Advanced Clinical Exercise Physiologist / Cardiac Rehab Norwalk

Advanced Clinical Exercise Physiologist

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St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport has more than 3,200 employees. It includes a 473-bed community teaching hospital, a 76-bed inpatient psychiatric facility in Westport, a large multispecialty provider group, and special needs services for adults and children. St. Vincent's is the first hospital in Fairfield County to be integrated into the Hartford HealthCare network and is the system's second-largest hospital.

HHC offers:

• Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250.00 after six months of employment and up to 40% tuition discounts with partnering institutions for colleagues and dependents.
• Partnership with equipment manufacturers allowing for new equipment with state-of-the-art features.
• On-the-job training in a teaching hospital that offers a great learning environment.
• Opportunities for career advancement.
• Free parking.
• Generous Paid Time Off, 401k with company match and so much more.

Job Summary:

The Advanced Clinical Exercise Physiologist functions as an expert level practitioner within the cardiac rehabilitation program. This clinician manages high acuity and complex patients using evidence-based practice and advanced clinical reasoning. In addition to direct patient care, this role assumes leadership responsibilities including mentoring, competency development, quality improvement, and departmental coordination.

Responsibilities:

• Performs advanced assessments and develops integrated plans of care.
• Manages high acuity and complex patients independently.
• Designs and implements evidence-based exercise prescriptions.
• Monitors patient progress and coordinates interdisciplinary care, responds appropriately to clinical situations including exercise cessation and referral to medical staff.
• Identifies barriers to patient success and implements interventions.
• Serves as mentor and preceptor for junior staff, leads competency validation and orientation processes.
• Provides advanced education and counseling to patients and families.
• Collaborates with physicians and interdisciplinary team regarding patient progress.
• Coordinates quality improvement and research initiatives.
• Maintains accurate and timely documentation in the medical record.
• Maintains knowledge of departmental equipment and assists with maintenance, participates in and informs departmental education and in services.
• Assists with staffing, operations, vendor coordination, and AACVPR certification maintenance.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Qualifications

Education:

• Master's Degree in Exercise Physiology, Exercise Science, or related field. Additional graduate level coursework or specialty training preferred.

Licensure, Certification, Registration:

• Expert knowledge of ACSM and AACVPR standards.
• Leadership and mentoring capability.
• Advanced critical thinking and case management.
• Ability to lead projects and quality initiatives.
• Maintenance of advanced competencies including LVAD and arrhythmia interpretation.
• Additional advanced cardiovascular certifications are preferred.

Language Skills:

• Fluent English. Bilingual in English, Spanish or fluency is another language a plus.

Work Experience:

• Minimum four (4) years clinical cardiac rehabilitation experience. Prior experience with program development and leadership initiatives preferred.