Fitness Instructor - Casual

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Job description

Are you looking for a career opportunity with growth potential at a healthcare organization that is based on excellence and love?

ChristianaCare is one of the country's most dynamic healthcare organizations, centered on improving health outcomes, making high-quality care more accessible, and lowering healthcare costs. ChristianaCare includes an extensive network of outpatient services, home health care, urgent care centers, three hospitals (1,299 beds), a free-standing emergency department, a Level I trauma center and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a comprehensive stroke center and regional centers of excellence in heart and vascular care, cancer care, and women's health. It also includes the pioneering Gene Editing Institute and was rated by IDG Computerworld as one of the nation's Best Places to Work in IT. ChristianaCare is a nonprofit teaching health system with more than 260 residents and fellows. It is continually ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the Best Hospital. With the unique CareVio data-powered care coordination service and a focus on population health and value-based care, ChristianaCare is shaping the future of health care.

ChristianaCare Offers

• Full Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, etc.
• Two retirement planning offerings, including 403(b) with company contributions
• Generous paid time off with annual roll-over and opportunities to cash out
• 12-week paid parental leave
• Incredible Work/Life benefits including annual membership to access to backup care services for dependents through retirement planning services, financial coaching, fitness and wellness reimbursement, and great discounts through several vendors for hotels, rental cars, theme parks, shows, sporting events, movie tickets and much more!

About This Position

ChristianaCare is searching for Fitness Instructor to lead caregivers in a group environment through safe and effective fitness classes that are designed to enhance overall fitness while ensuring the safety of each caregiver.

This is a casual, 4-hour a week position.

Principal duties and responsibilities:

• Choregraph and teach a variety of fitness classes.
• Manage class size up to 20 participants with varying abilities.
• Monitor and teach class participants proper exercise form and technique using positive reinforcement.
• Educate class participants about fitness, exercise, and safe exercise techniques.
• Educate class participants about ChristianaCare's wellness and healthy lifestyle initiatives.
• Set up, move, and store exercise equipment while ensuring a safe exercise environment.
• Knowledge of emergency procedures and the location of emergency equipment.
• Perform exercise equipment inspection and maintenance.
• Remove imperfect exercise equipment from circulation and report to the fitness manager or supervisor.
• Report to the fitness center manager or supervisor, in a timely manner, any conditions, hazards, or safety violations that may cause injury to oneself and other caregivers.
• Leave a clean, safe, and organized exercise studio after class.
• Record class attendance and maintain the spreadsheet.
• Perform assigned work adhering to department and system-wide safety rules and practices.
• Perform other work-related duties as required.
• Maintain group fitness certifications.
• Maintain CPR with AED certification.
• Complete system-wide mandatory education and other requirements including but not limited to vaccination deadlines and surveys.

Education requirements:

• CPR with AED certification.
• Group Fitness Instructor Certification from a nationally recognized institution including, but not limited to ACE, ACSM, AFAA, ISSA, NETA required. A degree in Exercise Science, Fitness Management, Physiology, Kinesiology or in a related discipline with experience teaching fitness classes may be considered in lieu of a certification in which the certification will be acquired during employment.

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