Exercise Therapist - Outpatient Gym

Clinician Opportunity

Great opportunity for a clinician looking to work in a community setting using a medical model of wellness! Learn how to work with a variety of clinical populations in both land and pool settings while improving your clinical skills. Benefit eligible 20 hour per week position with potential for growth.

Compensation Pay Range: $20.05 - $28.00

Essential Functions

• Patient Care:
  • Instructs community exercise programs in land, aquatic, and virtual based classes
  • Instructs personal training sessions
  • Screens community participants for safety/appropriateness for community exercise program
  • Provides education to community participants within scope of position
  • Monitors class volumes and alerts community programs manager if too high or low
  • Inspires participant loyalty to programs via class instruction techniques
• Environment and Department Maintenance/Infection Control
  • Assists in the maintenance of the department's overall physical environment
  • Maintains practices according to infection control guidelines for the department
  • Monitors pool chemistry per departmental guidelines as applicable to area
  • Works with Rehab Team members to ensure all equipment is cleaned before and after each use
• Clerical Duties
  • Performs clerical duties to assist with daily operations of the department including:
  • Scanning community participant documents including MD clearance, health history, participant waiver
  • Scheduling appointments as applicable
  • Assists with Customer Collection functionality in Workday as appropriate
  • Answering phones
  • Calling patients as directed
  • Photocopying and filing community programs paperwork
  • Faxing
  • Data Collection
  • Relaying messages to community programs manager and receptionist
• Communication
  • Communicates effectively with staff, peers, colleagues, patients, and family members in all manners of communication (written, verbal, non-verbal)
  • Appropriately uses all forms of South Shore Health communication in accordance with standard practices
  • Responds in a timely manner when feedback is requested
• Educational Activities
  • Serves as mentor to new community programs staff
  • Actively participates in department projects/events/activities including program marketing
  • Actively promotes rehabilitation services to frontline colleagues, patients, and families
  • Serves as ambassador for department to visitors (tours/observation of patient care)
  • Assists with continuous Quality Improvement activities, as directed
  • Takes responsibility for continuing professional development education
• Technology and Learning
  • Possesses a willingness and ability to learn and utilize new technology and procedures that continue to develop in their role and throughout the organization
  • Embraces technological advances that allow us to communicate information effectively and efficiently based on role
  • Accurately uses software applications as needed for job performance
• Professional Behaviors
  • Manage a professional and appropriate manner of conversation
  • Maintain composure during stressful situations
  • Effective interpersonal and communication skills
  • Complete clinical and nonclinical tasks as well as assigned activities according to policies, practice guidelines and assigned deadlines
  • Utilizes critical thinking and problem solving in day to day operations as well as in emergent situations
  • Communicate appropriately and effectively following chain of command
  • Demonstrate dependability and flexibility in meeting scheduling needs of the department

Job Requirements

Bachelor's degree in exercise-related field preferred

Minimum of one year previous healthcare/exercise experience preferred

Previous coursework and/or participation in work or volunteer experience in the area of health, fitness, or athletics

Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification - American Heart Association (AHA) (Including courses offered through SSH), INSTRUCTOR- Basic Life Support (BLS) - American Heart Association (AHA) (Including courses offered through SSH)