Fitness Specialist - Silver Spring, MD

FOX Rehabilitation • Annapolis, MD

6d • $21 - $27 • 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 Silver Spring, Maryland. The role focuses on healthy aging, fall prevention, and functional fitness through evidence-based wellness programming, including group classes, one-on-one personal training, and partner training sessions.

This is a part-time position of approximately 10 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. The current schedule is Monday at 11 a.m., Tuesday at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., and Thursday at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

The role involves building resident participation and a training client base, collaborating with FOX Physical and Occupational Therapists and Speech Language Pathologists, and educating residents and families about wellness programming. The specialist may travel to patient residences for house-call sessions and expand into additional communities as the territory grows. FOX describes its practice as clinician-operated, relationship-focused, evidence-based, and committed to abolishing ageism, with 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 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.
• Ability to provide moderate to maximum assistance with patient transfers and bed mobility, and to reposition a bed-bound patient independently.
• Ability to stoop, sit, bend, pull, climb, reach, kneel, crouch, and climb stairs; stand for extended periods; walk extensively; and perform repetitive upper-extremity movements.
• Ability to perform prolonged periods of intense physical exertion, including running, lifting, and stretching.
• Ability to drive for the House Calls setting.
• Ability to meet the stated medium strength classification: exert 25–50 lbs. occasionally, 10–25 lbs. frequently, and up to 10 lbs. constantly.
• Regularly talk and hear; have close vision and the ability to adjust focus; and frequently stand, walk, use hands to feel, and reach with hands and arms.

Nice To Haves

• Certified Personal Trainer credential through ACSM, NSCA, NASM, ACE, or ISSA (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 group class participation, and building a personal training client base.
• Build relationships with FOX therapy clinicians and support referrals from patients transitioning out of rehabilitation into wellness services.
• 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.
• Work collaboratively with Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, and other Fitness Specialists.
• Perform documentation and scheduling using basic computer skills.
• Perform physical tasks including patient transfers and bed mobility assistance, repositioning bed-bound patients, and extensive walking.

Benefits

• Opportunity to grow caseload and working hours.
• Opportunities to work in both in-home and Senior Living Community settings.
• Potential telehealth or virtual care components.
• Opportunity to autonomously drive growth of FOX Wellness.
• Collaborative, interdisciplinary work environment.
• Community-based practice supporting independence, wellness, and longevity.
• Culture that invests in professional growth and values provider-driven decision-making.
• Opportunity to earn more than the stated standard base pay range.

What This Job Offers

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