Exercise Physiologist

Georgetown, SC

Murrells Inlet, SC

Part time

JR104746

Employee Type:

PRN

Work Shift:

Day - 8 hour shift (United States of America)

Join Team Tidelands and help people live better lives through better health!

Exercise Physiologist

Are you passionate about quality and committed to excellence? Consider joining our Tidelands Health team. As our region's largest health care provider, we are also one of our area's largest employers. More than 2,500 team members at more than 70 Tidelands Health locations bring our healing mission to life each day.

A Brief Overview

The Exercise Physiologist is responsible for providing personal training services, wellness services, and exceptional health services including fitness assessments, exercise programming and guidance. The Exercise Physiologist is primarily responsible for providing fitness and wellness services, promoting themselves to potential clients, building rapport with members, and selling their advanced exercise knowledge and abilities. In addition, the Exercise Physiologist is also responsible for: providing members with an excellent customer experience; developing, implementing and promoting fitness and wellness events, seminars and programs; providing new member assessments, re-assessments and programs; and other duties as assigned to provide an excellent customer experience. Must be able to effectively demonstrate all fitness equipment and exercises on both land and water. Highly stressful workload due to multiple demands simultaneously.

What you will do

• Closely analyzing a patient’s medical history to assess any potential risks that exercise may pose.

• Performing fitness and stress tests on patients to determine their strengths and limitations, as well as the most appropriate starting point for a fitness program.

• Measuring and monitoring patient vital signs, such as heart rate, blood pressure, heart rhythms, and oxygen levels.

• Educating patients about their injuries and health conditions, such as lung disease and diabetes, and providing information about how to stay healthy.

• Teaching patients how to perform exercises safely and effectively.

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Exercise Physiology, Health or Fitness related field. Required

Experience Qualifications

• Prior experience as an EP. Preferred

Skills and Abilities

• Advance knowledge in exercise prescription required

• Exemplary customer skills required

Licenses and Certifications

• Basic Life Support Certified - American Heart Association is required within 30 days of hire. Recertification every two years isRequired

• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Certified - American Heart Association Preferred

• AAFAA, ACE or other nationally recognized Personal Training certification Preferred

Physical Demand

Medium-Heavy Physical Demand

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a contract for employment nor a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

Tidelands Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

Tidelands Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). Tidelands Health does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, gender, genetic information, familial status, or any other legally protected status.

At Tidelands Health, we are united by a single, shared mission: We help people live better lives through better health. It’s a commitment embodied in the extraordinary care we provide our patients and the award-winning workplace that welcomes our team every day.

A proud not-for-profit organization, we are the largest health care provider in our beautiful coastal region of South Carolina. Enjoy year-round access to the Myrtle Beach area’s warm, sunny climate and outstanding quality of life as you fulfill your professional dreams. Here, you’ll find a workplace culture built around a spirit of inclusion, teamwork, mutual respect and recognition for a job well done.

Discover what it’s like to work for an organization that values who you are as much as we appreciate what you do.