Position Title:
Director, Sports Medicine

Position Type:
Regular

Hiring Range:

$85,400 - $102,487 annually; Compensation will be based on education, experience, skills relevant to the role, and internal equity.

Pay Frequency:
AnnualA. POSITION PURPOSE

The Director, Sports Medicine is responsible for assisting in the developing, coordinating, and administering of all aspects of a Division I sports medicine program that serves approximately 425 intercollegiate student athletes. This includes administrative duties as well as any and all aspects relative to provide comprehensive, evidenced-based health care to SCU student-athletes. This individual will be responsible for maintaining a working relationship with student health services, team physicians, physical therapists, other health care professionals, coaches and parents of student athletes. The person in this position is responsible for abiding by all WCC and NCAA regulations and assisting to ensure departmental compliance.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Prevention and Care of Student-Athlete Injuries and Illnesses

• Represent Santa Clara University as the certified athletic trainer for assigned SCU athletic sanctioned events. This may include on or off campus practices, events, and/or competitions. Travel may be required.
• Conduct injury prevention assessments.
• Design and implement individualized injury prevention programs for student-athletes.
• Collect and evaluate injury prevention, performance, and/or injury record data.
• Evaluate injuries and/or illnesses for student-athletes. Refer to other medical personnel when professionally indicated.
• Design and implement treatment and/or rehabilitation programs for athletic injuries.
• Communicate with medical personnel regarding the medical care and treatment of athletic related injuries and/or illnesses. Create injury management plans that may include doctor visits, x-rays/scans, medical exams/studies, rehabilitation programs, and/or surgery for injured student-athletes.
• Provide onsite emergency care at assigned SCU athletic sanctioned practices, events, and/or competitions.
• Abide by all SCU sports medicine protocols.
• Maintain clinical affiliations with accredited regional and national universities supporting programs in athletic training education. Serve as an approved preceptor for athletic training students from those programs.
• Serves as a primary advisor to the coaching staff in conjunction with the sports performance coach for managing the practice and game load management and other relevant key performance indicators that affect player availability through the use of sport science technology (eg., Catapult, subjective questionnaires, etc.)

Program Direction and Administration

• Advise in policy-making and operations decisions for the sports medicine department.
• Participate in the annual review process of current policies and procedures.

Student Oversight

• Provide mentorship to sports medicine students
• Serve as a clinical preceptor to assigned students

Pre-Participation Exam (Physicals) Coordinator

• Coordinate with team physician group to schedule annual pre-participation exams for all student-athletes
• Manage the creation of new student-athlete electronic health record profiles and the distribution of all pre-participation exam paperwork with respective sports medicine staff members (eg., insurance declarations, medical history forms, etc.)
• Communicate relevant information from appointments to the respective sports medicine staff members
• Ensure compliance with NCAA regulations regarding medical clearance requirements (eg., medication waivers, annual concussion education, etc.)
• Ensure appropriate documentation of all pre-participation exams

AEC Sports Medicine Facility &Hydrotherapy Coordinator

• Coordinate the appropriate and required maintenance/upkeep of the Schott Athletic Excellence Center Sports Medicine Clinic and Hydrotherapy room
• Coordinate with the Associate Athletic Director- Facilities & Operations to submit work orders and maintenance requests
• Coordinate staff in-service trainings on equipment maintenance and usage
• Coordinate staff in-service trainings for hydrotherapy usage and rehabilitation best practices

Sport Science & Technology Integration

• Coordinate implementation, updates, and access to sports medicine technology platforms and the designated electronic medical records system
• Coordinate implementation, updates, and access to sport science technology platforms

Other duties as assigned

• Attend continuing education symposiums as required to maintain BOC certification.
• Serve on relative university committees to provide support and direction for SCU students.

C. PROVIDES SUPERVISION

• Provides supervision and work direction to athletic training education students and hired student workers.
• Provide mentorship to sports medicine staff members and students

D. GENERAL GUIDELINES

Recommends initiatives and implements changes to improve quality and services.

Identifies and determines cause of problems; develops and presents recommendations for improvement of established processes and practices; implements approved recommendations.

Maintains contact with student-athletes and solicits feedback for improved services.

Maximizes productivity through use of appropriate tools, planned training, and performance initiatives.

Researches and develops resources that create timely and efficient workflow.

Prepares progress reports; informs supervisor of project status; and deviation from goals. Ensures completeness, accuracy and timeliness of all operational functions.

Prepares and submits reports as requested and required.

Develops and implements guidelines to support the functions of the unit.

E. QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The items below are representative of the knowledge, skills, abilities, education, and experience required or preferred.

This position requires the ability to effectively establish and maintain cooperative working relationships within a diverse multicultural environment.

Knowledge

• BOC, CPR, First Aid and BBP certification required.
• Knowledge of FERPA, OSHA, and HIPPA bylaws.
• CSCS certification preferred.

Skills

• Basic computer skills required

Abilities

• Ability to provide evidenced-based service.
• Ability to evaluate, recognize, manage, provide treatment, and design rehabilitation programs for athletic injuries and illnesses.
• Ability to assist in policy and procedure development.
• Ability to utilize technology effectively in all aspects of the development and administration of a sports medicine department.
• Ability to communicate effectively and work within an interdisciplinary team to provide holistic patient care.

Education

• Bachelor's required in related health field, advanced degree and certification in related field preferred.

Years of Experience

• 5-7 years of relative experience preferred.

F. PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Considerable time is spent at a desk using a computer terminal.
• May be required to travel to other buildings on the campus.
• May be required to travel with athletic teams to events outside of the SCU campus.
• May be required to attend conference and training sessions within Bay Area and/or in- or out-of-state locations.
• May be required to occasionally travel to outside customers, vendors, suppliers, or institutions.
• Considerable time may be spent outdoors attending practices or athletic events.
• Considerable time spent at athletic events with associated noise and crowds.

G. WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described below are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• Typical office environment.
• Mostly indoor office environment.
• Offices with equipment noise.
• Offices with frequent interruptions.
• Athletic fields and events.
• Outdoor athletic event

Telecommute

Santa Clara University is registered to do business in the following states: California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, and Illinois. Employees approved to telecommute are required to perform their work within one of these states.