Fitness Specialist - Mechanicsville, VA

FOX Rehabilitation • Mechanicsville, VA

2d • 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 Mechanicsville, Virginia. This part-time role is approximately 3–5 hours per week, with an opportunity to grow caseload and hours. The specialist serves as the primary wellness professional embedded in the community, delivering evidence-based fitness programming through group classes, individual personal training, and partner training sessions.

The position involves building resident participation and a training client base through relationship-building, education, and referrals from FOX’s skilled therapy team as patients transition from rehabilitation. The specialist collaborates with Physical and Occupational Therapists and Speech Language Pathologists, and may travel to patient residences for house-call sessions and to additional communities as the territory grows. Potential telehealth or virtual-care components may also be available.

FOX Rehabilitation describes itself as a clinician-operated practice focused on meaningful relationships, evidence-based care, and abolishing ageism. The role is part of a collaborative, community-based practice supporting independence, wellness, and longevity, with a culture that 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 and provide moderate-to-maximum assistance with patient transfers and bed mobility.
• Ability to 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 perform prolonged intense physical exertion, including running, lifting, and stretching, and 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 walk extensively during the shift and regularly stand, walk, use hands to feel, and reach with hands and arms; ability to talk and hear, with close vision and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

• Personal Trainer certification from ACSM, NSCA, NASM, ACE, or ISSA.
• 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 building resident engagement, increasing group-class participation, and developing a personal-training client base.
• Build relationships with FOX’s therapy team and cultivate clinician 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 to additional communities as the territory grows.
• Collaborate with Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, and other Fitness Specialists.
• Perform documentation and scheduling using basic computer tools.

Benefits

• Potential telehealth or virtual-care components that expand flexibility and access.
• Opportunity to grow caseload and working hours.
• Collaborative interdisciplinary work environment.
• Culture that invests in professional growth and values provider-driven decision-making.

What This Job Offers

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