Fitness Specialist - Lewes, DE

FOX Rehabilitation • Saint Georges, DE

2d • Onsite

About The Position

FOX Rehabilitation is hiring a Fitness Specialist to lead group exercise and personal training for older adults at a Senior Living Community in the Lewes, Delaware area. The role is suited to a personal trainer, exercise science graduate, or certified fitness professional interested in healthy aging, fall prevention, and functional fitness for seniors.

This part-time position is approximately 3 hours per week, with the opportunity to grow the caseload and hours. The Fitness Specialist serves as the primary wellness professional embedded within a Senior Living Community, delivering evidence-based fitness programming through group classes, one-on-one personal training, and partner training sessions. The specialist works with FOX Physical and Occupational Therapists and Speech Language Pathologists, builds relationships that encourage referrals from rehabilitation to wellness, and helps residents and families understand the benefits of wellness programming. The role may also include house-call sessions at patient residences and expansion into additional communities as the territory grows.

FOX Rehabilitation describes itself as a clinician-operated practice focused on meaningful relationships, evidence-based care, and abolishing ageism. The position offers work in senior living and in-home settings, possible telehealth or virtual-care components, autonomy in growing FOX Wellness, interdisciplinary collaboration, and a community-based approach that supports independence, wellness, and longevity.

The role has medium physical demands. It requires the ability to perform CPR, assist with patient transfers and bed mobility, reposition a bed-bound patient independently, and perform a range of physically demanding activities including lifting, walking, standing, bending, and climbing stairs. The position also requires the ability to drive for house calls.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Exercise Science, Kinesiology, or Exercise Physiology; or certification as a personal trainer through a nationally accredited organization; or prior fitness training experience with willingness to obtain CPT certification.
• Experience or strong interest in working with older adults in a proactive, wellness-focused setting.
• Comfort communicating and educating residents and families about wellness program benefits.
• Ability to travel between Senior Living Communities and patient residences as needed.
• Current CPR certification.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and responsiveness to email, Teams, text, and phone.
• Basic computer skills for documentation and scheduling.
• Ability to perform CPR and assist with patient transfers and bed mobility, including repositioning a bed-bound patient independently.
• Ability to exert 25–50 lbs. occasionally, 10–25 lbs. frequently, and up to 10 lbs. constantly.
• Ability to stoop, sit, bend, pull, climb, reach, kneel, crouch, climb stairs, and stand for extended periods.
• Ability to perform prolonged intense physical exertion, including running, lifting, and stretching; repetitive upper-extremity movements; and extensive walking.
• Fit to drive for the House Calls setting.
• Ability to talk and hear, with close vision and ability to adjust focus; frequently stand, walk, use hands to feel, and reach with hands and arms.

Nice To Haves

• Personal trainer certification through ACSM, NSCA, NASM, ACE, or ISSA is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead group exercise classes and provide one-on-one and partner personal training for older adults.
• Grow the wellness program by engaging residents, increasing group-class participation, and building a personal-training client base.
• Build relationships with FOX's therapy team and support referrals from rehabilitation to wellness.
• Educate residents, family members, and power-of-attorney contacts about wellness programming and its benefits.
• Travel to patient residences for house-call sessions and potentially expand services to additional communities.
• Work collaboratively with Physical and Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, and Fitness Specialists.
• Perform patient transfers and bed mobility assistance, including independently repositioning a bed-bound patient.

Benefits

• Opportunities to work in both in-home and senior living community settings.
• Potential telehealth or virtual-care components that may expand flexibility and access.
• Opportunity to autonomously grow FOX Wellness and serve as the Senior Living Community's go-to wellness professional.
• Collaborative interdisciplinary environment with PT, OT, SLP, and Fitness Specialists.
• Community-based practice supporting independence, wellness, and longevity.
• Culture that invests in employee growth and values provider-driven decision-making.
• Opportunity to grow caseload and working hours.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level