Fitness Specialist - Altoona, IA

FOX Rehabilitation • Altoona, IA

11d • Onsite

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 Altoona, Iowa. 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 part-time position is approximately five hours per week, with an opportunity to grow the 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. Program growth is supported by resident engagement and referrals from FOX’s skilled therapy team as patients transition out of rehabilitation.

The specialist works alongside FOX Physical and Occupational Therapists and Speech Language Pathologists, communicates the benefits of wellness programming to residents and families, and may travel to patient residences for house-call sessions and to additional communities as the territory grows. FOX describes its practice as clinician-operated and focused on meaningful relationships, evidence-based care, and abolishing ageism. The role may include telehealth or virtual care components and offers a collaborative, community-based environment focused on independence, wellness, and longevity.

The position has medium physical demands. Duties may involve patient transfers and bed mobility, repositioning bed-bound patients, extended standing and walking, and other physical activities described below.

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 provide moderate to maximum assistance with patient transfers and bed mobility.
• Ability to reposition a bed-bound patient independently.
• Ability to stoop, sit, bend, pull, climb, reach, kneel, crouch, climb stairs, stand for extended periods, and perform prolonged physical exertion including running, lifting, and stretching.
• Ability to perform repetitive upper-extremity movements and extensive walking throughout the shift.
• Fit to drive for the house-call setting.
• Ability to talk and hear, with close vision and ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to exert 25–50 lbs. of force occasionally, 10–25 lbs. frequently, and up to 10 lbs. constantly.

Nice To Haves

• Personal Trainer certification through ACSM, NSCA, NASM, ACE, or ISSA is preferred.
• Experience or strong interest in older-adult wellness and fitness.

Responsibilities

• Lead group exercise classes and provide one-on-one and partner personal training for older adults.
• Grow the wellness program by encouraging resident engagement, increasing group class participation, and building a personal-training client base.
• Build relationships with residents and the Senior Living Community to support program participation and awareness.
• Collaborate with FOX Physical and Occupational Therapists and Speech Language Pathologists and build referral relationships as patients transition 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.
• Complete documentation and scheduling using basic computer skills.

Benefits

• Opportunity to grow caseload and working hours.
• 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