Fitness Specialist - Fort Wayne, IN

FOX Rehabilitation • Fort Wayne, IN

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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 Fort Wayne, Indiana. The role is suited to a personal trainer, exercise science graduate, or certified fitness professional interested in healthy aging, fall prevention, and functional fitness for seniors.

This is a part-time position of approximately four hours per week, with the opportunity to grow the caseload and hours. The Fitness Specialist serves as the primary wellness professional embedded in a Senior Living Community, delivering evidence-based fitness programming through group classes, one-on-one personal training, and partner training sessions. The current schedule includes a 30-minute exercise class Monday through Friday from 10:00 to 10:30 a.m.

The position works alongside FOX Physical and Occupational Therapists and Speech Language Pathologists. The specialist builds relationships with residents and clinicians, supports referrals from FOX’s skilled therapy team as patients transition out of rehabilitation, and may travel to patient residences for house-call sessions or expand into additional communities as the territory grows. FOX describes its practice as clinician-operated and focused on meaningful relationships, evidence-based care, and abolishing ageism. The role offers opportunities in senior living and in-home settings, potential telehealth or virtual care components, and an interdisciplinary, community-based environment supporting independence, wellness, and longevity.

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 a 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 assist with patient transfers and bed mobility, including repositioning a bed-bound patient independently.
• Ability to meet the described physical demands, including lifting and exertion, extended standing and walking, and bending, reaching, kneeling, crouching, climbing, and repetitive upper-extremity movements.
• Fit to drive for the House Calls setting.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Lead group exercise classes and provide one-on-one and partner personal training for older adults.
• Grow the wellness program by engaging residents, increasing class participation, and building a personal-training client base.
• Build relationships with FOX Physical and Occupational Therapists and Speech Language Pathologists to support referrals from rehabilitation to wellness.
• Explain wellness programming and its benefits to residents, family members, and power-of-attorney contacts.
• Travel to patient residences for house-call sessions and, as the territory grows, work in additional communities.
• Document and schedule services using basic computer skills.

What This Job Offers

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