Salary range: The salary range for this position is CAD $37.89 - $47.31 / hour Why Fraser Health?:

• Assesses and evaluates the 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Reviews patient charts, prepares reports and documents patient’s progress in training intensity; maintains statistics records of patient assessments and treatments, as required.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Operates, maintains and cleans related equipment as required; refers repairs to appropriate department and/or staff.
• Performs other related duties as assigned