Exercise Physiologist

M-F, 40 hrs/week, open to commute (working at HP and WS location)

• →Conducts metabolic, anthropometric, and exercise assessments and makes appropriate exercise prescriptions based on patient health status and risk factors.
• →Educates patients about testing, exercise program components, and the role of physical activity in managing their weight and other health conditions.
• →Coordinates and administers personal training for patients seeking one on one exercise training in order to enhance cardiovascular function, muscle strength and endurance, balance, and flexibility.
• →Provides guidance in proper exercise technique and variations of exercises with respect to patient capabilities.
• →Oversees the fitness center in the Weight Management Center to ensure patient safety is optimized. Ensures that equipment is adequately serviced and orders for new equipment are completed by notifying clinic coordinator of requests.
• →Develops new methods to increase patient participation in structured exercise and physical activity to optimize patient adherence to exercise to improve the maintenance of weight loss outcomes.
• →Selects, supervises and trains undergraduate interns in the administration of metabolic, anthropometric, and fitness assessments.
• →Plans, develops, promotes, and evaluates exercise programming to enhance clinical weight loss. Delivers training and education to fitness center staff regarding new techniques, measurements and programs.
• →Collaborates with community fitness centers and fitness businesses to increase the involvement of the fitness community in the clinical weight loss programming.
• →Oversees exercise related programming. Develops forms and other documents required for program monitoring and implementation
• →Maintains a working knowledge of the implementation of exercise in weight loss programs and of relevant research being utilized by the multidisciplinary weight loss team through continuing education conferences, webinars, and journals.
• →Collaborates with investigators in developing and implementing projects aimed to further the mission of the Center.

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