Substitute Health Fitness Specialist - Towson, MD

Essential Duties

• Teaches group exercise classes onsite; provides a range of acceptable activities to meet various fitness levels of class participants; adheres to appropriate safety guidelines while keeping classes inviting, challenging, and well-attended
• Supervises fitness center and uses educational background and other relevant training to accurately and safely answer member questions related to health, fitness, and wellbeing
• Affords health status assessments of members, ranging from apparently healthy to high risk, to provide exercise and other wellness-related counsel/recommendations unique to each individual through exercise prescriptions, fitness assessments and other related services
• Counsels members on the facility layout, membership policies/procedures, and Quality Assurance guidelines during orientations
• Establishes an ongoing positive and professional rapport with members
• Cross-trains to learn some responsibilities of other full-time staff onsite
• PARTNERS WITH OTHER STAFF TO HELP CLEAN EQUIPMENT AND OTHER AREAS OF THE FACILITY AS NEEDED
• Demonstrates work ethic, ingenuity, customer care, and attention to detail
• Maintains familiarity with and abides by the policies stated in the NIFS Employee Handbook
• PERFORMS OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED

Education, Experience & Requirements

• DEGREE IN A HEALTH-RELATED FIELD PREFERRED OR WORKING TOWARD DEGREE
• RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING REQUIRED; EXPERIENCE WITH OLDER ADULT CLIENTELLE PREFERRED
• ABILITY TO TEACH BASIC BALANCE, CHAIR EXERCISE AND MUSCLE CONDITIONING GROUP FITNESS CLASSES; WHERE APPLICABLE, AQUATIC EXPERIENCE PREFERRED
• CURRENT CPR/AED/FIRST AID CERTIFICATION REQUIRED
• ACSM AND OTHER INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS ACKNOWLEDGED