Fitness Specialist - Lawrenceville, GA

FOX Rehabilitation • Lawrenceville, GA

18h

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 Lawrenceville, Georgia. This part-time position is approximately 1–2 hours per week, with a clear path to grow caseload and hours. The Fitness Specialist serves as the primary wellness professional embedded within a Senior Living Community, delivering evidence-based fitness programming through group classes, one-on-one personal training, and partner training sessions.

The role focuses on building resident engagement and growing the wellness program. The Fitness Specialist collaborates with FOX Physical and Occupational Therapists and Speech Language Pathologists, and helps residents, families, and power-of-attorney contacts understand the benefits of wellness programming. The role may also involve traveling to patient residences for house-call sessions and expanding into additional communities as the territory grows.

FOX Rehabilitation describes itself as a clinician-operated practice rooted in meaningful relationships, evidence-based care, and a mission to abolish ageism. The work takes place in a collaborative, community-based environment that supports independence, wellness, and longevity, with opportunities to work in senior living communities and patients’ homes and potentially provide telehealth or virtual care.

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 and provide moderate-to-maximum assistance with patient transfers and bed mobility.
• Ability to reposition a bed-bound patient independently.
• 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.
• Fit to drive for the House Calls setting.
• Ability to talk and hear; close vision and ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to exert 25–50 pounds of force occasionally, 10–25 pounds frequently, and up to 10 pounds constantly.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Lead group exercise classes, one-on-one personal training, and partner training sessions for older adults.
• Grow the wellness program by increasing resident participation in group classes and building a 1:1 and partner-training client base.
• Build relationships with residents and collaborate with FOX's therapy team 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 skills.

Benefits

• Potential telehealth or virtual care components that may expand flexibility and access.
• Opportunity to grow caseload and hours.
• Collaborative, interdisciplinary work environment.
• Culture that invests in employee growth and values provider-driven decision-making.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time