Fitness Specialist - Collegeville, PA
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 the Collegeville, Pennsylvania area. The role suits a personal trainer, exercise science graduate, or certified fitness professional interested in healthy aging, fall prevention, and functional fitness for seniors. This is a part-time position of approximately 2–3 hours per week, with the potential to grow caseload and hours. The Fitness Specialist serves as the primary wellness professional embedded in a senior living community, providing evidence-based programming through group classes, one-on-one personal training, and partner training. The listed schedule is Mondays from 10:30 to 11:00, with locations including Woodbridge Place in Phoenixville and Morningside House in Collegeville, and opportunities for one-on-one wellness visits. The role involves growing resident participation and a personal training client base, collaborating with FOX physical and occupational therapists and speech-language pathologists, and educating residents and families about wellness programming. The specialist may travel to patient residences for house-call sessions and may expand into additional communities as the territory grows. FOX describes a collaborative, interdisciplinary community-based practice focused on independence, wellness, longevity, and provider-driven growth.
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 a strong interest in working with older adults in a proactive, wellness-focused setting.
- Ability to present and educate 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 meet the role's physical demands, including medium strength exertion, performing CPR, assisting with patient transfers and bed mobility, repositioning a bed-bound patient independently, and extended periods of standing, walking, and physical exertion.
- Fit to drive for the house-calls setting.
Nice To Haves
- Certified Personal Trainer credential from ACSM, NSCA, NASM, ACE, or ISSA.
Responsibilities
- Lead group exercise classes and provide one-on-one and partner training for older adults.
- Grow the wellness program by building resident engagement, increasing group class participation, and developing a one-on-one and partner training client base.
- Build relationships with FOX Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, and Speech Language Pathologists who may refer patients transitioning out of rehabilitation.
- Educate residents, family members, and power-of-attorney contacts about the benefits of wellness programming.
- Travel to patient residences for house-call sessions and potentially serve additional communities as the territory grows.
- Document and schedule services using basic computer skills.
Benefits
- Potential telehealth or virtual-care components that may expand flexibility and access.
- Opportunities to work in both in-home and senior living community settings.
- Collaborative interdisciplinary environment with physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, and fitness specialists.
- Opportunity to autonomously grow FOX Wellness programming.
- A culture that invests in employee growth and values provider-driven decision-making.
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Job Type
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