Director of Sports Medicine and Performance

Responsibilities

Saint Michael's College is seeking an experienced and innovative Director of Sports Medicine and Performance to lead all services supporting student-athletes. The role includes supervising and mentoring staff while ensuring clear, compliant communication with administrators, team physicians, student-athletes, campus partners, and external providers under HIPAA and FERPA regulations. The Director oversees administrative operations such as inventory, purchasing, insurance coordination, scheduling, reporting, staff management, and departmental advocacy, while also providing direct clinical care in line with National Athletic Trainers' Association standards.

This position is responsible for developing and implementing Emergency Action Plans and ensuring they are rehearsed annually. Additionally, the Director establishes policies and procedures that promote the highest standards of student-athlete health, safety, and overall wellness.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Create and maintain a safe, clean, and organized athletic training room for the best quality care of NCAA student-athletes
• Operates under the supervision of Team Physician and works closely with SMC Heath Services
• Provides care to student-athletes which includes prevention, education, emergency care, evaluation, management, and rehabilitation of injuries and illnesses
• Ensures that all student-athletes complete yearly medical clearance
• Maintains and administers proper injury and rehab records
• Communicates with host athletic trainer when sending teams to competitions without an athletic trainer
• Provides or assigns practice and home contest coverage for athletic teams
• Travels or assigns coverage for athletic teams' away practices and games as appropriate
• Schedules staff for athletic training room coverage
• Oversight of strength and conditioning coach, discuss patterns for injury prevention, and supports efforts of the coach
• Allocates budget efficiently to ensure that athletic training room and varsity weight room standards are met
• Organizes inventory and purchasing in an orderly manner
• Oversees communication and management of student-athlete health insurance and secondary athletics insurance policy
• Submits annual and special reports to department, campus, or governing bodies as required
• Submits annual performance evaluation for professional athletic training staff and strength and conditioning coach under their supervision
• Follows NATA/BOC Standards of Practice and Scope of Practice
• Participates in departmental and campus-wide learning opportunities to further develop awareness, skills, and knowledge in supporting and fostering inclusion and belonging for students and colleagues
• Sees the value of cultural, ethnic, gender, and other individual differences in people. Helps to create an environment of learning about, valuing, encouraging, and supporting differences
• Certifying athletic training staff and department staff in first aid/CPR/AED requirements

Represents the Sports Medicine department at athletic department, campus, State of Vermont, NE10, and other necessary meetings

The salary range for this position is $70,00k-$76,200. For the full job description,.

We recognize that people assess their skills and experience differently. Studies have shown that some candidates may hesitate to apply for a position unless they feel they meet every qualification listed. However, many of the skills and responsibilities in this role can be developed on the job. If you believe you could bring value to our students and community and meet most of what we're looking for, we encourage you to apply.

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

• Benefits include health, dental, vision, employer-paid life and disability insurance, voluntary life, critical illness and accident insurance options, parental leave, flexible spending accounts (healthcare and…