Fitness Specialist - Charlottesville, VA

FOX Rehabilitation • Charlottesville, VA

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About The Position

FOX Rehabilitation is hiring a part-time Fitness Specialist to lead group exercise and personal training for older adults at a Senior Living Community in Charlottesville, Virginia. The role is approximately 5–10 hours per week, with an opportunity to grow the caseload and hours. The Fitness Specialist serves as the primary wellness professional embedded in the community, delivering evidence-based programming through group classes, individual personal training, and partner training sessions.

The position focuses on growing resident engagement and participation in wellness programming, building a training client base, and developing relationships with FOX’s therapy team, residents, and families. The role may include house-call sessions at patient residences and work in additional communities as the territory grows. Potential telehealth or virtual-care components may also be part of the work.

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 on 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 physical duties described, including CPR, patient transfers and bed mobility, extended standing and walking, and other physical activities.
• Fit to drive for the House Calls setting.

Nice To Haves

• Personal Trainer certification through ACSM, NSCA, NASM, ACE, or ISSA.

Responsibilities

• Lead evidence-based group exercise classes, individual personal training, and partner training sessions for older adults.
• Grow the wellness program by encouraging resident engagement, increasing group-class participation, and building a 1:1 and partner-training client base.
• Build relationships with residents and the FOX therapy team to support referrals from rehabilitation into wellness programming.
• Work alongside Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, and Speech Language Pathologists at the Senior Living Community.
• Educate residents, family members, and power-of-attorney contacts about the benefits of wellness programming.
• Travel to patient residences for house-call sessions and expand into additional communities as the territory grows.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time