Fitness Specialist - Newtown, PA

FOX Rehabilitation • Newtown Township, PA

1d • Onsite

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 Newtown, Pennsylvania. The role serves as the primary wellness professional embedded within a community, delivering evidence-based fitness programming through group classes, one-on-one personal training, and partner training sessions. It is part-time, approximately five hours per week, with the opportunity to grow caseload and hours.

The Fitness Specialist builds resident engagement and participation, develops individual and partner training clients, collaborates with FOX physical and occupational therapists and speech-language pathologists, and educates residents and families about wellness programming. The position may include house-call sessions at patient residences and expansion into additional communities as the territory grows. The current schedule lists Gloria Dei on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8:30 a.m.; The Oxford on Mondays and Wednesdays at 10 a.m. and Fridays at 9:30 a.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 communities and in-home settings, potential telehealth or virtual-care components, collaboration with an interdisciplinary team, and autonomy in growing the wellness program.

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 the stated physical demands, including patient transfers and bed mobility, prolonged standing and exertion, extensive walking, and driving for house calls.

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 to older adults.
• Build resident engagement to increase group-class participation and develop a personal-training client base.
• Build relationships with FOX clinicians and work with physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech-language pathologists.
• 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 serve additional communities as the territory grows.
• Complete documentation and scheduling using basic computer skills.

What This Job Offers

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