Supervisor Cardiac Rehab

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As a Supervisor of Cardiac Rehab, you will provide expert leadership and compassionate oversight, ensuring the delivery of high-quality rehabilitative care and education for cardiac patients.

Every day you will expertly manage daily operations, lead and mentor a team of healthcare professionals, develop individualized treatment plans, and meticulously monitor patient progress to optimize recovery and promote sustainable lifestyle changes.

To be successful, you will demonstrate outstanding clinical knowledge in cardiology, strong leadership skills, and a proactive, empathetic demeanor, contributing significantly to improved cardiovascular health and patient well-being.

• Supervises the daily operations of the assigned work unit to assure the safe and appropriate delivery of patient care, achievement of clinical core measurement scores, and to ensure that all activities are conducted in a timely and cost-effective manner and in compliance with organizational values, professional standards, internal policies/standards/procedures and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Participates in the development of, and implements new clinical systems/programs to enhance existing services and raise the standard of care for the patient population served; recommends and implements new/revised procedures, guidelines, training materials to ensure compliance with applicable regulatory/accreditation requirements; ensures that work unit activities, productivity, and/or quality indicators are documented in accordance with CHI-FH guidelines; produces and presents reports on key performance indicators and other significant benchmarking metrics; collaborates with other departments to address and resolve problems, share information and enhance overall effectiveness/productivity.
• Monitors, on a continuous basis, services, patient outcomes, quality control, family/patient satisfaction, staffing needs and operational effectiveness to ensure optimal care delivery; assesses the strengths/weaknesses of the assigned clinical area/facility to identify opportunities and provide recommendations for new quality/performance improvement initiatives; ensures that internal controls are sufficient to provide for accurate, complete and compliant programs and processes; identifies need for changes in standards, programs and services, and develops recommendations for consideration by the Director.
• Interview/assess new cardiac and pulmonary patients for entry into a phase II monitored or phase III unmonitored cardiac or pulmonary program, creating a patient chart with all the necessary completed forms required for entry to program.
• Enter all required components into the Scott Care System for participation in phase II program, to include demographics, medical information, exercise prescription, quality of life surveys, shortness of breath surveys and nutritional habits surveys.
• Be able to measure participants height, weight, resting and exercise blood pressure, oxygen saturation at rest and exercise, resting and exercise EKG, auscultate lungs for status of breath sounds

Job Requirements

• Bachelors and minimum of 1 year experience in the discipline, or
• 3 years’ experience in the discipline
• Basic Life Support
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Where You'll Work

CHI Health Lakeside is West Omaha's only full-service hospital. We believe that patient-focused care heals the body, mind, and spirit of every person. Our campus is designed for patients and sets the tone for a comfortable, less stressful hospital stay. As one of the most technologically advanced hospitals in the world, we provide a full range of services including: maternity, cancer and surgery care as well as diagnostics and emergency services.