Fitness Specialist - Milford, NJ
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 the Milford, New Jersey area. This part-time role is approximately 3–5 hours per week, with a path to grow 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 position involves building resident engagement and growing participation in classes and training, supported by relationships with residents and referrals from FOX’s therapy team as patients transition out of rehabilitation. The specialist works alongside Physical and Occupational Therapists and Speech Language Pathologists, educates residents and families about wellness programming, and may travel to patient residences for house-call sessions or to additional communities as the territory grows. The current schedule is Thursday from 9:30–10:30 a.m. and Friday from 1:30–2:00 p.m. FOX Rehabilitation describes itself as a clinician-operated practice focused on meaningful relationships, evidence-based care, and abolishing ageism. The role offers work in senior living and in-home settings, possible telehealth or virtual-care components, autonomy in growing the wellness program, and collaboration within an interdisciplinary community-based practice.
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 listed physical demands, including CPR, patient transfers and bed mobility, repositioning bed-bound patients, and extended physical activity.
- Fit to drive for the House Calls setting.
Nice To Haves
- Personal trainer certification through ACSM, NSCA, NASM, ACE, or ISSA.
Responsibilities
- Lead group exercise classes and provide one-on-one and partner personal training for older adults.
- Grow the wellness program by increasing resident engagement and group-class participation and building a personal-training client base.
- Build relationships with residents and collaborate with FOX Physical and Occupational Therapists and Speech Language Pathologists to support referrals to 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 to additional communities as the territory grows.
- Use basic computer skills for documentation and scheduling and respond to communications through email, Teams, text, and phone.
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Job Type
Part-time
