Sports Performance Specialist - PRN
About The Position
The Sports Performance Specialist supports Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance’s strategy to expand its sports medicine impact. The role contributes to a multifaceted sports performance service line, both as a standalone offering and as a pathway to other TOA services. It coordinates with community resources for services and referrals in areas such as nutrition, sports science, sports psychology, massage and recovery, and group fitness, while helping evaluate these areas as potential TOA service lines. The specialist builds community relationships with sports leagues, coaches, and schools; helps organize outreach, education, camps, and clinics; and provides presentations and electronic media on sports training, fitness, wellness, and health. The role also assists with sports performance social media and marketing and coordinates TOA return-to-play programs for functional rehabilitation. The specialist provides individual and group sports performance and wellness training to clients ranging from high-performing athletes to recreational athletes and others. They supervise and educate clients in sports performance and return-to-play activities; provide expertise on injury prevention, nutrition, and sport-specific performance; and teach and demonstrate safe strength, speed, conditioning, and flexibility techniques. The role works with group exercise and personal training and initiates internal education for TOA providers and colleagues. Other duties may be assigned.
Requirements
- Completion of a BA/BS degree.
- At least one year of experience in sports performance or personal training.
- NSCA-CSCS certification, or eligibility to sit for the exam with certification completed within 12 months of employment.
- Recognized expertise in sports performance, with a history of impactful sports performance training.
- Experience scheduling, planning, and managing individual and group exercise training sessions.
- Experience working with a broad range of ages, from school-age clients to older adults.
- Knowledge of periodization for sports training and conditioning.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to TOA’s sports performance service line as a standalone offering and as a gateway to other TOA services.
- Coordinate with community resources for services and referrals in areas such as nutrition, sports science, sports psychology, massage and recovery, and group fitness.
- Help organize community outreach, including education, camps, and clinics.
- Establish relationships with area sports leagues, coaches, and schools to expand and improve TOA relationships.
- Initiate community presentations and electronic media on sports training, fitness, wellness, and health-related topics.
- Assist with social media and marketing related to sports performance.
- Coordinate TOA programs related to return-to-play functional rehabilitation, including ACL and throwing programs.
- Work in conjunction with group exercise and personal training.
- Provide individual sports performance and wellness training to clients with varied interests and athletic backgrounds.
- Supervise and educate clients individually and in groups in sports performance and return-to-play activities.
- Provide internal and external clients with expertise and resources on injury prevention, nutrition, and enhanced sport-specific athletic performance.
- Teach, demonstrate, and supervise proper strength, speed, conditioning, and flexibility techniques while maintaining a safe and positive training environment.
- Initiate internal education for providers and TOA colleagues.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
