Exercise Specialist

General Description of the Job

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. 

Required Qualifications at this Level

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

Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation or military status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.