Overview

Your Career. Our Company. Together, We Grow. 

At Southern Illinois Healthcare (SIH), we realize that in order to provide our surrounding communities with excellent care, we must begin by providing our employees with that same care and appreciation. We offer rich opportunities to develop and grow professionally, an environment of excellence in patient care, and the awareness that everything we accomplish is a direct outgrowth of the superb efforts and dedication of our employees.

As a non-profit system of almost 4000 employees, we have won national acclaim for our cancer, cardiac, stroke, bariatric, breast imaging, and rehabilitation services.

$22.17/hr minimum - $33.26/hr maximum (range increases based on education, experience and certifications)

Responsible for education exercise prescription, and risk factor modification in patient with cardiac, pulmonary or metabolic disorder.

Responsibilities

Role Specific Responsibilities

• Provides patient specific disease and procedure education.
• Provides individualized patient exercise prescription.
• Identifies patient signs and symptoms.
• Provides patient with tools for positive behavior change.
• Provides supervision to assistants and students.
• Participates with multidisciplinary teams.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor or Master’s in Exercise Science or relevant health related field.

Licenses and Certification

• Required: American College of Sports Medicine (ASCM) Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist (CEP) (ASCM Exercise Physiologist certification is NOT accepted).
• Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within 6 months of hire
• BLS

Experience and Skills

• Technical Experience: 3 years in cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation preferred
• Knowledge of electrocardiograph interpretation.