Certified Personal Trainer/Health and Wellness Coach

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Job description

Affirm Health Center is currently looking for someone to fill our personal trainer/health and wellness

position. The applicant will have at the minimum a certificate, but preferred a two-year associates

degree or four-year bachelors degree in health and fitness. Both a certification and an associates

degree provide you with sufficient training to assist our patients with an individualized exercise and

nutritional plan on a patient specific basis.

Experience: Personal Training with nutrition/meal planning: 2 years (preferred)

Education: Preferred - two-year associates degree or four-year bachelors degree in health and

fitness or in a related field with personal training/health and wellness certificate

License: Certified Personal Trainer

Insurance: Professional Liability

Responsibilities:

An Affirm fitness and nutrition instructors primary responsibility is to design individualized, goal-

oriented training plans for each client, based on their fitness objectives and capabilities.

These plans will be accompanied by weekly training sessions, where the instructor can supervise

exercises to ensure proper form and technique, as well as offering encouragement and assessing the

clients progress.

Each plan should be dynamic, changing based on the clients performance and progress in each

workout session.

Along with exercise consultation, instructors will be expected to give their clients physical, nutritional,

and psychological assistance, to help them forge a new, healthier lifestyle.

Group classes are expected to be developed as well, for patients who either dont want to commit to

individual consultation, or want to use group classes as a supplement to their individual sessions.

Exercise science is not a static field. Instructors have a responsibility to attend continuing fitness

educational seminars, as well as maintain current principles behind fitness, nutrition, and basic

rehabilitation.

Instructors should also use their exercise expertise to assist the staff. Each are expected to remain on

hand in case nutritional or exercise advising is needed by a patient from the health or aesthetics

departments. Assistance is also expected in the development of new programs for the clinic.

While the position is not solely sales driven, instructors are still expected to attend community

outreach events, trade shows, and expos as necessary to increase awareness of our programs.

Opportunities to increase compensation are available.

All promotions are from within the company.

Requirements:

Preferred - two-year associates degree or four-year bachelors degree in health and fitness or

in a related field with personal training/health and wellness certificate

At least two years of personal training and health/nutritional experience.

Current CPR certification.

Personal Training Certificate obtained from one of the following organizations below:

o American Council on Exercise (ACE)

o American Fitness Training of Athletics (AFTA)

o National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA)

o National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM)

Certificates from other organizations will be considered. You will be expected to regularly complete

training and education that will keep you up-to-date on shifting health and safety regulations.

Additional information: Affirms FITT program has been providing one-on-one training services in an

intimate, friendly environment since it was first established in 2016. The FITT acronym stands for the

principles of any good workout: Frequency, Intensity, Time, and Type. Each patient works with our

highly trained exercise specialists to create a personalized workout routine based around these four

factors. Our commitment to staying on the forefront in the field of fitness ensures we provide our

clientele with the highest quality of personal service available in the marketplace today. Our trainers

are high-achieving individuals who will work to create a routine tailored to the needs of each patient

no matter their age, fitness level, or background.