Exercise Physiologist

Texas Children's Hospital; The Woodlands (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading pediatric hospital dedicated to providing exceptional care for children and adolescents. In this role, you will be responsible for conducting cardiopulmonary exercise tests, ensuring patient safety, and collaborating with healthcare professionals to enhance laboratory functions. This position offers the opportunity to work in a specialized environment designed exclusively for pediatric care, where your expertise in exercise physiology will make a significant impact on the health and well-being of young patients. If you are passionate about improving patient outcomes and thrive in a dynamic healthcare setting, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Exercise Science required, with specialization in Exercise Physiology.
• 1-year experience in clinical exercise testing preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform and document cardiopulmonary exercise tests for pediatric patients.
• Ensure proper function of laboratory equipment and maintain supply inventory.

Skills

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing

Exercise Physiology

Patient Communication

Equipment Calibration

Education

Master's Degree in Exercise Science

Tools

Metabolic Carts

ECG Equipment

Job description

In this position, you will assume responsibility for the Exercise and Laboratories. All duties are performed in a manner that is developmentally appropriate for the patient population served, primarily pediatric patients ranging in age from neonate to adult with varying degrees of acuity.

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Job Duties & Responsibilities

1. Perform Preliminary and Post Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test Functions. Schedule cardiopulmonary exercise tests, document necessary patient information, and inform the front desk when appropriate. Prepare for the exercise test. Functions include review of patient charts for medical history and reason for the test, assembly of red folder and necessary forms, entry of patient information into the ECG and metabolic carts, performance of gas and volume-flow calibration on the metabolic cart, and set up of the bed, electrodes, and mouthpiece.
2. Perform Cardiopulmonary Exercise Tests. Explain the cardiopulmonary exercise test procedure to the patient and parents in a manner that is appropriate for the patient. Ask parents to read and sign the informed consent carefully and answer any questions or concerns they might have regarding the risks of the test. Prepare the electrode sites by cleansing the skin with alcohol, drying the skin, and exfoliating the skin at the electrode sites with sandpaper by lightly rubbing the skin to remove dead skin cells. Attach the lead wires using the modified Mason-Liker electrode placement sites.
3. Verify Proper Function of Equipment and Supply Inventory is Adequate.
4. Improve Function of Exercise Laboratory through Collaboration, Research, and Continuing Education.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

Skills & Requirements

1. Master's Degree in Exercise Science (or comparable) with specialization in Exercise Physiology.
2. Preferred Licenses/Certification: PALS - Cert-PALS, ACLS - Cert-Adv Cardiac LS ACLS, ACSM-CER - Cert-ACSM Cer Personal Trainer.
3. Preferred 1-year experience in clinical exercise testing and exercise ECG interpretation, 1-year previous experience in a clinical or hospital setting, and 1-year previous experience in Laboratory and personnel management.

About Texas Children’s

Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands is north Houston’s first true, free-standing pediatric hospital designed, equipped and staffed exclusively to provide care in more than 25 areas of specialty care for children and adolescents. Hospital facilities include 24 emergency center rooms, outpatient exam rooms, radiology rooms, operating rooms and acute care beds, as well as a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).

Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.