Fitness Specialist - Norwalk, CT

FOX Rehabilitation • Norwalk, CT

22h

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 Norwalk, Connecticut. 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 15 hours per week, with the opportunity to grow caseload and hours. The Fitness Specialist is 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 current schedule includes classes at Brightview New Canaan and Selleck's Woods in Darien, along with additional class and FSL work hours.

The specialist works alongside FOX Physical and Occupational Therapists and Speech Language Pathologists, building relationships that support referrals from patients transitioning out of rehabilitation into wellness services. The role also involves engaging residents and families, traveling to patient residences for house-call sessions, and potentially expanding into additional communities as the territory grows. FOX describes its practice as clinician-operated and focused on meaningful relationships, evidence-based care, and abolishing ageism.

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 independently reposition a bed-bound patient.
• Ability to stoop, sit, bend, pull, climb, reach, kneel, crouch, climb stairs, and stand for extended periods.
• Ability to engage in prolonged intense physical exertion, including running, lifting, and stretching, and to perform repetitive upper-extremity movements.
• Fit to drive for the House Calls setting.
• Ability to meet the stated medium strength classification: exert 25–50 lbs. of force occasionally, 10–25 lbs. frequently, and up to 10 lbs. constantly.
• Ability to talk and hear; close vision and ability to adjust focus; and frequent standing, walking, using hands to feel, and reaching with hands and arms.

Nice To Haves

• Personal Trainer certification through ACSM, NSCA, NASM, ACE, or ISSA (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Lead group exercise classes and provide one-on-one and partner personal training for older adults.
• Grow the wellness program by encouraging resident participation in group classes and building a personal-training client base.
• Build relationships with FOX Physical and Occupational Therapists and Speech Language Pathologists to support referrals from rehabilitation to wellness services.
• Explain wellness-program benefits to residents, family members, and power-of-attorney contacts to increase awareness and participation.
• 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

• Opportunity to practice 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 become the Senior Living Community's primary wellness resource.
• Collaborative, interdisciplinary environment with Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, and Fitness Specialists.
• Community-based practice focused on independence, wellness, and longevity.
• Organizational culture that invests in employee growth and values provider-driven decision-making.
• Opportunity to grow caseload and working hours.
• Opportunity to earn more than the stated base pay range.

What This Job Offers

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