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Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital

Pursue your passion for caring with Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital in Mooresville, North Carolina. The smallest of the four Duke Health hospitals at 123-beds, it offers a comprehensive range of medical services, including 24-hour emergency care, cardiology, orthopedics, women's services, and surgical specialties.

Develop, coordinate and implement exercise related programs including marketing, research, and internships. Provide exercise-related education for patients and the community. Responsible for all exercise sciencestandards needed to meet regulatory and credentialing requirements.

Level I -

• Performs all Exercise Specialist duties and diagnostic testing independently as required by work site.
• Assist with oversight and daily operations of clinical and non- clinical programs.
• Assist manager with program compliance, benchmarking and performance improvement.
• Able to teach most/all offered land and water based group exercise for low, medium, and high risk clients. Mentor and train other staff in group exercise.
• Required to have clinical knowledge of disease management programming multiple co-morbidities.
• Responsible for exercise prescription development for all patient populations
• Mentor and lead others in thedepartment (employees and interns)
• Direct responsibility for all exercise requirements indicated in cardiac rehab state license, AAVCPR national and ACSM guidelines, if required at work site.
• Recognizes symptom changes/signs of problems and knows theappropriate medical response and processes. Initiates first responder care.
• Active in program certification process and regulatory agency review according to work site.
• Assign and implement lectures, fitness classes, marketing and other materials as needed for each work site.
• Lead Process Improvement initiatives and benchmark responsibilities for program changes.

Level II -

• Clinical oversight regarding exercise for all patients at all risk levels.
• Able to teach all land and water based group exercise for all risk level patients.
• Serves as master trainer to other staff in area of group exercise and evaluates staff regarding group exercise.
• Functions as a Team Leader in supervising and program oversight.
• Implement processes to ensure compliance with state, national and organizational safety requirements.
• Takes responsibility for program compliance issues.
• Collects, process and interpret program data to support both medical coverage and administrative support.
• Has knowledge of industry standards.
• Serve as principle investigator for research projects, which may include supervision of research and publication.
• Present exercise knowledge at national or regional conferences.

• Stay current with certifications and attend continuing education events.
• Review current research and update materials as needed
• A high level of professionalism and knowledge of exercise programming is required.

Level I -

• Performs all Exercise Specialist duties and diagnostic testing independently as required by work site.
• Assist with oversight and daily operations of clinical and non- clinical programs.
• Assist manager with program compliance, benchmarking and performance improvement.
• Able to teach most/all offered land and water based group exercise for low, medium, and high risk clients.
• Mentor and train other staff in group exercise.
• Required to have clinical knowledge of disease management programming multiple co-morbidities.
• Responsible for exercise prescription development for all patient populations
• Mentor and lead others in thedepartment (employees and interns)
• Direct responsibility for all exercise requirements indicated in cardiac rehab state license, AAVCPR national and ACSM guidelines, if required at work site.
• Recognizes symptom changes/signs of problems and knows theappropriate medical response and processes. Initiates first responder care.
• Active in program certification process and regulatory agency review according to work site.
• Assign and implement lectures, fitness classes, marketing and other materials as needed for each work site.
• Lead Process Improvement initiatives and benchmark responsibilities for program changes.

Level II -

• Clinical oversight regarding exercise for all patients at all risk levels.
• Able to teach all land and water based group exercise for all risk level patients.
• Serves as master trainer to other staff in area of group exercise and evaluates staff regarding group exercise.
• Functions as a Team Leader in supervising and program oversight.
• Implement processes to ensure compliance with state, national and organizational safety requirements.
• Takes responsibility for program compliance issues.
• Collects, process and interpret program data to support both medical coverage and administrative support.
• Has knowledge of industry standards.
• Serve as principle investigator for research projects, which may include supervision of research and publication.
• Present exercise knowledge at national or regional conferences.

• Master's degree in Exercise Physiology or Exercise Science.
• Bachelor's degree plus ACSM-CEP accepted.

• Level I: Minimum 1 yrs applicable experience, prefer 2.
  • Experience working with Cardiology patients and EKG highly preferred.
• Level II: Minimum 3 yrs applicable experience (leadership experience preferred).

• Level I: ACLS required (must obtain within 6 months of hire date); ACSM certification as Exercise Physiologist, Health Fitness instructor, Group Exercise Instructor, or Personal Trainer (must obtain within 6 months of hire date).
• Level II: ACLS required; ACSM certification as Clinical Exercise Physiologist required.

Duke 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 (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation or military status.

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Essential Physical Job Functions:

Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

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