviors, and/or sports performance exercise needs. This may include electrodiagnostic testing. The incumbent works with patients and clients to develop treatment programs to assist in rehabilitation, health, fitness, and/or sports performance goals.

Job Description

This position is based on departmental business need. This person is responsible for utilizing assessment options to identify and evaluate patient therapeutic, fitness, health behaviors, and/or sports performance exercise needs. This may include a broad variety of advanced tests, such as electrodiagnostic tests, exercises, and therapies. The incumbent works with patients and clients to develop treatment programs to assist in rehabilitation, health, fitness, and/or sports performance goals.

Job Essentials
Meets minimum Job essentials of an Exercise Physiologist I
Acts as a lead to all department staff, including problem solving and assisting with a wide variety of difficult cases.
Responsible to mentor, orients, and assist in the training of department staff.
Oversees student internships.
Oversees fitness testing for outside groups (fire dept or police dept).
May perform some supervisory duties when Manager is unavailable.
Represents facility in providing community fitness health, and/or athletic performance training.

Key Responsibilities:

  • All responsibilities of Exercise Physiologist I
  • VO2
  • Exercise consultation and prescription
  • Comfort promoting and performing outreach (available for media interviews)
  • Manage class schedule, report, interact with clients, coordination, etc. with clinical supervisors or leadership
    • Mentoring exercise team members
    • Support and lead projects and initiatives for the Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness Center service line

      Minimum Qualifications
      Bachelor's degree in Exercise Physiology, Exercise Science, Kinesiology, or a related field at an accredited institution. (Degree will be verified)

      Knowledge of exercise prescription, health behaviors, and safe cardiovascular training methods as appropriate for the care setting.

      2 years of clinical experience in a Hospital setting

      Certification as an AACVPR Clinical Cardiac Rehabilitation Professional, or American College of Sports Medicine Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist, or advanced Certification in Health/ Wellness (Health/ Wellness setting), or NSCA-CSCS certification depending on work setting.
      - and -

      Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for healthcare providers.

      Preferred Qualification

      ACLS required prior to being eligible to proctor a stress test.

      Job Details
      • The position is 32 hrs/wk- 4, 8-hour shifts. Monday-Thursday
      • The exercise physiologist in the Ogden LMWC provides exercise prescriptions, and conducts fitness assessments, for a variety of patients.

        Physical Requirements:

        Carrying, Hearing/Listening, Lifting, Manual Dexterity, Pulling/Pushing, Seeing, Speaking, Squatting/Kneeling.

        Anticipated job posting close date:

        Location:
        Live Well Center - Ogden

        Work City:
        Ogden

        Work State:
        Utah

        Scheduled Weekly Hours:
        32

        The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.
        $25.08 - $38.71

        We care about your well-being - mind, body, and spirit - which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

        Learn more about our comprehensive benefits packages for our Idaho, Nevada, and Utah based caregivers, and for our Colorado, Montana, and Kansas based caregivers; and our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

        Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Keywords: Intermountain Healthcare, Ogden , Exercise Physiologist, Healthcare , Ogden, Utah

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