Assistant, Athletic Therapy Services

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**Job Summary**

This role as Assistant, Athletic Therapy Services delivers athletic therapy services in the form of injury assessment, treatment, preventative maintenance, rehabilitation, as well as on-field coverage of urgent and non-urgent medical situations. These duties will primarily focus on working with the Queen's Varsity Football team at Richardson Stadium during the fall semester and in the Q Sports Medicine Clinic throughout the remainder of the year. Travel to team locations is necessary on a regular basis. This position requires exercising skills in maintaining inventory of medical items, mentoring on-site Athletic Therapy Interns and frequent communication skills with therapy staff, physicians, student trainers, coaches, student-athletes and others.

This position coordinates the clinic's daily operations including scheduling appointments, reviewing medical sheets, maintaining patient records, and assisting with inventory management. This position assists with overseeing, educating, and assessing student trainers. This position also provides preventative treatment and on-site first aid during athletic events.

The schedule for this position requires the incumbent to work frequent early mornings, evenings and weekends, according to program or area needs.
- Designs rehabilitative programs and incorporates therapeutic modalities into these programs where required.
- Demonstrates prophylactic taping and bracing procedures to students.
- Assists with overseeing, educating, and assessing student trainers.
- Provides immediate first aid and pre-hospital care.
- Provides on-site athletic therapy coverage at events.
- Performs administrative activities including scheduling appointments, reviewing medical sheets, maintaining patient records, and assisting with inventory management.
- Assists with implementing long-term plans for the clinic.
- Other duties as required in support of the department and/or unit.

Required Education
- Four-Year Bachelor Degree or equivalent. In addition, requires trade certification, qualification, or on-going learning to remain ahead of changes in technology or emerging fields.

Required Experience
- More than 3 years and up to and including 5 years of experience.

Required Licenses and Certifications
- Certification as an Athletic Therapist is required.

Job Knowledge and Requirements
- Practical and applied knowledge of specialized methods and processes that are typically acquired through a combination of technical or academic qualification and/or work experience.
- Provide consultation and advice on non-straightforward and/or complex issues.
- Interaction with others typically requires interpersonal skills and the ability to understand and influence.
- Adapt messages to meet the needs of the intended audience.
- Build relationships, trust and credibility.
- Manage own work and may train and review the work of casual employees, work study students and/or volunteers, to see commitments through to completion.
- Contribute to setting work priorities and direction, supporting the team in achieving goals and objectives.
- Participate in project team meetings and develop individual project plans.
- Lead procedural or technological change within a unit.
- Identify new problems and seek information and input to fully understand the cause of problems.
- Identify opportunities to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of work processes.
- Draw logical conclusions and provides opinions and recommendations.
- Research equity, diversity, accessibility and inclusion resources and best practices relevant to the job and unit operations in order to inform evidence-based planning.
- Commitment to principles of equity, diversity, accessibility, inclusion, Indigenization and human rights for equity deserving groups.

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