Assistant Athletic Director, Sports Medicine

Job Duties

• Lead the organization and administration of medical services, including accurate medical recordkeeping, medical referrals, and accident insurance procedures.
• Hire, train, schedule, supervise, and evaluate athletic training staff.
• Communicate effectively with coaches and administrators regarding student-athlete status.
• Communicate with parents and guardians when necessary.
• Manage budgeting, inventory, and purchasing.
• Provide education, counseling, and professional development for Athletics and Sports Medicine staff.
• Mentor and evaluate team physicians.
• Collaborate with the strength and conditioning staff.
• Develop, review, and update sports medicine policies and protocols.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with on- and off-campus medical providers.
• Serve on the Oxy Athletics Leadership Team.
• Serve on the College’s Student Success Team.
• Serve as the NCAA Athletics Health Care Administrator.
• Collaborate with other campus departments, including, but not limited to, Student Affairs, the Dean of Students Office, and the Emmons Wellness Center.
• Participate in SCIAC athletic trainer meetings.
• Maintain certification in good standing with the NATA through ongoing professional development and continuing education.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• Current Board of Certification (BOC) certification for Athletic Trainers (NATABOC) in good standing.
• Current or eligible for athletic trainer licensure in the State of California.
• Current CPR, AED, and First Aid certification.
• Five years of progressively responsible experience as a certified athletic trainer.
• Experience coordinating medical care and collaborating with physicians and other healthcare providers.
• Demonstrated experience providing comprehensive athletic training services, including injury prevention, evaluation, treatment, rehabilitation, and emergency care.
• Knowledge of the rules and regulations of the College, the SCIAC conference, and NCAA Division III.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Google drives/folders/forms, Adobe Acrobat, Web Editing, and social media applications or any combination of productivity programs applicable to position responsibilities.
• Demonstrated ability to be detail-oriented and thorough; skilled at anticipating and preventing potential problems and handling a wide variety of tasks with efficiency and accuracy.
• Strong commitment to a quality work product.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate verbally, in writing and electronically.
• Effective interpersonal skills as evidenced in the ability to collaborate with a variety of constituencies.
• Demonstrated commitment to justice, equity, inclusion & diversity.
• Demonstrated skill in adapting to and performing work effectively in high-volume, high accountability, confidential environment with multiple and changing priorities.
• Effective organizational, logistical, time management and planning skills with the ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks/projects simultaneously, prioritize and fulfill the functions of an office in a timely manner.
• Able to self-motivate and work independently.
• Able to provide effective leadership and training, and to work effectively and professionally across functions, disciplines, levels, and with diverse groups.
• Knowledge of contemporary leadership and management methods to ensure employee success and achievement, and demonstration of related and applicable skills as evidenced by the ability to effectively direct, assess and evaluate performance of direct reports.
• Able to provide employee development, training and opportunities for direct reports to demonstrate performance achievement and success; recognizing performance of both above standards and needs improvement and respond accordingly.
• Skilled at communicating feedback verbally, in writing and electronically; and documenting performance via introductory and annual performance appraisals.
• Skilled in developing and determining corrective employment/performance/behavioral strategies, as needed.
• Demonstrated ability to design and execute performance improvement plans, conducting disciplinary action and/or determining the appropriateness of employment continuation.