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Posting Reason:

New Position

Job Type:

Employee

Anticipated Duration in Months (for contracts and temporary assignments):

N/A

Job Family:

Training and Therapy

# of Open Positions:

1

Faculty/Service - Department:

Head Athletic Therapy Therapist

Campus:

Main Campus

Union Affiliation:

SSUO

Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/03/23

Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD):

2026/04/03

Hours per week:

35

Salary Grade:

SSUO Grade 09

Salary Range:

$72,437.00 - $91,502.00About Student Affairs:

Student Affairs is at the very heart of the student experience at the University of Ottawa. We recruit the very best future students, support them throughout their university years and leave them well-prepared for fulfilling careers and future studies. Our team of more than 600 dedicated staff provides the services that keep students happy, well and thriving as they pursue their ambitions. We help them apply and enroll for courses, we oversee 11 residences and an award-winning Dining Hall, we organize fun events, we provide extensive recreation program opportunities and varsity sports activities, we run an innovative career development and experiential learning program and much more!

There’s nothing more rewarding than helping future generations reach their full potential at a world-class university. With our wide variety of career opportunities and professional development pathways, we’re sure that you’ll enjoy the experience as much as our students do.

Position purpose:

Provide specialized front‑line athletic therapy services to varsity student‑athletes to prevent and manage injuries, support safe participation in training and competition, and protect athlete health and performance within a high‑performance sport environment.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

• Lead medical support for assigned collision sport, including on-site emergency care coverage as the Certified Athletic Therapist and medical emergency protocols, collect pre-participation medical information and coordinate pre-season physical evaluations to ensure athlete health and readiness for training and competition.

• Assists the Head Athletic Therapist (HAT) with the supervision and evaluation of student trainers working with assigned teams to ensure service quality and adherence to established protocols.

• Provide athletic therapy services, including manual therapy, modality treatment techniques, and exercise prescription to optimize injury recovery timelines and support peak performance of varsity student-athletes, both on campus and when travelling with athletes.

• Maintain collaborative relationships with external health professionals to coordinate referrals, integrate multidisciplinary expertise and ensure timely and appropriate medical support.

• Collect and analyze injury and clinic statistics for assigned teams, translating findings into actionable recommendations that support coaches in reducing injury risk and maximize performance.

• Assist with the delivery of annual Varsity student-athlete education initiatives, including orientation and drug free sport training seminar to promote awareness of expectations and reinforce a culture of safe sport.

• Provide athletic therapy at various home and away events to ensure consistent access to qualified medical support.

• Facilitates weekly in season meetings with assigned varsity teams and coaches/support staff to ensure appropriate communications regarding injury reviews and student-athlete participation
  

What you will bring

• Relevant post-secondary degree or equivalent in an accredited program specializing in Athletic Therapy, Kinesiology or related field

• Certified Athletic Therapist credentials through the Canadian Athletic Therapist’s Association (CATA) or Sports Physiotherapist Certified Level 2

• Sports First Responder or EMR certification

• 1 year of clinical and field experience (collision sport preferred).

• Bilingualism – French and English (spoken and written)

• Strong interpersonal skills to work with Coaches and allied health professionals.

• Ability to work autonomously and with other in an environment that requires quick decisions that protect the safety and well-being of student-athletes.

• Experience in overall program management within an academic and multi-sport environment

• Ability to manage and supervise student staff

• Ability to stand for extended periods, respond quickly to on-field injuries and assist with the removal of injured athletes

• Strong organizational capabilities

• Ability to share the values that are consistent with the high standards of the University of Ottawa and its mission to provide quality education

• Availability to work outside of regular business hours such as evenings and weekends on a regular basis

• Availability to travel on a regular basis to attend games

Key Competencies at uOttawa:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa:

Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.

The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact hrtalentmanagement@uottawa.ca to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Note: if this is a union position: The hiring process will be governed by the current collective agreement related to the union affiliation noted above; you can click here to find out more.

If this is a front-line position with responsibilities to interact with students, selected candidates must be rated at the Low Advanced proficiency level or higher for both oral comprehension and reading comprehension in their second official language. The rating is determined by a proficiency test designed by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute.

Prior to May 1, 2022, the University required all students, faculty, staff, and visitors (including contractors) to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as defined in Policy 129 – Covid-19 Vaccination. This policy was suspended effective May 1, 2022 but may be reinstated at any point in the future depending on public health guidelines and the recommendations of experts.