Fitness Specialist - Dover, DE

FOX Rehabilitation • Dover, DE

1d • 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 the Dover, Delaware area. This part-time position is approximately three hours per week, with a path to grow caseload and hours. The specialist serves as the primary wellness professional in the community, providing evidence-based fitness programming through group classes, individual personal training, and partner training sessions.

The role focuses on building resident engagement and growing the wellness program, including developing relationships with residents and clinicians and communicating the benefits of wellness services to residents and families. The specialist collaborates with FOX Physical and Occupational Therapists and Speech Language Pathologists, including supporting referrals as patients transition from rehabilitation to wellness. The role may also include house-call sessions at patient residences and expansion into additional communities as the territory grows.

FOX describes its practice as clinician-operated and grounded in meaningful relationships, evidence-based care, and a mission to abolish ageism. The work spans senior living communities and in-home settings, within a collaborative, interdisciplinary, community-based practice. Potential telehealth or virtual-care components may also be available.

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 basic computer skills for documentation and scheduling.
• Ability to meet the role's physical demands, including patient assistance and transfers, extended standing and walking, and other strenuous physical activities.
• Must be 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 training for older adults.
• Grow participation in group classes and develop a client base for individual and partner training.
• Build relationships with residents and collaborate with FOX Physical and Occupational Therapists and Speech Language Pathologists to support wellness referrals.
• 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, work in additional communities.
• Perform required physical assistance and patient mobility activities, including transfers and bed mobility.
• Use computer tools for documentation and scheduling and respond to communications through email, Teams, text, and phone.

Benefits

• Opportunities to work in both in-home and senior living community settings.
• Potential telehealth or virtual-care components that may expand flexibility and access.
• Opportunity to autonomously grow FOX Wellness and serve as the community's primary wellness contact.
• Collaborative interdisciplinary environment with Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, and Fitness Specialists.
• Community-based practice supporting independence, wellness, and longevity.
• Culture that invests in employee growth and values provider-driven decision-making.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time