BYU Sports Physical Therapist Mens Basketball

Job Description:

Job Essentials

• This position adds onsite physical therapy for BYU Men’s Basketball, leveraging Intermountain’s proven, evidence-based expertise in injury prevention and athlete rehabilitation.

• This position will utilize technology such as Kangatech, Hawkins dynamic force plates, Kinexon, 1080 sprint, Delos and vuemotion to guide decision-making in the return to play process. These will help develop return to play plans and protocols for team sport athletes.

• Collaborate with the Head Athletic Trainer to collect and maintain accurate medical injury reports in Smartabase EMR, support the return-to-play process alongside strength and conditioning coaches and sports staff, and provide coaches and performance staff with timely daily player availability updates.

• Develop and deliver individual athlete injury reduction programs in collaboration with Director of Strength and Conditioning and Head Athletic Trainer while assisting the Director of Strength and Conditioning Coach with weightroom exercise modifications for injured athletes.

• Collaborate with Head Athletic Trainer and Team Orthopedics Doctors to conduct new athlete musculoskeletal screenings and also conduct post season exit musculoskeletal screenings on student-athletes.

• Assist and collaborate with performance team in developing individualized recovery plans for student-athletes and with sports massage therapists, in conjunction with Head Athletic Trainer, regarding soft tissue and mobility treatments of student-athletes using a range of modalities and techniques.

• This position will require the ability to travel with the team in-season and must be able to work long/flexible hours, including weekends and holidays, particularly during travel.

• We are looking for a therapist with a proven ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team: able to professionally communicate complex information to athletes, coaches and performance team, particularly as it relates to return to play plans and protocols.

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Qualifications

• Degree, education and designated specialist in a Rehabilitation profession consistent with licensure requirements.

• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) for healthcare providers.

• Preferred 3 years of clinical experience

Physical Requirements:

• Ongoing need to see and read information, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
•  Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer, phone, and cable set-up and use.
• When doing patient care, lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.

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The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

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