Professional- licensure, reimbursement, other

Hi All,
Beyond a job position of senior clinical exercise physiologist, what can one expect to be a reasonable job progression? What experiences have any of you had in your current place of employment that may be beneficial for career progression titles/positions and job descriptions for institutions new to hiring clinical exercise physiologists?
Thanks!

Hi Carol,
As I'm sure you're aware, different institutions have differing approaches to promotion of clinical exercise physiologists. As you mention, senior (or lead) CEP is a fairly common position. Many institutions have CEPs as the "coordinator" or "supervisor" of a cardiac rehab program or cardiac testing unit. In addition, those with advanced degrees often have the opportunity to work in middle management as managers of cardiac rehab, cardiac testing, heart failure clinics, etc. For staff who are "working their way up the ladder", it's a good idea to consider how they might contribute in a different way (teach about exercise in a diabetes clinic, work as a consultant in a weight management program, become the staff "expert" in a particular area of chronic disease and exercise). When CEPs engage in these ways and become involved with other healthcare professionals, we help promote the work of clinical exercise physiologists and help to grow our profession.

CEPs, to create job growth at my organization my leadership has suggested finding job descriptions at other centers that have a "tier" approach to compare to. Would anyone be willing to share their organizations job descriptions or what job titles are offered at their organization? For example, Exercise physiologist vs, clinical exercise physiologist vs stress lab manager, or cardiac rehab manager. For example, you can find at centers sonographer level 1, sonographer level 2, sonographer level 3, and lead sonographer.

Hello Kate,

Thanks for reaching out regarding these questions. A great place to start would be reading through the CEPA White Paper on compensation strategies (located in the "Advocacy" tab on CEPA's website), which includes recommendations regarding alignment of position titles, job description review, and implementation of career ladders.

Thank you so much for highlighting this information. I am using it as a guideline to revise my salary and job description at my current position in a hospital environment, so very timely.

I have some resources that you may find helpful. Feel free to reach out to me via email after reviewing the document Garett referenced above matthew.thomas525@commonspirit.org