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Job Summary

nWe’re hiring Casual Cardiac Exercise Specialists to join our team at Peace Arch Hospital located in White Rock, BC.n

Peace Arch Hospital is a 171-bed hospital located in White Rock, BC, primarily serving its local communities of South Surrey and White Rock. The hospital offers general medicine, surgery, maternity, inpatient, outpatient care and 24/7 Emergency services with over 51,000 visits annually.

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With its sandy beaches, red brick promenade, waterfront eateries, dramatic sunsets, and the warmest ocean water on the Canadian west coast, White Rock is known as the jewel of British Columbia. A quiet, growing, seaside community tucked between Surrey and Washington State, White Rock is a scenic community offering a variety of leisure activities from windsurfing to golfing to oceanfront promenade walks.

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Come work with us!

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Joining our team offers you opportunities to work in a rapidly growing organization with health professionals who are excellent in their respective fields, career growth and advancement, and the rewarding prospect to make a difference every single day in health care.

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We invite you to apply today and find out why employees recommend Fraser Health to their friends as an exceptional place to work. We are committed to planetary health, we value diversity in the work force and seek to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring and Trust.

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Detailed Overview

nResponsible for coordinating exercise schedules, planning and supervising exercise sessions for cardiac rehabilitation patients at an assigned location; assesses patient's medical history and performs diagnostic tests to develop an individual care plan for each patient; leads individual and group exercises, education,



counseling and related patient cardiac rehabilitation support activities; acts as a resource through the collegial sharing of information and collaborates with the interdisciplinary team in the planning, coordination and evaluation of patient exercise services.n

Responsibilities

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1. Assesses and evaluates patient's functional status and risk factors and develops an exercise prescription by reviewing patient information, interviewing the patient to ensure patient's needs/goals are met/addressed and collaborating with the members of the health care team.
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2. Coordinates exercise schedules for patients; plans and conducts exercise sessions utilizing case management techniques; demonstrates exercise equipment and explains principles of exercise training to ensure patients are exercising to their greatest benefit.
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3. Assesses patient's symptoms and responses to activities by monitoring patients for cardiac arrhythmias, ECG abnormalities, cardiac medications and their potential effect on cardiac activity; modifies patient's exercise prescription as appropriate.
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4. Responds to patient complications such as fainting or heart attack during exercise by initiating and/or assisting in emergency care, calling 911 and documenting incident in accordance with established procedures.
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5. Counsels patients and their families regarding lifestyle changes, active living exercise program guidelines,



the principles of training and the value of a home exercise program.
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6. Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team and the community by attending patient conferences and meetings, providing information, acting as a resource and collaborating with team members in the planning, coordination and evaluation of patient services.
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7. Reviews patient charts, prepares reports and documents patient's progress in training intensity; maintains statistics records of patient assessments and treatments, as required.
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8. Participates in and provides in-service education/instruction to staff, interns, students and/or agencies as required by attending and/or delivering the in-service.
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9. Maintains current knowledge related to cardiac rehabilitation by reviewing relevant materials, attending seminars and identifying new trends to ensure information provided to patients is current; provides input into the planning of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program, as requested.
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10. Participates in quality assurance/improvement activities by collecting data, monitoring variances to expected outcomes and participating in client satisfaction surveys; makes recommendations for change based on documented results.
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11. Operates, maintains and cleans related equipment as required; refers repairs to appropriate department and/or staff.
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12. Performs other related duties as assigned.
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Qualifications

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Education and Experience

nBachelor's degree in Exercise Science, Kinesiology, Physical Education, Sports Medicine or Physiology. Two (2) years' recent related clinical experience in a cardiac rehabilitation environment, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.n

Certification with Amer

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📌 Cardiac Exercise Specialist - Peace Arch Hospital (White Rock)
🏢 Fraser Health
📍 White Rock