Fitness Specialist Blount , Wellness Springbrook, PRN

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Responsible for developing and implementing exercise programs for general and special populations including cardiac, diabetic, pulmonary, orthopedic and senior population and participating in health programs/promotion for Wellness Center participants, hospital employees, and the general community. Expected to assist Fitness Coordinator with managing Wellbridge, Medical Fitness transfers, and work directly with bariatric patients, as well as conducting personal training sessions.

• All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health's values:
  Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.
• Provide general coverage of fitness floor, making yourself available to members as much as possible.
• Promote personal training during assessments and orientations.
• Gain and maintain personal training clients. Provide exercise programming and instruction while safely addressing the client's needs.
• Assess the client’s functional capacity via fitness assessments, including sub-maximal VO2, muscular strength & flexibility, resting heart rate and blood pressure, cholesterol levels, circumference measurements and body composition for adolescent, adult and senior population.
• Design and implement exercise programs for members predicted on their fitness assessment results and relevant medical history.
• Help develop, promote and implement health education programs.
• Perform medical referrals. Follow up with new members and transfers.
• Conduct equipment orientations including proper demonstration and reasons for specific equipment usage.
• Maintain and clean equipment in the cardiovascular and strength training area as assigned.
• Demonstrates a personal and professional commitment to Wellness philosophy.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• This is a non-management job that report to a supervisor, manager, director or executive.

• Education - Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science/Physiology preferred.
• Experience - One (1) year experience in the fitness industry or hospital-based wellness facility preferred.

• NA

• Personal training and/or clinical trainer certification accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) preferred. Knowledge,
  
  Skills and Abilities
  • NA
  Work Shift

  Day (United States of America)

  Location

  Blount Memorial Hospital

  Facility

  8001 Blount Memorial Hospital, Inc.

  Department

  Wellness - Springbrook

  Share your talent with us! Our vision is simple: to transform healthcare for the benefits of the communities we serve. The transformation of healthcare requires talented individuals in every role here at Prisma Health.