Fitness Specialist Community Health – Health4Life Program – Columbia - Grant Funded

Location

New York, New York

Shift:

Day Flex (United States of America)

Description:

 Support Our Communities

 

NewYork-Presbyterian’s Health4Life is a pediatric lifestyle intervention program in the Division of Community and Population Health that aims to empower participants to make healthier lifestyle choices for themselves and the whole family. We work in close collaboration with patient families, NYP healthcare teams, and community-based organizations. Our goal is to provide a safe and supportive environment for 2-20 year-olds and their families who are interested in improved health through healthier eating habits and increased physical activity.

Fitness Specialist Community Health – Health4Life Program – Columbia  - Grant Funded

 

The Fitness Specialist will support the Health4Life team, working in close collaboration with the Health4Life program and medical leads, and will also support our Chronic Disease Prevention Portfolio’s sister programs: Chalk Jr and MyBlock, which provide exercise programming in community spaces. Reporting to the Chronic Disease Prevention Portfolio’s Program Director, the Fitness Specialist will serve as a subject area expert, creating/tailoring program materials, leading physical fitness activities, and keeping abreast of evidence-based research in the areas of physical activity, program development, public health, and education.

 

The Fitness Specialist will work closely with program staff and community partners to implement and enhance physical activity programming both in a medical and community setting. With Health4Life, the Fitness Specialist will conduct clinical assessments as part of a multidisciplinary team with Health4Life patients in a medical session. In the community, the Fitness Specialist will support children and families through a variety of programming within and beyond Health4Life. CHALK Jr. engages families, caregivers, and local organizations to provide nutrition education, food insecurity screening, and access to healthy meals, while creating opportunities for active play through a co-designed approach with early childhood centers and community-based organizations (CBOs). My Block is a built environment program working collaboratively with CBOs on public space activations like yoga and dance in public parks and plazas.

 

This position requires flexibility, as programming may occur during evening hours, weekends, and outdoors throughout the year.

 

Preferred Criteria

• Bilingual in English and Spanish
• Experience working with early childhood, elementary and/or adolescent patients and their families in a community setting
• Experience working with children and adolescents who have obesity
• Experience in program development, implementation, and evaluation
• Master’s Degree with related course experience and/or work experience

 

Required Criteria

• Bachelor’s Degree with related course experience and/or work experience
• Certified Exercise Physiologist or Certified Personal Trainer or Certified Strength and  Conditioning Specialist
• BCLS certified from the AHA
• Minimum of 2 years of experience providing clinical assessment and counseling on physical activity or exercise to elementary and/or adolescent patients
• Experience working in a community setting
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills and a high degree of flexibility
• Ability to function collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team

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Please note that all roles require on-site presence (variable by role). Therefore, all employees should live within a commutable distance to NYP.

NYP will not reimburse for travel expenses.

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