Fitness Specialist - Olive Branch, MS

FOX Rehabilitation • Olive Branch, MS

9h • 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 Olive Branch, Mississippi. The part-time role begins PRN with the opportunity to grow to 20 hours per week. The Fitness Specialist serves as the primary wellness professional embedded in the community, providing evidence-based fitness programming through group classes, individual personal training, and partner training sessions. The role offers a path to grow a client base, caseload, and working hours through resident engagement, relationship-building, and referrals from FOX’s therapy team as patients transition out of rehabilitation.

The Fitness Specialist collaborates with FOX Physical and Occupational Therapists and Speech Language Pathologists, and communicates with residents, families, and power-of-attorney contacts about wellness programming. The position may include house-call sessions at patient residences and expansion into additional communities as the territory grows. Work may take place in senior living communities and in-home settings, with potential telehealth or virtual care components. FOX describes its practice as clinician-operated and grounded in meaningful relationships, evidence-based care, and a mission to abolish ageism. It emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration, independence, wellness, longevity, employee growth, and provider-driven decision-making.

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 stated physical demands, including CPR, patient transfers and bed mobility, repositioning a bed-bound patient independently, extended standing and walking, and other physical activities described in the posting.
• Fit to drive for the House Calls setting.

Nice To Haves

• Personal Trainer certification from ACSM, NSCA, NASM, ACE, or ISSA is preferred.
• Potential telehealth or virtual-care experience or interest.

Responsibilities

• Lead group exercise classes and provide one-on-one and partner personal training for older adults.
• Grow the wellness program by increasing group-class participation and building a personal-training client base.
• Build relationships with residents and collaborate with FOX Physical and Occupational Therapists and Speech Language Pathologists to support referrals from rehabilitation to wellness.
• Educate residents, family members, and power-of-attorney contacts about the benefits of wellness programming.
• Travel to patient residences for house-call sessions and, as the territory grows, serve additional communities.
• 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 and serve as the Senior Living Community’s go-to wellness professional.
• Collaborative, interdisciplinary work environment with PT, OT, SLP, and Fitness Specialists.
• Community-based practice supporting independence, wellness, and longevity.
• A culture that invests in employee growth and values provider-driven decision-making.

What This Job Offers

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