Fitness Specialist - Beaver Falls, PA

FOX Rehabilitation • Pittsburgh, PA

3d • 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 Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. The part-time position is approximately 6–8 hours per week, with a path to grow caseload and hours. The specialist serves as the primary wellness professional embedded in a community, delivering evidence-based fitness programming through group classes, individual training, and partner training sessions. The current schedule includes classes at Celebration Villa on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2:00 p.m. and Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m.

The role focuses on growing the wellness program through resident engagement, relationship-building, and referrals from FOX’s skilled therapy team as patients transition out of rehabilitation. The specialist collaborates with physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech-language pathologists; educates residents and family members about wellness programming; and may travel to patient residences for house-call sessions and to additional communities as the territory grows. The position may also include telehealth or virtual-care components.

FOX Rehabilitation is a clinician-operated practice focused on meaningful relationships, evidence-based care, and abolishing ageism. The company describes a collaborative, community-based environment that supports independence, wellness, and longevity, and values provider-driven decision-making and professional growth.

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, assist with patient transfers and bed mobility, and independently reposition a bed-bound patient.
• Ability to meet the listed physical demands, including lifting and exertion, prolonged standing and walking, varied movements and positions, and being fit to drive for house calls.

Nice To Haves

• Personal trainer certification from ACSM, NSCA, NASM, ACE, or ISSA is preferred.
• Experience working with older adults.

Responsibilities

• Lead group exercise classes and provide one-on-one and partner personal training for older adults.
• Grow the wellness program by increasing resident participation in group classes and building a personal-training client base.
• Build relationships with residents and collaborate with FOX’s therapy team to support referrals as patients transition out of rehabilitation.
• Educate residents, family members, and power-of-attorney contacts about wellness programming and its benefits.
• Travel to patient residences for house-call sessions and potentially expand services to additional communities as the territory grows.
• Document and schedule services using basic computer tools.

Benefits

• Opportunities to work in both in-home and Senior Living Community settings.
• Potential telehealth or virtual-care components that may expand flexibility and access.
• Opportunity to autonomously drive growth of FOX Wellness.
• Collaborative interdisciplinary environment with physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, 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