Cardiac Exercise Specialist

Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations, and is home to six Métis Chartered Communities.

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We currently have exciting opportunities for Casual – Cardiac Exercise Specialists to join our team at Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre located in Abbotsford, B.C. We hire great people for outstanding jobs and need your help to expand the ability to deliver prompt and professional service.

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 Joining our team offers you opportunities to work in a rapidly growing organization with health professionals who are excellent in their respective fields, career growth and advancement, a competitive compensation package (including four weeks of vacation to start, comprehensive health benefits, and pension plan), and the rewarding opportunity to make a difference every single day in health care.

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Responsible for coordinating exercise schedules, planning and supervising exercise sessions for cardiac rehabilitation patients at an assigned location; assesses patient's medical history and performs diagnostic tests to develop an individual care plan for each patient; leads individual and group exercises, education, counseling and related patient cardiac rehabilitation support activities; acts as a resource through the collegial sharing of information and collaborates with the interdisciplinary team in the planning, coordination and evaluation of patient exercise services.

Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree in Exercise Science, Kinesiology, Physical Education, Sports Medicine or Physiology. Two (2) years' recent related clinical experience in a cardiac rehabilitation environment, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Certification with American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) - Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist (CCEP), current CPR Level "C" certification or equivalent and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification.

Eligible for registration with the Canadian Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation.

Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated ability to evaluate and interpret clinical data such as stress tests and ECG.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct exercise sessions.
• Demonstrated ability to recognize and respond to complications.
• Demonstrated ability to modify exercise for cardio-pulmonary limitations.
• Demonstrated ability to prescribe aerobic and strength exercise based on the exercise stress test.
• Demonstrated ability to perform patient assessment.
• Demonstrated ability to plan a patient program.
• Demonstrated ability to provide staff and patient education.
• Demonstrated ability to problem-solve.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrated ability to deal effectively with others.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively provide instructions and directions.
• Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize work.
• Demonstrated ability to operate related equipment including related software applications.
• Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.

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