Pulmo Rehab Specialist

Pulmonary Health And Rehabilitation Program Staff

The pulmonary health and rehabilitation program will staff respiratory care practitioners who will be responsible for implementing the respiratory regimen and assisting with pulmonary participant support.

Responsibilities include:

• Contributing expertise as a member of a multi-disciplinary team to offer comprehensive treatment strategies.
• Communicating effectively with rehab team members about individual patient findings or concerns and about program improvement issues.
• Striving toward proficiency in the clinical competencies.
• Identifying appropriate psycho social adaptation to illness and/or the presence of psychopathology.
• Offering support and strategies to aid patient in successful therapeutic lifestyle changes.
• Utilizing contemporary theories of health behavior change in helping participants identify learning and lifestyle modification goals.
• Participating in the program's educational efforts, classes, and/or individual sessions.
• Assisting in the development of individualized treatment plans.
• Applying knowledge of exercise science to a population with pulmonary disease and other potential co-morbidities.
• Developing and adjusting individual exercise prescription.
• Supervising exercise sessions and monitoring participants.
• Responsible for oximetry, heart rate, and blood pressure measurement.
• Assessing participants pre, during, and post exercise.
• Responsible for observation of telemetry responses.
• Documenting initial and daily assessment data.
• Reporting new, changing, and/or significant participant conditions.
• Initiating ACLS measures and/or emergency care.
• Participating in the collection, analysis, and reporting of identified individual patient outcomes and program outcomes.
• Keeping current in the field of pulmonary rehabilitation.
• Participating in emergency drills and mock codes.
• Attending all scheduled staff meetings.