Fitness Specialist - Clemson, SC

FOX Rehabilitation • Clemson, SC

18h

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 and around Clemson, South Carolina. The role is suited to a personal trainer, exercise science graduate, or certified fitness professional with an interest in healthy aging, fall prevention, and functional fitness for seniors.

This is a part-time position of approximately eight hours per week, with an opportunity to grow the caseload and working hours. 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. The current schedule includes Clemson Heritage on Tuesday and Friday; The Barclay (Dominion) on Tuesday; The Barclay (Everlan) on Friday; Dominion of Anderson on Thursday; and Legacy of Anderson on Tuesday.

The specialist builds resident engagement and develops a training client base through relationships, with additional referrals from FOX's skilled therapy team as patients transition out of rehabilitation. The role works alongside Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, and Speech Language Pathologists, educates residents and families about wellness programming, and may include house-call sessions and travel to 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 the wellness program, and a collaborative interdisciplinary environment.

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 the physical demands of the position, including CPR, patient transfers and bed mobility, repositioning a bed-bound patient independently, and extended standing and walking.
• Fit to drive for the House Calls setting.

Nice To Haves

• Personal Trainer certification through 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 building resident engagement, increasing group-class participation, and developing a personal-training client base.
• Build relationships with FOX Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, and Speech Language Pathologists to support referrals from rehabilitation to wellness.
• Communicate and educate residents, family members, and power-of-attorney contacts about the benefits of wellness programming.
• Travel to patient residences for house-call sessions and to additional communities as the territory grows.
• Complete documentation and scheduling using basic computer skills.

Benefits

• Opportunity to grow caseload and working hours.
• Potential telehealth or virtual-care components.
• Opportunity to autonomously grow FOX Wellness.
• Collaborative interdisciplinary work with Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, and Fitness Specialists.
• Support for professional growth and provider-driven decision-making.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time