Exercise Specialist

About the role

Being an Exercise Specialist at Cleveland Clinic is a wonderful way to touch the lives of members and patients every day. In this role, you will support others as they create healthy and safe habits while exercising in a fun environment. You will assist with various tasks, such as assessing physical needs, implementing programs, designing individualized plans and ensuring safety across the unit. Throughout the process, you will gain extensive hands-on experience in an exciting healthcare setting.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for physical assessments, exercise prescription, exercise floor coverage, equipment cleanliness/preventive maintenance, policy enforcement, member exercise incentive programming and always delivering excellent customer service.
• Make regular rounds of the exercise floor to ensure safety and assist members and guests with exercise-related issues or questions.
• Schedule and administer computerized health risk appraisal and physical fitness assessments to new and existing members.
• Prescribe individual exercise programs that follow ACSM established guidelines based on assessment.
• Follow the equipment cleaning and preventive maintenance check list. All equipment needs to be inspected and cleaned daily.
• Follow established procedures when exercise equipment is found to be malfunctioning to get the equipment operational within 24 hours, including posting of the appropriate status signage, notifying the Manager and recording the problem in the equipment log located at the Wellness Service Desk.
• Develop and implement member exercise incentive programs to motivate and enhance consistency and retention.
• Maintain current information on all club programs, services and activities and promote regularly.
• Display proficiency in the operation of the computer hardware and KI software.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Physiology, Exercise Science, Physical Education or a related field
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross
• Excellent communication and customer service-related skills
• Ability to work variable hours
• Experience in the administration of physical assessment exercise prescriptions and program development

Qualifications

• Master’s degree
• AED certification
• ACSM, ACE, AFAA, NSCA or related certifications
• One year of experience as an instructor in a community, corporate, commercial and/or clinical health/fitness facility
• Basic computer operational skills

Skills

• Physical assessments
• Exercise prescription
• Equipment management
• Member engagement
• Customer service
• Program development
• Computer operations

Benefits

• Healthcare, dental and vision care plans
• Flexible spending accounts
• Life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Retirement savings plans
• Paid time off
• Caregiver discounts
• Adoption assistance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee hardship fund
• Paid maternity and parental leave

Pay

Minimum hourly: $15.75
Maximum hourly: $21.65