Fitness Specialist - Reading, PA
About The Position
FOX Rehabilitation is hiring a Fitness Specialist to lead group exercise and personal training for older adults at Senior Living Communities in Reading and Douglassville, Pennsylvania. The role is part-time, approximately 3–4 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 programming through group classes, one-on-one personal training, and partner training sessions. The current schedule is Tuesday and Thursday from 10–11 a.m. and Tuesday from 12:30–1 p.m. The specialist builds resident engagement and participation, develops a personal-training client base, and works with FOX's therapy team on referrals as patients transition from rehabilitation to wellness. The role also involves educating residents and families about wellness programming, traveling to patient residences for house-call sessions, and potentially expanding into additional communities as the territory grows. FOX Rehabilitation is a clinician-operated practice focused on meaningful relationships, evidence-based care, and abolishing ageism. The position offers work in senior living communities and in-home settings, potential telehealth or virtual-care components, autonomous program growth, interdisciplinary collaboration, and a community-based approach 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 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.
Nice To Haves
- Certified Personal Trainer credential through ACSM, NSCA, NASM, ACE, or ISSA (preferred).
Responsibilities
- Lead group exercise classes, one-on-one personal training, and partner training sessions for older adults.
- Grow the wellness program by increasing resident engagement and group-class participation and building a 1:1 and partner-training client base.
- Build relationships 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 potentially expand into additional communities as the territory grows.
- Use basic computer skills for documentation and scheduling and communicate through email, Teams, text, and phone.
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Job Type
Part-time
