Fitness Specialist - Des Moines, IA

FOX Rehabilitation • IA - Iowa, IA

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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 a Senior Living Community in Des Moines, Iowa. This part-time position is approximately 10 hours per week, with a path to grow caseload and hours. The Fitness Specialist serves as the primary wellness professional embedded in a Senior Living Community, delivering evidence-based fitness programming through group classes, one-on-one personal training, and partner training sessions.

The role focuses on growing resident engagement and participation in wellness programming, building a personal-training client base, and collaborating with FOX Physical and Occupational Therapists and Speech Language Pathologists. The Fitness Specialist also educates residents and families about wellness services and may travel to patient residences for house-call sessions and to additional communities as the territory grows.

The current schedule is Monday approximately 10 a.m.–1 p.m., Wednesday approximately 10 a.m.–12 p.m., and Friday at 10:30 a.m. FOX Rehabilitation describes its practice as clinician-operated and rooted in meaningful relationships, evidence-based care, and a mission to abolish ageism. The role offers work in senior living and in-home settings, potential telehealth or virtual-care components, autonomy in developing the wellness program, and collaboration in an interdisciplinary, community-based practice.

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 repositioning a bed-bound patient independently.
• Ability to meet the role's physical demands, including lifting and exertion, extensive walking, prolonged standing, and bending, reaching, kneeling, crouching, stair climbing, and repetitive upper-extremity movements.
• Fit to drive for the House Calls setting.
• Ability to talk and hear, use hands to feel, and meet the stated vision requirements.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Lead group exercise classes and provide one-on-one and partner personal training for older adults.
• Grow resident engagement and group-class participation, and build a base of personal-training clients.
• Build relationships with residents and leverage referrals from FOX's skilled therapy team as patients transition out of rehabilitation.
• Collaborate with FOX Physical and Occupational Therapists and Speech Language Pathologists at the Senior Living Community.
• 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.
• Document and schedule services using basic computer skills.

Benefits

• Opportunities to work in both in-home and senior living community settings.
• Potential telehealth or virtual-care components.
• Autonomy to drive growth of FOX Wellness.
• Collaborative interdisciplinary environment with PT, OT, SLP, and Fitness Specialists.
• Community-based practice supporting independence, wellness, and longevity.
• Culture that invests in employee growth and values provider-driven decision-making.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time