Job Description

Doctors Hospital of Laredo, in Laredo, TX, is a 183-bed acute care facility that offers a range of medical services. You'll feel a difference when you walk in our doors. There's pride in the care we deliver and a commitment to serving Laredo's growing healthcare needs.

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Job Summary: 

Works with patients to support and encourage them to meet their health and life goals. Design and carefully monitor programs, patient safety and progress. Friendly, accomodating and encouraging.

Essential Job Functions: 

1. Maintain and promote the cardiac Rehab program that meets the needs of our patients.
2. Participate and assist in the development of external fitness and health activities.
3. Contact patients in a professional and enthusiastic manner.
4. Promote an environment of professionalism and motivation that encourage patient participation.
5. Perform necessary customer relation services.
6. Maintain good working knowledge of all exercise equipment and be capable of explaining and demonstrating proper use.

Benefit Highlights

• Challenging and rewarding work environment

• Competitive Compensation & Paid Time Off
• Excellent Benefit Packages
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• Tuition Reimbursement

• Career development opportunities across UHS and its 300+ locations!
• HealthStream online learning catalogue with plenty of free CEU courses

• More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: uhsguest.com.

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

If you would like to learn more about the position before applying, please contact Vanessa Martinez, Recruiter at vanessa.martinez@uhsinc.com and by phone at 956-523-2027.

Minimum Qualifications: 

1. Minimum of one-year clinical experience in Cardiac Rehab program preferred, with emphasis on wellness, communication skills, customer orientation, and ability to lead through demonstration.
2. Desire to work with a comprehensive health care team. Committed to a healthy lifestyle as a model for participants and staff.
3. Expertise in the human body’s metabolic response to short- and long-term physical activity for ICR.
4. Advanced knowledge of exercise physiology, nutrition, risk factor modification strategies, counseling techniques, and uses of behavior change programs and technologies in CR/SP services.
5. Passion for helping patients improve their health, experience in fitness, and effective communication skills. Respect for the human body, highly motivational, able to provide reassurance and instill confidence in patients performing exercises.  Experience working in cardiac rehab preferred.
6. Knowledge of exercise testing protocols, indications/contraindications of exercise and health, training techniques and administration. EKG coursework and experience preferred.  Desire to work with a comprehensive health care team.  Committed to a healthy lifestyle as a model for participants and staff.

EDUCATION / LICENSURE:

Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Science, Physical Education, Recreation, Physiology or related field.

BLS and ACLS certification required.

ACSM Clinical Exercise Specialist (CES) certification preferred.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

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