Fitness Specialist - Portage, MI

FOX Rehabilitation • MI - Michigan, MI

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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 the Portage, Michigan area. The role is suited to 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 six hours per week, with the opportunity to grow caseload and hours. The Fitness Specialist serves as the primary wellness professional embedded within a Senior Living Community, providing evidence-based fitness programming through group classes, one-on-one personal training, and partner training sessions.

The role involves building resident engagement and a training client base, collaborating with FOX’s 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 expand into additional communities as the territory grows. The work may include both in-home and senior living community settings, with potential telehealth or virtual care components.

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 role, including CPR, patient transfers and bed mobility assistance, 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

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

Responsibilities

• Lead group exercise classes, one-on-one personal training, and partner training sessions for older adults.
• Grow the wellness program by building resident engagement, increasing group-class participation, and developing a 1:1 and partner-training client base.
• Build relationships with FOX’s therapy team and support referrals to wellness as patients transition out of rehabilitation.
• Communicate the benefits of wellness programming to residents, family members, and power-of-attorney contacts.
• Work alongside Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, and Speech Language Pathologists at the Senior Living Community.
• Travel to patient residences for house-call sessions and potentially serve additional communities as the territory grows.
• Perform patient transfers and bed mobility assistance, including repositioning bed-bound patients.
• Complete documentation and scheduling using basic computer skills.

What This Job Offers

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