EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGIST

Cardiac Rehabilitation Specialist

Works with patients to support and encourage them to meet their health and life goals. Design and carefully monitor programs, patient safety and progress. Friendly, accommodating and encouraging.

Benefit Highlights

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive Compensation & Paid Time Off
• Excellent Benefit Packages
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Career development opportunities across UHS and its 300+ locations!
• HealthStream online learning catalogue with plenty of free CEU courses

About Universal Health Services

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) is one of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates inpatient acute care facilities, inpatient behavioral health facilities, outpatient and other facilities, nationwide virtual behavioral health services, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services with physical locations in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Ireland and United Kingdom.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: Minimum of one-year clinical experience in Cardiac Rehab program preferred, with emphasis on wellness, communication skills, customer orientation, and ability to lead through demonstration. Desire to work with a comprehensive health care team. Committed to a healthy lifestyle as a model for participants and staff. Expertise in the human body's metabolic response to short- and long-term physical activity for ICR. Advanced knowledge of exercise physiology, nutrition, risk factor modification strategies, counseling techniques, and uses of behavior change programs and technologies in CR/SP services. Passion for helping patients improve their health, experience in fitness, and effective communication skills. Respect for the human body, highly motivational, able to provide reassurance and instill confidence in patients performing exercises. Experience working in cardiac rehab preferred. Knowledge of exercise testing protocols, indications/contraindications of exercise and health, training techniques and administration. EKG coursework and experience preferred. Desire to work with a comprehensive health care team. Committed to a healthy lifestyle as a model for participants and staff.

Education / Licensure: Bachelor's Degree in Exercise Science, Physical Education, Recreation, Physiology or related field. BLS and ACLS certification required. ACSM Clinical Exercise Specialist (CES) certification preferred.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.