Description

The Duke Health and Fitness Center stands as a medically oriented fitness facility providing an extensive range of fitness and clinical programming and delivering comprehensive services to our local community. Our team of Exercise Physiologists/Specialists is seamlessly integrated into the Duke Healthcare system, enabling us to deliver secure clinical care in collaboration with the broader healthcare team. Duke supports professional growth with continuing education support. Duke Health also offers a comprehensive benefit package to support employee’s health and wellbeing. 

 Key Responsibilities: 

Monitor vital signs, including heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, symptoms, and blood glucose levels, ensuring accurate documentation within Epic, Duke’s electronic medical records system. 

Formulate personalized exercise prescriptions tailored to clients with diverse health histories and varied goals. 

Deliver expert instruction in group fitness classes, both on land and in the pool. 

Offer individualized personal training services to a diverse client base, accommodating a range of health histories and objectives. 

Coordinate and lead small group exercise programming with precision and attention to individual needs.  

Maintain regular communication using fitness center technologies such as club Management software, Epic, Smartsheet, and Microsoft Teams. 

Actively contribute to internal marketing efforts by verbally promoting and cross-selling programs and services. 

Requirements

Education
Bachelor's degree in exercise science or related field required.

Experience
Level I: No previous experience required.

Level II: Minimum 1-year applicable experience. Equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted.

Level III: Minimum 2 yrs. applicable experience. Equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted.

Degrees, Licensure, and/or Certification
Level I: BLS certification

Level II: BLS; ACSM certification (must attain certification within 1 year of hire)

Level III: BLS (ACLS preferred), ACSM Clinical Certification as Exercise Specialist required