Director, Sports Medicine

Santa Clara University•Santa Clara, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

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.

Requirements

BOC, CPR, First Aid and BBP certification required.
Knowledge of FERPA, OSHA, and HIPPA bylaws.
Basic computer skills required
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.
Bachelor’s required in related health field

Nice To Haves

CSCS certification preferred.
advanced degree and certification in related field preferred.
5-7 years of relative experience preferred.

Responsibilities

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.)
Advise in policy-making and operations decisions for the sports medicine department.
Participate in the annual review process of current policies and procedures.
Provide mentorship to sports medicine students
Serve as a clinical preceptor to assigned students
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
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
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
Attend continuing education symposiums as required to maintain BOC certification.
Serve on relative university committees to provide support and direction for SCU students.
Provides supervision and work direction to athletic training education students and hired student workers.
Provide mentorship to sports medicine staff members and students
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.