WHY UT SOUTHWESTERN?
With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you'll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career!
BENEFITS
UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:
- PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
- 100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
- Paid Time Off, available day one
- Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
- Paid Parental Leave Benefit
- Wellness programs
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
- Learn more about these and other UTSW employee benefits!
JOB SUMMARY
We are seeking a flexible, skilled, passionate and motivated Exercise Physiologist to join our team, traveling locally within the Dallas area to our regional centers to administer cardiac stress testing. The ideal candidate will have experience in conducting stress tests, EKGs and working with patients to ensure accurate and safe testing. The role requires Collaboration with various healthcare teams, making strong communication and teamwork essential. You will have the opportunity to build and shape this position as part of a growing team focused on delivering high quality cardiac care.
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
Required
- Education
Master's Degree in Exercise Physiology
- Experience
No experience is required
- Licenses and Certifications
(BLS) BASIC LIFE SUPPORT certification, course accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC) within 90 Days or
(ACLS) ADV CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT certification, course accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC) within 90 Days
Preferred
- Experience
1 year of experience
JOB DUTIES
- Demonstrates principles of exercise and disease management. Practices good clinical judgment. Progresses patient appropriately and safely during exercise. Provides education to patient and family regarding patient's disease process. Demonstrates awareness of patient's and family's readiness and ability to learn.
- Performs and documents physical, psychosocial, and emotional assessments during initial evaluation. Identifies appropriate interventions based on initial evaluation. Writes complete plan of care with specific, time based goals for each intervention.
- Re-evaluates plan of care and exercise program to determine effectiveness. Utilizes critical thinking skills to monitor patient's progress. Reports any physical changes to physician in prompt manner.
- Prepares for patient discharge. Assures that patient's and family's goals for rehabilitation have been met. Displays good knowledge of patient's resources and needs.
- Works to improve departmental standards of care through updating educational material, providing inservices to staff.
- Organizes patient treatment time and provides patient education.
- Documents all aspects of patient's care and continued need for rehabilitation.
- Reports errors promptly and takes appropriate follow-up action to rectify error.
- Serves as patient and family advocate. Responds to patient's and/ or family's complaints. Reports complaints to Manager or their designee in timely manner. Utilizes chain of command to resolve patient, operational, or personal work related problems.
- Assists willingly in coverage of other patients. Performs insurance verification and re-verification. Assists with other departmental paperwork as needed.
- Participates in performance improvement activities as directed. Attends at least 80% of scheduled staff meetings and 100% of mandatory educational sessions. Assists in on-job training, education, and supervision of students, and/or graduate nurses.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
SECURITY AND EEO STATEMENT
Security
This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information.
EEO Statement
UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.