Certified Personal Trainer

Full Time
Silver Spring, MD
Posted
Job description

Do you want to work in a comprehensive healthcare model?

Do you want to fight the epidemic of obesity using the power of physical activity?

Does motivating others motivate you?

IF SO, WE HAVE THE CAREER FOR YOU!

CoreLife has created an organized, convenient, and low cost multidisciplinary platform of care for those who so often fall through the cracks of today’s highly fragmented healthcare delivery system. We enhance total health by providing a multifaceted approach to obesity, chronic illnesses, the root causes, social determinants, and related side effects. This is accomplished by providing medical, nutrition, exercise, and behavior health services on site for each patient and developing a personalized care plan to help them achieve their health goals. Providing and coordinating these clinicians and resources all under one roof is what makes CoreLife’s practice unique and is how our Care Teams have been able to guide and support thousands of patients in improving their health.

Position Description:

The CoreLife Exercise Specialist position is an important role within the care model, tasked with creating an immersive and energetic environment for the purpose of increasing the use of “movement” as a treatment tool. Patients enter the CoreLife program apprehensive to begin an exercise routine, therefore it is the responsibility of the specialist to discuss and remove any barriers, in addition to facilitating positive exercise experiences. Working with a collaborative team made up of clinicians, registered dietitians, and behavioral health specialists, CoreLife Exercise Specialists design, implement, and execute tailored fitness programs using corrective and functional exercise practices.

Major Areas of Responsibility:

  • Establishing a comfortable, positive, and active atmosphere
  • Provide education with the goal of improving a patient’s understanding, comfortability, and confidence in physical activity
  • Document and analyze comprehensive exercise history
  • Collaborate with the care teammates to:
  • Discuss exercise selection and/or restrictions
  • Alter exercise care program as needed
  • To ensure compliance with all laws, rules and regulations applicable to patient care
  • Design and execute corrective and functional based exercise programs
  • Demonstrate and explain the effects of particular exercises during exercise visits
  • Motivate the patient population to achieve exercise goals and adhere to the entire CL program
  • Provide follow-up with CoreLife patients between scheduled visits
  • Monitor patient progress within their individualized plans
  • Manage patient accounts within the different CoreLife care systems
  • Ensure that the exercise equipment and associated materials are in good condition
  • Provide group exercise events or classes on a regular basis

Specific Responsibilities:

  • Hold high-quality private training and small group sessions (track sessions through care system)
  • Input progress notes and update patient statuses using CoreLife care systems/software.
  • Attend weekly team meetings.
  • Administer an exercise-intake visit (movement consultation) to all patients
  • Manage patient accounts and data
  • Collaborate with teammates
  • Adhere to all CoreLife policies and performance metrics - not limited to revenue & retention
  • Hold a minimum of 30 visits per week (visits are 30 minutes in length)
  • Have a minimum of 50% of the clinic population “active” in exercise

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise related field highly preferred

Experience in clinical exercise or rehabilitation highly preferred

Licensure/Certification/Affiliation:

  • Nationally-recognized personal training certificate or a fitness-related degree
  • Current CPR

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities:

  • Critical thinking to integrate facts, informed opinions, active listening, and observations.
  • Decision making, problem solving and collaboration.
  • Strong interpersonal skills to establish productive working relationships with multidisciplinary teammates and support services.
  • Ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal form to patients, public, medical staff, and physicians.
  • Ability to motivate others, as individuals and as a group
  • Experience working in a diverse environment
  • Flexibility to adapt to changes in medical protocols and policy.

Adherence to CoreLife’s Values:

  • We provide the highest level of patient experience, care, and outcomes
  • We challenge complacency, mediocrity, and the status quo
  • We believe in leadership, teamwork, integrity and results

Work Environment:

This job operates in a professional medical office and gym environment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works with various types of fitness equipment.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally must aide or assist participants. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus. -- The employee must have a high degree of energy, be physically fit, and have the endurance to complete the workout.

Note: reasonable accommodations may be made available for individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

  • 401(k)
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance

Schedule:

  • 10 hour shift

Supplemental pay types:

  • Bonus pay

Work Location: One location

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