April Spooner
Summary
Highly motivated, compassionate and attentive health care professional with a history of making valuable contributions to healthcare teams and health systems. Extensive experience and expertise in the area of cardiac rehabilitation and cardiac testing combined. Detail-orientated, organized and dependable candidate, successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Extensive exposure to providing health education to patients with chronic disease. Committed to helping clients and company achieve goals.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Exercise Physiologist
Parkland Medical Center
Derry, NH
11.2020 - Current
- Reviews electronic medical records to determine exercise precautions and contra-indications prior to patient visit.
- Delivers guidance and individualized exercise prescriptions to patients recovering from heart attacks, bypass surgery, valve surgery, stent placement, heart failure and heart transplantation. Additional chronic diseases addressed when rebuilding strength, endurance, confidence and overall physical health.
- Works closely with RN to perform non invasive cardiac testing to include ETT, stress echoes and pharmacological stress tests. EKG interpretation.
- Collaborates closely with other healthcare providers to develop comprehensive care plans. Ongoing reassessment of patient progress and treatment through the completion of individualized treatment plans.
- Conducts precise assessments of patient condition and functional abilities. Assesses contraindications and abnormal patient responses to exercise and revises plan accordingly.
- Develops risk factor modification strategies, counseling plans and nutrition education for cardiac patients.
- Monitors and documents vital signs, telemetry monitor changes, cardiac arrhythmias, and symptoms before, during and after exercise.
- Demonstrates clear written and oral communications skills when working with health care professionals, patients and caregivers.
- Exhibits courtesy, compassion and respect to patients, families, caregivers, visitors, physicians, administrators and co-workers.
- Contributes to daily functions of department to include answering phones, preparing referrals, inputting charges and ordering supplies.
- Contributed to the process of receiving and maintaining AACVPR national program certification.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
- Technical skills to include MS Office. Expanse and Epic electronic medical records. Scottcare/Versacare telemetry monitoring system. GE stress testing equipment.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Exercise Physiology
Rivier University
Nashua, NHSkills
- Electronic Medical Records Review
- Medical Terminology
- Clinical Pharmacology
- Clinical Pathophysiology
- Interpretation of Medical Test Data
- Confidential Records Management
- Patient Interviews
- Daily Patient Care
Certification
American Red Cross BLS
American Red Cross ACLS
Certified Cardiac Technologist
Timeline
Senior Exercise Physiologist
Parkland Medical Center
11.2020 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Exercise Physiology
Rivier University