Personal Trainer
Wellness Center -West Columbia
PRN
AM/PM Shift
AM/PM
Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care. Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the region's third largest employer.
Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.
Job Summary
Create personalized exercise programs using results from a variety of fitness tests and assessments; supervise each exercise session; measure and track client's progress toward fitness goals and provide basic nutritional information.
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum Education: High School Diploma
Minimum Years of Experience: None.
Substitutable Education & Experience: None.
Required Certifications/Licensure: Personal Trainer Certifications ( e.g., ACE, ACSM, NASM, Midlands Tech) and/or degree in exercise-related field; Current CPR and AED Certification or must be obtained within the first 90 days of employment.
Required Training: None.
Essential Functions
- Design customized one-on-one training programs and monitor fitness progress of clients, including those with physical limitations (e.g. arthritis, diabetes, cancer, osteoporosis, etc…)
- Demonstrate and teach safe and effective techniques of exercise; correct form as necessary.
- Explain the purpose and effects of particular exercises to the client.
- Use motivational techniques and participate in incentive programs to encourage clients to have fun, work hard and be adherent to the program.
- Demonstrate appropriate communication of information on all ages and responds to customer requests and needs (e.g., hearing impairment)
Duties & Responsibilities
- Available to work outside normal business hours (e.g., early mornings, evenings and weekends).
- Train, monitor and evaluate prospective trainers (as assigned).
- Lead occasional lectures/presentations/demonstrations for staff (as assigned).
- Adheres to administrative duties, including all client paperwork, renewals, client calendar.
- Complies with Kronos timekeeping policies; is punctual.
- Performs all other duties as assigned.
We are committed to offering quality, cost-effective benefits choices for our employees and their families:
- Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits
- Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
- Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
- Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
- Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
- Adoption assistance
- LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
- Tuition reimbursement
- Student loan forgiveness
Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of Lexington Health to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals, and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. Lexington Health strives to provide a discrimination-free environment, and to recruit, select, on-board, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation. Lexington Health endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employee’s desires and abilities and the hospital’s needs.
Nearest Major Market: Columbia
Nearest Secondary Market: South Carolina