Fitness assistant job description

Hours: 3-4 week nights (Monday - Friday evenings): 3:15pm - 8:45pm based on availability

PEAK Performance Program

• Our Mission: Our passion and purpose is to strengthen and nurture the health and well-being of our family, friends, neighbors, and communities, through every season of life.
• Our Vision: Be recognized as Central Minnesota's preferred program, regionally recognized for innovative, cost effective, and high-quality programming while focusing on the health and well-being of those living in the communities we serve.
• Through a variety of evidence-based methods, we strive to identify and counteract any functional limitations in order to enhance an individuals' ability to maximize their athletic potential and decrease the risk for injury.

Job Description

The Fitness Specialist Assistant is responsible for supporting the Fitness Specialist. They will use their exercise physiology knowledge and experience to assist in facilitating sessions to ensure the athletes are performing exercises in a safe and appropriate manner. This position will work as a part of the sports medicine team of Heartland Orthopedic Specialists.

Essential Responsibilities

• Responsible for supporting Fitness Specialist in facilitating PEAK Performance sessions.
• Promote the PEAK program through community connections and involvement in order to ensure the program is a program of choice within the region
• Ensure the athletes are performing exercises in a safe and appropriate manner at all times.
• Maintain equipment maintenance and facility’s cleanliness.

Other Responsibilities

• Perform other duties as requested.
• Participate in departmental or organizational meetings and trainings.

Preferred Qualifications

• Working towards a degree in Exercise Physiology, Wellness, or Health Fitness preferred
• Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
• Strong communication, computer and organizational skills required
• Applicants must possess the ability to work with all ages and other healthcare professionals

Benefit Status

None

Union Position

No

Applicants must be able to meet the physical demands of the position. A Functional Job Description for this position is on file in the Human Resources Office and is available to all applicants for review. All job offers to persons that are not currently employed by Alomere Health will be conditional based on favorable references and successful completion of both a criminal background check and a drug test.

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I understand that no personnel recruiter, interviewer, or other representative of Alomere Health other than the CEO has authority to enter into any agreement for employment for any specified period of time. I also understand that this application and any employment manuals/handbooks that may be distributed to me during the course of my employment shall not be construed as a contract.

Alomere Health is an EEO employer.