Cardiac Fitness Therapist
Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health
Location
Glendale, CA | United States
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Overview
Founded in 1926, Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center is a 334-bed, acute care, nonprofit, community hospital located in Glendale, California. The hospital offers a full complement of services, including its award winning heart center, the colorectal surgery institute, a gastrointestinal program, and is a Los Angeles County approved primary stroke center. The hospital shares a legacy of humankindness with Dignity Health, one of the nation’s five largest health care systems. Visit for more information.
Responsibilities About this opporunity:
- Provides the professional care necessary to achieve the goals of the Cardiac Fitness center program; the achievement and maintenance of optimal physical and psychological functions in patients with post acute coronary heart disease.
- Serves as a role model of cardiac fitness by integrating the role components of clinician, teacher and consultant.
Qualifications Minimum Qualifications:
- Exercise Physiologist, must have a Masters degree in Exercise Physiology and training in cardiopulmonary from an accredited University.
- One year's internship or work experience in cardiac rehabilitation preferred.
- Current Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification from American Heart.
- Proficient in basic arrhythmia recognition. Completed a basic arrhythmia course.
- Must have knowledge and experience of the following: Cardiovascular anatomy and physiology.
- Pathophysiology of coronary artery disease.
- Patient education methods
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