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Professional - Clinical
Exercise Physiologist
The Woodlands, TX, US
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
• 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
• 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
• Verify Proper Function of Equipment that Supply Inventory is Adequate
• 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
• Master's Degree in Exercise Science (or comparable) with specialization in Exercise Physiology
• Preferred Licenses/Certification: PALS - Cert-PALS, ACLS - Cert-Adv Cardiac LS ACLS, ACSM-CER - Cert-ACSM Cer Personal Trainer
• 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).
To join our community of 14,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.
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.
