**Overview**

Founded in 1926, Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center is a 334-bed, acute care, nonprofit, community hospital located in Glendale, California. The hospital offers a full complement of services, including its award winning heart center, the colorectal surgery institute, a gastrointestinal program, and is a Los Angeles County approved primary stroke center. The hospital shares a legacy of humankindness with Dignity Health, one of the nations five largest health care systems. Visit https://www.dignityhealth.org/socal/locations/glendalememorial for more information.

**Responsibilities**

**About this opporunity:**

+ Provides the professional care necessary to achieve the goals of the Cardiac Fitness center program; the achievement and maintenance of optimal physical and psychological functions in patients with post acute coronary heart disease.

+ Serves as a role model of cardiac fitness by integrating the role components of clinician, teacher and consultant.

**Qualifications**

**Minimum Qualifications:**

+ Exercise Physiologist, must have a Masters degree in Exercise Physiology and training in cardiopulmonary from an accredited University.

+ One year's internship or work experience in cardiac rehabilitation preferred.

+ Current Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification from American Heart.

+ Proficient in basic arrhythmia recognition. Completed a basic arrhythmia course.

+ Must have knowledge and experience of the following: Cardiovascular anatomy and physiology.

+ Pathophysiology of coronary artery disease.

+ Patient education methods

**Pay Range**

$26.39 - $38.27 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Dignity Health

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