Kinesiologist
Your Opportunity:
As a Kinesiologist, you will be working collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team, utilizing evidence-based and client-centered practice. You may be performing assessment of exercise tolerance for the purpose of developing, implementing, evaluating and maintaining appropriate exercise plan/programs as well as referring patients appropriately to other healthcare programs and/or services. You will take a health promotion perspective, providing self-management support and guiding the patient towards achieving improvements in their health and physical functioning by conducting pre-participation evaluations, screening of health status, and outcome measurement tests. You may be developing, supervising, monitoring and modifying the exercise programs, supervising patients both individually and in a group-focused program and providing education to patients and their families. This position is based in Red Deer.
Description:
As a Kinesiologist, you may be working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, utilizing evidence-based and client-centred practice. You may be performing assessment of exercise tolerance for the purpose of developing, implementing, evaluating and maintaining appropriate exercise prescriptions/programs as well as referring patients (clients, residents) appropriately to other healthcare programs and/or services. You will take a health promotion perspective, providing self-management support and guiding the patient towards achieving improvements in their health and physical functioning by conducting pre-participation evaluations, screening of health status, and outcome measurement tests. You may be developing, supervising, monitoring and modifying the exercise programs, supervising clients both individually and in a group-focused program, and providing education to clients and their families.
- Recovery Alberta: N
- Classification: Kinesiologist
- Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
- Unit and Program: Kinesiology - Alberta Kidney Care North
- Primary Location: Red Deer Regional Hospital
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 0.80
- Posting End Date: 27-DEC-2024
- Employee Class: Regular Part Time
- Date Available: 27-JAN-2025
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 8
- Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends
- Days Off: As Per Rotation
- Minimum Salary: $38.90
- Maximum Salary: $51.80
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Completion of bachelor's degree in Kinesiology, Physical Education, Exercise Physiology, or equivalent exercise science degree. Current Clinical Exercise Physiologist to (CSEP) or the American College of Sports Medicine's Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist (CEP).
Additional Required Qualifications:Current Basic Cardiac Life Support/Health Care Provider (BCLS/HCP) Level C certification required. Minimum of 3 years of current Program Development experience (in the past 5 years) and delivering rehabilitative exercise program to patients with chronic health challenges is required. Minimum of 2 years of nephrology experience (within 3 years). Will consider 2 years of chronic disease management such as heart failure (within 3 years).
Preferred Qualifications:Excellent communication skills with individuals with disabilities and the elderly. Ability to function effectively as a member of the interdisciplinary team. Strong interpersonal communication (verbal and written skills). Previous experience with EMR preferred. Basic computer skills. Connect Care experience preferred.
Please note:
All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.
Security Screening:
A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.
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