Exercise Specialist - Cardiac Rehab and Prevention

Location: 550 Munson Ave., Traverse City, MI

Schedule: PRN - As needed on Days - No Weekends

More Than Just Care, It’s Community  

Imagine doing meaningful work in a place where people vacation. That’s life at Munson Healthcare - northern Michigan’s largest healthcare system, with eight award-winning community hospitals serving over half a million residents across 29 counties.  

If you want a career in healthcare and a lifestyle most people only dream about – with freshwater lakes, scenic trails, charming downtowns, a vibrant arts scene, and endless outdoor adventures - you might just be Munson Material. To us, that means teammates who live by our values of excellence, teamness, positivity, creativity, and a commitment to creating exceptional experiences for our patients and each other. Join a team that delivers outstanding care in one of the most beautiful regions in the country.

Invested in You  

• Grow: Tuition reimbursement, in-person and online development, and access to our career hub to help you advance. 

• Thrive: Full benefits, paid holidays, generous PTO, employee discounts, and free individual retirement counseling.  

• Be Well: Free wellness platform for you and your family, plus personalized support for personal or family challenges. 

• Be Heard: Share your ideas and help shape the way we work through improvement huddles, employee surveys, and town hall meetings  

A Day in the Life 

• Conducts new patient orientations, including assessment, plans and evaluates patient care and provides education to cardiac patients and families, review of cardiac event, risk factors, signs and symptoms and equipment, gym and monitoring instructions
• Effectively reports abnormal assessment findings of Cardiac Rehab clients to the Cardiac Rehab nurse or Exercise Physiologist.
• Reports significant medical abnormalities, such as abnormal ECG changes and signs and symptoms to physician.
•  Demonstrates expertise in Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise Specialist practice, knowledgeable of the health problems of cardiovascular patients and demonstrates ability to help patients achieve and maintain optimal health.
• Effectively facilitates group education classes and 1:1 sessions with patients and families.

What’s Required  

• Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science/Physiology or ACSM Certified Clinical Exercise Specialist required
• Completion of a Cardiac Rehab Internship is required.
• Current BCLS certification.
• Current ACLS certification. (This certification is preferred, must be obtained withing 90 days upon employment).
• Work towards and pass ACSM Certified Clinical Exercise Specialist within 1 year of hire required. Self-study required.

Are you Munson Material? Apply today! 

Munson Healthcare requires all employees be vaccinated or have lab confirmed immunity for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella. MHC also requires all employees to receive a flu vaccine during the flu season in the year that they are hired and annually thereafter, or receive an approved medical or religious exemption.