Fitness Specialist - Simpsonville, SC

FOX Rehabilitation • Simpsonville, SC

8h

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 Simpsonville, South Carolina. The role is part-time, approximately six hours per week, with a path to grow the caseload and hours. The current schedule is Tuesday and Thursday, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.

The Fitness Specialist serves as the primary wellness professional embedded in a Senior Living Community, providing evidence-based fitness programming through group classes, individual personal training, and partner training sessions. The specialist builds resident engagement and develops a client base through relationship-building, supported by referrals from FOX’s skilled therapy team as patients transition from rehabilitation to wellness. The role may also involve house-call sessions at patient residences and work in additional communities as the territory grows.

FOX Rehabilitation describes itself as a clinician-operated practice focused on meaningful relationships, evidence-based care, and abolishing ageism. The position works in a collaborative, interdisciplinary environment and supports independence, wellness, and longevity among older adults.

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 communicating 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; provide moderate-to-maximum assistance with patient transfers and bed mobility; and 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; walk extensively during the shift.
• Fit to drive for the House Calls setting.
• Ability to meet the stated medium strength classification: exert 25–50 lbs. occasionally, 10–25 lbs. frequently, and up to 10 lbs. constantly.
• Regularly talk and hear; have close vision and the ability to adjust focus; and frequently stand, walk, use hands to feel, and reach with hands and arms.

Nice To Haves

• Personal Trainer certification through ACSM, NSCA, NASM, ACE, or ISSA.
• Potential to work with telehealth or virtual-care components.

Responsibilities

• Lead group exercise classes and individual and partner personal training for older adults.
• Grow the wellness program by increasing resident participation in group classes and building a base of individual and partner training clients.
• Build relationships with residents and FOX clinicians to support referrals from rehabilitation into wellness programming.
• Explain wellness programming and its benefits to residents, family members, and power-of-attorney contacts.
• Collaborate with FOX Physical and Occupational Therapists and Speech Language Pathologists at the Senior Living Community.
• Travel to patient residences for house-call sessions and, as the territory grows, work in additional communities.
• Perform documentation and scheduling using basic computer skills.

What This Job Offers

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