Fitness that Matters! It is a pleasure to work with a company that puts the focus on making the world a better place to live. Merritt does this by caring for our member's and our employee's wellbeing. Selflessly lifting each other up!

Making clients dreams come true one project at a time.

• Manages the group exercise and personal training teams (including: hiring, firing, payroll and performance management issues)• Trains new employees and provides ongoing training for all group exercise and personal training staff• Coordinates the group exercise schedule and instructors• Establishes, monitors and analyzes the group exercise and personal training budgets• Develops and implements policies and procedures for the department• Conducts departmental meetings• Acts as contact person for members regarding group exercise and personal training matters• Supervises any specialized fitness program in the department • Evaluates program effectiveness and success based on revenues, participation, satisfaction and further interest• Responsible for zone management duties which include reporting any facility, janitorial, or capital improvement needs for assigned area.• Develop and implement programs for client company’s employees: including researching the topic area, benchmarking with other sites, interviewing potential staff/instructors, creating advertisements (mass e-mails, fliers, web page, newsletter articles, bulletin boards), forecasting budgets, setting participation/financial goals, assigning task/training coworkers if needed, scheduling conference rooms and equipment, negotiating fees, establishing contracts, sending/responding to mass e-mails, overseeing flier production/distribution process, e-mailing reminders to registered participants, oral/written communication with hired staff/instructors. • Evaluate the programs including on-line survey development, e-mailing participants, responding to surveys, compiling survey results, analyze and report statistical and quantitative information, completing program/budget recap report, submitting payment for hired staff/instructors.• Continually enhance fitness center appearance through bulletin boards, fliers and web pages. • Perform facility and equipment maintenance processes.

• Offered clinical expertise in providing rehab related products and services of the company to patients/customers.• Developed and improved protocols and operational processes for providing the proper equipment and follow-up.• Assessed patient needs, matched equipment to those needs, involved the patient/client and/or family/caregiver in the selection process and provide consistent follow-up.□Evaluation• Worked as a contributing member or as one of the primary participants in the customer’s rehab team, which included physicians, therapists, caseworkers, case managers and most importantly, the patient and caregivers. • Worked with other rehab team members to conduct a detailed evaluation to:o gathered information on current situation, concerns, goals and funding possibilities;o determined the client’s seating and mobility needs, including the current and future situations; o determined patient skills that may impact the proper use of equipment;o identified patients goals and needs.• Physically assessed rehabilitation clients, including the proper measurement and careful handling of clients.• Assessed the home and other environments for conditions that may impact the proper use of equipment and evaluate for bath and safety equipment and aids for daily living.□Identification Of Equipment And Equipment Trials• Reviewed client needs and possible products and services that will be required and gather related literature on options.• Chose the proper equipment for given need based on technical knowledge of products and a clear understanding of the patient’s goals and needs. Considered, for benefit of the company, the equipment that best met the needs of the customer and maximized the profitability for the company.• Provided clear advising to clients of the reasons for equipment choices and the benefits.• Took initiative to contact manufacturers as needed and obtained access to necessary evaluation/loaner equipment.