Your job is more than a job.

As a Health Fitness Instructor, you’re passionate about healthy living promoting positive lifestyle choices and changes beyond just exercise. Assessing, motivating, and educating, you proactively promote wellness opportunities that can play a crucial role in injury prevention, illness recovery, and disease management.  

  

With the constant evolution of exercise techniques, nutrition trends, and wellness practices, you stay updated on the latest research and trends because you believe the preservation of health is easier than the cure of disease. We’ couldn’t agree more and we love the way you think.  

  

Your experiences, knowledge, skills, empathy, compassion, and personality, all of it adds up to you. And we’re excited to get to know you and find out what you will bring to this proactive health and wellness role. 
 

Your Everyday 

Develop and implement fitness programs, classes, and activities for members to meet member needs Identify and implement improvement processes utilizing Accelerated Improvement Process (AIP) and/or Plan, Do, Check and Act (PDCA).  Demonstrate competence and knowledge in the assessment, treatment, care of adults, particularly older adults and geriatric adults.  Develop and implement lectures and other educational experiences related to wellness topics. Demonstrate responsibility for containment of costs and conservation of supplies and equipment. Perform assessments by instructing members on proper techniques utilizing the individualized exercise prescription. 

The Must-Haves 
 
Minimum: 
 

Bachelor's degree in health, wellness or equivalent.  2 years of experience in health/wellness. 

WORK SHIFT:

Variable Hours (United States of America)

LCMC Health is a community. 

Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary

About East Jefferson General Hospital

East Jefferson General Hospital, a landmark of LCMC Health’s incredible community of care, has been the go-to hospital for health, wellness, and one-of-a-kind care in East Jefferson Parish for over 50 years. And we’re only beginning to realize our greatest potential.  Learn more about East Jefferson General Hospital and our legacy, our future, and our national recognition as a Nurse Magnet Hospital.

Your extras

Deliver healthcare with heart. Give people a reason to smile. Put a little love in your work. Be honest and real, but with compassion.  Bring some lagniappe into everything you do. Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care. See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective. Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other. Love what makes you, you - because we do

You are welcome here. 

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities.  LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

 

Simple things make the difference. 

1.    To get started, take your time to fully and accurately complete the application for employment. Incomplete applications get bogged down and are often eliminated due to missing information. 

2.    To ensure quality care and service, we may use information on your application to verify your previous employment and background.  

3.    To keep our career applications up-to-date, applications are inactive after 6 months and, therefore, require a new application for employment to be completed. 

4.    To expedite the hiring process, proof of citizenship or immigration status will be required to verify your lawful right to work in the United States.