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Nurse Facilitator for Fitness Program Part Time

Healthtrax Fitness & Wellness

Nurse Facilitator for Fitness Program Part Time

North Haven, CT
Part Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    The Healthtrax Fitness & Wellness nurse is responsible for the smooth running of our physician referred exercise program (p.r.e.p.) including running exercise sessions, addressing medical issues as they arise on the fitness floor, and coordinating the nutrition portion of the program with participants.

    THIS POSITION WILL BE THE PRIMARY AUTHORITY TO ENSURE MEDICAL REFERRAL NOTES FROM CLINICIANS ARE REVIEWED AND IMPLEMENTED BY THE p.r.e.p. TEAM.

    p.r.e.p. is a 60-day physician referred exercise program that introduces patients to exercise. The p.r.e.p. team communicates with patients on a regular basis via email, phone, and in-person contact to monitor attendance, progress, and well-being throughout the program. The team is a resource for exercise instruction, education, and support. The most important aspect of p.r.e.p. is that it removes barriers to exercise and welcomes patients in a non-intimidating, comforting environment.

    Key areas of responsibility:

    Proactively build and maintain member relationships

    Make phone calls to those who have not attended a session in 2 weeks

    Schedule the group nutrition session

    Make reminder phone calls to those signed up for nutrition class

    Lead sessions

    Be available for member medical questions or concerns

    Intake sessions

    Review the communication log and follow up with member and documentation

    Incident reporting

    Team contributor to delivering excellent customer services and communications to all guests, members, collaborators and staff

    Qualifications:

    Advanced nursing degree, current certification/license

    CPR/First Aid certification

    Personal Training certification, preferred

    People skills

    Strong verbal and written communication skills

    Passion for health, fitness and helping others

    *These responsibilities are in addition to and separate from general nursing responsibilities related to other center functions (e.g. membership and customer service responsibilities, incident report review, etc.)

    30 hour work week, schedule and compensation to be determined.