Supports BRGFit and BRGP Sports Medicine to implement health and fitness programs associated with patient-care initiatives, community partnerships, and athletic performance programs.
Essential Job Functions include, but are not limited to:
1. Support the delivery of health and fitness programs for employees, community partners, and BRG/BRGP patients.
- Assist in implementing strength, general fitness, corrective exercise, and wellness programs using evidence-based guidelines.
- Demonstrate and coach proper exercise techniques to promote safety and improve health outcomes.
- Support basic screening procedures and communicate findings to senior staff for program modification.
- Participate in employee wellness initiatives such as unit stretching, rounding, and biometric screenings under supervision.
- Collaborate with Health & Wellness staff, Lead Coaches, and Sports Medicine team members as needed.
- Engage positively with participants and partners to promote adherence, safety, and a welcoming environment.
2. Assist with day-to-day operations of BRGFit on-site locations and support special health and wellness projects.
- Maintain a clean, safe, and organized fitness environment, including equipment care and inventory checks.
- Support the delivery and progression of health & wellness programs for employees and community partners.
- Assist with the implementation of new procedures, initiatives, and wellness activities as assigned.
- Participate in fitness-related educational sessions and events.
- Foster positive relationships with members, partners, and GHS affiliates through excellent customer service.
- Promote BRGFit services and help encourage employee engagement in wellness activities.
3. Performs all other duties as assigned.
- Upholds standards of professional ethics prescribed by General Health System.
Required: 1 – 2 years of professional experience in fitness instruction, personal training, group fitness, or related field (internship or practicum experience accepted)
Preferred: Bachelor’s Degree in a related field
Certifications & Licensure
Required:
- Personal training certification (ACE, ACSM, NSCA-CPT or CSCS, NASM, ISSA)
- CPR/AED certification within 30 days of hire
Preferred:
- Group fitness class certification (ACE, Zumba, Yoga, Pilates, Les Mills)
Special Skills or Knowledge
- Lifting 100 pounds maximum with lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 pounds
- Medium strength is required to position patients for screening
HIPAA & SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
HIPAA - Maintains knowledge of and adherence to all applicable HIPAA regulations appropriate to Job Position including but not limited to: Medical records without limitation both paper and electronic, patient demographics, lab and radiology results, patient information related to surgery or appointment schedules, medical records related to quality data, patient financial information, patient billing 3rd party, patient related complaints, information related to patient location, religious beliefs and/or public health records.
SAFETY - Maintains knowledge of and adherence to all applicable safety practices appropriate to Job Position including but not limited to: Incident reporting, handling of wastes, sharps and linen, PPE, exposure control plans, hand washing, environment of care, patient identification, administers/collects medications/blood order, transports/monitors or observes patients with infusion pumps, and monitors clinical alarms.
PERFORMANCE CRITERIA & STANDARDS
Everyday Excellence Values - Employee demonstrates Everyday Excellence values in the day-to-day performance of their job.
- Demonstrates courtesy and caring to each other, patients and their families, physicians, and the community.
- Takes initiative in living our Everyday Excellence values and vital signs.
- Takes initiative in identifying customer needs before the customer asks.
- Participates in teamwork willingly and with enthusiasm.
- Demonstrates respect for the dignity and privacy needs of customers through personal action and attention to the environment of care.
- Keeps customers informed, answers customer questions and anticipates information needs of customers.
Corporate Compliance - Employee demonstrates commitment to the Code of Conduct, Conflict of Interest Guidelines and the GHS Corporate Compliance Guidelines.
- Practices diligence in fulfilling the regulatory and legal requirements of the position and department.
- Maintains accurate and reliable patient/organizational records.
- Maintains professional relationships with appropriate officials; communicates honestly and completely; behaves in a fair and nondiscriminatory manner in all professional contacts.
Personal Achievement - Employee demonstrates initiative in achieving work goals and meeting personal objectives.
- Uses accepted procedures and practices to complete assignments. Uses creative and proactive solutions to achieve objectives even when workload and demands are high.
- Adheres to high moral principles of honesty, loyalty, sincerity, and fairness.
- Upholds the ethical standards of the organization.
Performance Improvement - Employee actively participates in Performance Improvement activities and incorporates quality improvement standards in his/her job performance.
- Optimizes talents, skills, and abilities in achieving excellence in meeting and exceeding customer expectations.
- Initiates or redesigns to continuously improve work processes.
- Contributes ideas and suggestions to improve approaches to work processes.
- Willingly participates in organization and/or department quality initiatives.
Cost Management - Employee demonstrates effective cost management practices.
- Effectively manages time and resources.
- Makes conscious effort to effectively utilize the resources of the organization — material, human, and financial.
- Consistently looks for and uses resource saving processes.
Patient & Employee Safety - Employee actively participates in and demonstrates effective patient and employee safety practices.
- Employee effectively communicates, demonstrates, coordinates and emphasizes patient and employee safety.
- Employee proactively reports errors, potential errors, injuries or potential injuries.
- Employee demonstrates departmental specific patient and employee safety standards at all times.
- Employee demonstrates the use of proper safety techniques, equipment and devices and follows safety policies, procedures and plans.
