Exercise Physiologist
Seattle, Wa
A unique health and wellness clinic on the cutting edge of medical weight management. At SPM my role included overseeing the exercise division and also medical/office operations. Exercise Division- Managed exercise program for entire patient population: assessed fitness levels, developed training programs and monitored progress.- Performed over 200 successful metabolic tests including but not limited to: VO2 max, aerobic and anaerobic threshold, sprint lactate, resting metabolic rate and strength assessment. - Coordinated and managed vendor relationships.- Supervised comprehensive firefighter wellness examinations for local department. This included full range of health metrics, lifestyle risk analysis and future implementation strategies.- Conducted two research studies: 1) energy intake on post exercise metabolism 2) six week incline bicycle training protocol involving over 200 total subject sessions.Medical/Office Operations- Responsible for onboarding four employees within an 18 month period in three different positions.- Utilized Quickbooks software daily to track patient payments, revenue and deposits.- Functioned as mediator between insurance companies, pharmacies and our office.- Triaged and delegated patient issues effectively to other staff members and physician.- Managed in-house database records by accurately transferring patient information to electronic systems.- Resolved patient prescription issues and served as primary point of contact for pharmacies. - Ensured patient care was enhanced at every opportunity by effectively handling issues arising in areas including: pharmacy, billing, blood work, insurance, medical plan changes and implementation.- Designed patient record organization and management processes which streamlined day-to-day office operations. - Processed patient's blood work for third part analysis. - Completed on average 60 patient calls weekly to ensure all appointments were filled and present.