Fitness Specialist - Summerville, SC

FOX Rehabilitation • Summerville, SC

7h

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 Summerville, South Carolina. The role is part-time, approximately two hours per week, with an opportunity to grow caseload and hours. The Fitness Specialist serves as the primary wellness professional embedded in the community, providing evidence-based fitness programming through group classes, one-on-one personal training, and partner training sessions. The current schedule is flexible for two 30-minute exercise classes at Claiborne, regularly between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

The role involves growing resident engagement and participation, developing personal and partner training clients, and building relationships with residents, families, and the community’s FOX therapy team. Referrals from clinicians can support program and schedule growth as patients transition from rehabilitation to wellness. As the territory grows, the Specialist may travel to patient residences for house-call sessions and work in additional communities.

FOX Rehabilitation describes itself as a clinician-operated practice focused on meaningful relationships, evidence-based care, and abolishing ageism. The role is part of a collaborative, interdisciplinary, community-based practice supporting older adults’ independence, wellness, and longevity.

Requirements

• A 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 presenting 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, provide moderate to maximum assistance with patient transfers and bed mobility, and reposition a bed-bound patient independently.
• Ability to meet the stated medium strength classification: exert 25–50 pounds occasionally, 10–25 pounds frequently, and up to 10 pounds 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, and repetitive upper-extremity movements.
• Fit to drive for the House Calls setting.
• Ability to talk and hear regularly, 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 from ACSM, NSCA, NASM, ACE, or ISSA.

Responsibilities

• Lead group exercise classes and provide one-on-one and partner personal training for older adults.
• Grow the wellness program by increasing resident participation in group classes and building a client base for personal and partner training.
• Build relationships with residents, families, and power-of-attorney contacts, and explain the benefits of wellness programming.
• Collaborate with FOX Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, and Speech Language Pathologists at the Senior Living Community.
• Build trust with clinicians who may refer patients to wellness after rehabilitation.
• Travel to patient residences for house-call sessions and expand into additional communities as the territory grows.
• Use basic computer tools for documentation and scheduling and communicate through email, Teams, text, and phone.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time