Fitness Specialist - Collegeville, PA

FOX Rehabilitation • Radnor Township, PA

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About The Position

FOX Rehabilitation is hiring a Fitness Specialist to lead group exercise and personal training for older adults at senior living communities in Collegeville and Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. The role focuses on healthy aging, fall prevention, and functional fitness. The Fitness Specialist serves as the primary wellness professional embedded in a senior living community, delivering evidence-based programming through group classes, one-on-one personal training, and partner training sessions.

This is a part-time position of approximately 2–3 hours per week, with the opportunity to grow the caseload and hours. The current schedule is Mondays from 10:30 to 11:00, with opportunities for one-on-one wellness visits. The role includes building resident engagement and a training client base, collaborating with FOX’s therapy team, educating residents and families, and traveling to patient residences for house-call sessions as the territory grows.

FOX Rehabilitation is a clinician-operated practice focused on meaningful relationships, evidence-based care, and abolishing ageism. Fitness Specialists work across in-home and senior living community settings, with potential telehealth or virtual care components, in a collaborative interdisciplinary environment. The position offers autonomy to help grow FOX Wellness and works within a community-based practice supporting independence, wellness, and longevity.

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 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 and assist with patient transfers and bed mobility, including independently repositioning a bed-bound patient.
• Ability to meet the role’s physical demands, including lifting and exertion, standing and walking for extended periods, and performing required movements.
• Must be fit to drive for the house-calls setting.

Nice To Haves

• Personal Trainer certification from ACSM, NSCA, NASM, ACE, or ISSA is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead group exercise and provide one-on-one and partner training for older adults.
• Grow the wellness program by increasing group class participation and building a one-on-one and partner training client base.
• Build relationships with residents and collaborate with FOX Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, and Speech Language Pathologists to support referrals to wellness programming.
• Educate residents, family members, and power-of-attorney contacts about the benefits of wellness programming.
• Travel to patient residences for house-call sessions and expand into additional communities as the territory grows.
• Complete documentation and scheduling using basic computer skills.

What This Job Offers

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