Fitness Specialist Personal Trainer
Company: Parkshore - Resident Activities
Location: Seattle
Posted on: May 28, 2023
Job Description:
Position: Fitness Specialist/ -Personal Trainer
Flexible Hours: 1pm - 4pm (M-F) -
Primary Purpose:
The primary responsibilities of the Fitness Specialist are
supervising/coaching resident exercise sessions and providing fun,
safe and engaging group fitness classes on land and in water. - The
Fitness Specialist is continually evaluating and striving to
provide the best possible fitness experience to Parkshore
residents, exceeding resident expectations through excellence of
service. - -Approximately seventy-five percent of the time is spent
providing supervised exercise in the fitness center and teaching
group fitness classes; twenty five percent of the time is spent on
administrative duties including record keeping, reports, meetings,
creating promotional materials and related responsibilities.
Why Parkshore?
The benefits include:
- 403b/403b matching -this is our version of a 401k.
- Employee Assistance Program
- Paid Time off (vacation, sick time, and 1 personal day per
year)
- Referral bonuses
- Tuition reimbursement opportunities
- Meal discount
- Free use of Aquatic and Fitness Center
- Year round employee appreciation events and activities
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Principle Responsibilities:
Greets residents, guests, fellow team members and vendors in a
friendly, courteous and welcoming manner.
- Assesses resident needs and provides education,
recommendations, and motivation to help meet those needs and
fitness goals. Works with residents individually and in groups.
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- Is familiar with fitness equipment including how to properly
set adjustments, correct technique and operation, aware of safety
and contraindications for each machine, also proficient in teaching
proper and safe usage.
- Assists residents and team members with orientations to fitness
and aquatic centers, provides information on procedures, policies
and waivers;
- Supervises and/or presents exercise programs for Independent
and Assisted Living residents, as well as works in collaboration
with physical therapy team in providing post rehab
programming;
- Enhances resident experience and desired outcomes by teaching
group fitness classes on land and in the pool; generates and
maintains enthusiasm and a positive attitude.
- Works with the fitness team to plan, promote and expand
creative fitness opportunities for residents.
- Produces promotional materials, newsletters, flyers, etc.;
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- Inspects, cleans and maintains equipment;
- Maintains records of residents' progress; makes modifications,
progressions and regressions to individual programs as
needed.
- Assists in data collection, reports and attendance records of
fitness activities
- Provides in-service trainings and assists with health promotion
events as required;
- Works in collaboration with other professionals to provide
appropriate assistance to residents;
- Performs administrative functions for the department;
- Promotes the Mission, Vision, and Values of Transforming Age in
all areas of responsibility;
- Due to resident expectation and both planned and unplanned
events/occurrences, employee may be required to work varying
schedule to best serve the needs of the community
- Other duties than assigned may be necessary and have
overlapping roles and responsibilities.
- Adherence to the current COVID policies as they currently exist
or change, including daily COVID screening, -wearing a mask at all
times, weekly COVID testing (provided by company for each team
members), and implementation and enforcement of sanitization and
distancing protocols.
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Required Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the
ability to work well with team members and external
constituents.
- People person, team player, self-starter, energetic, and works
well in fast pace environment; have an abundance of patience,
compassion and passion for enriching the lives of older
adults.
- Ability to provide excellent customer service at all times,
even in challenging situations. - -
- Understand and adhere to HIPPA Regulations.
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Education and/or Equivalent Experience:
- Four-year college or university education with a B.S. Degree in
exercise-related discipline; and/or minimum two years of successful
experience in a position working with similar responsibilities
assisting senior adults;
- National Fitness Certification required (ACSM
preferred);
- Experience in Group Fitness and Aquatic Fitness
desirable;
- Current CPR Certification
- Must be able to demonstrate proper exercise technique, safety
precautions and use of the exercise equipment;
- Must have excellent written and verbal communication and
interpersonal skills;
- Experience in prescribing exercise to special populations
preferred;
- Familiarity with the Senior Fitness Test preferred.
- Must be physically able to assist residents in safe exercise,
and the safe operation of the equipment;
- Proficient with Microsoft Office.
Work Environment
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The work environment characteristics described here are
representative of those an employee encounters while performing the
essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be
made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the
essential functions. The worker is not substantially exposed to
adverse environmental conditions. The noise level in the work
environment is moderate. There is possible exposure to unpleasant
odors and possible exposure to chemicals as identified in the MSDS
Manual. There is continuous exposure to residents who are ill,
confused, irritable, and irrational.
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Physical Requirements (for essential functions):
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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. Reasonable accommodations may be
made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the
essential functions.
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While performing the duties of this job, the employee is often
required to perform the following activities:
- Stooping. Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at
the waist.
- Climbing. Ascending or descending stairs.
- Lifting. Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or
moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Occasionally
the employee must lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.
- Balancing. Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent
falling.
- Walking. Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly
for long distances or moving from one work site to
another.
- Pushing. Using upper extremities to press against something
with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or
outward.
- Pulling. Using upper extremities to exert force in order to
draw, haul, or tug objects in a sustained motion.
- Reaching. Extending hands and arms in any direction.
- Standing. Particularly for sustained periods of time.
- Fingering. Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working
primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand.
- Grasping. Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and
palm.
- Feeling. Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape,
temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of
fingertips.
- Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken
word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or
important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly,
or quickly.
- Seeing. Specific vision abilities required by this job include
close vision and the ability to adjust focus. Far Acuity: ability
to see clearly at 20 feet or more. Near Acuity: ability to see
clearly at 20 inches or less. Depth Perception: ability to judge
distance and space relationships. Field of Vision: ability to see
peripherally. Accommodation: ability to adjust vision to bring
objects into focus.
- Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking
levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed
information through oral communication, and to make the
discriminations in sound.
- Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the
wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is rarely
required to perform the following activities:
- Kneeling. Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or
knees.
- Crouching. Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg
and spine.
- Crawling. Moving about on hands and knees or hands and
feet.
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Parkshore, a Transforming Age affiliate, is proud to provide our
team members with an impressive benefits package, including
comprehensive medical, dental, vision, generous paid time off and
other outstanding programs. Transforming Age is a drug and
alcohol-free employer. Criminal background and drug test will be
required upon contingent offer of employment.
- Parkshore is proud to step up for safety by requiring COVID-19
vaccination of all team members by October 15, 2021. We're
prioritizing safety for our team members and residents/clients,
their families and our communities by requiring the COVID-19
vaccination. It's about safety, care and valuing each member of our
team so we can all -Work with Purpose and Impact. #bettertogether
-#cultureofexcellence.JB.0.00.LN
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