Temporary Exercise Specialist (Austin)

About Crossover Health

Crossover Health is creating the future of health as it should be. A national, team-based medical group with a focus on wellbeing and prevention that extends beyond traditional sick care, the company delivers an entirely new model of healthcare—Primary Health—built on the foundation of trusted relationships, an interdisciplinary care team approach, and outcomes-based payment. Crossover’s Primary Health model integrates primary care, physical medicine, mental health, health coaching, care navigation and more, and delivers care in surround-sound—in-person, virtually and via asynchronous messaging. Together we are building a community of members that embraces healthcare as a proactive part of their lifestyle.

Job Summary
 

Job Responsibilities

The Clinical Exercise Physiologist works in direct partnership with the primary care team to help patients improve health and wellness through sustainable exercise and physical activity-related behavior change. The Clinical Exercise Physiologist will conduct advanced fitness assessments and create individualized fitness prescriptions to guide and strengthen the lifestyles of patients who are healthy and those with cardiovascular, pulmonary, and metabolic diseases and disorders. The Clinical Exercise Physiologist will utilize skills from the coaching and education disciplines to help patients improve awareness, skills, confidence, and motivation to reach their goals.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Exercise Science, Exercise Physiology or Kinesiology

• Certified ACSM Clinical Exercise Physiologist

• 2+ years experience designing and implementing exercise programs

• Current America Heart Association (AHA) Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Certification

• EKG experience preferred

• Compliance with AC Wellness Occupational Health Policy, including required immunizations

Essential Job Functions 

• Serves as an expert exercise consultant for primary care patients

• Applies and interprets tools for clinical assessment (e.g., sphygmomanometry, ECGs, auscultation, telemetry, oximetry)

• Creates personalized and detailed fitness prescriptions based on assessment findings

• Translates scientific language and concepts into understandable information for patients

• Consults with primary care physician and care team to promote and integrate high quality, patient-centered care

Physical Job Requirements 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

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