Fitness Specialist - Portage, MI

FOX Rehabilitation • Portage, MI

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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 Portage, Michigan area. The role is suited to a personal trainer, exercise science graduate, or certified fitness professional interested in healthy aging, fall prevention, and functional fitness for seniors.

This is a part-time position of approximately six 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 role may also include house-call sessions at patient residences and work in additional communities as the territory grows.

The Fitness Specialist works alongside FOX Physical and Occupational Therapists and Speech Language Pathologists. FOX describes its practice as clinician-operated and focused on meaningful relationships, evidence-based care, and a mission to abolish ageism. The position offers opportunities in community and in-home settings, potential telehealth or virtual care components, and 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 and assist with patient transfers and bed mobility, including repositioning a bed-bound patient independently.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including exerting 25–50 lbs. occasionally, 10–25 lbs. frequently, and up to 10 lbs. constantly; stooping, sitting, bending, pulling, climbing, reaching, kneeling, crouching, and using stairs; extended standing and walking; intense physical exertion; 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.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Grow the wellness program by engaging residents, increasing group class participation, and building a client base for individual and partner training.
• Build relationships with FOX's skilled therapy team and collaborate with Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, and Speech Language Pathologists.
• Support referrals from the therapy team as patients transition out of rehabilitation.
• Explain wellness programming and its benefits to residents, family members, and power-of-attorney contacts.
• Deliver group exercise classes, one-on-one personal training, and partner training sessions to older adults.
• Travel to patient residences for house-call sessions and expand services into additional communities as the territory grows.
• Use basic computer tools for documentation and scheduling and respond to communications through email, Teams, text, and phone.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time