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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 10

Salary Range:

$80,942.00 - $102,245.00About 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 advanced athletic therapy services and integrated coordination for varsity programs to ensure consistent standards of care, operational continuity, and effective injury management that support athlete safety and performance across teams.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

• Coordinate multi-site Sport Medicine Clinic operations and acts as the designated clinical and operation lead in the absence of the Head Athletic Therapist (HAT) to deliver efficient, financially responsible and standards-compliant care for student-athletes.

• Assist the HAT with the supervision and evaluation of student trainers working with assigned teams to ensure service quality and adherence to established protocols.

• Lead medical support for assigned collision sport, including onsite 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.

• Maintain and communicate varsity health and safety protocols - including infectious disease control, disposal of biohazards and catastrophic injury - and establish emergency action plans (EAP) for hosted events, to promote consistent compliance and preparedness.

• 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.

• Establish and sustain collaborative relationships with external health professionals and Integrated Support Team (IST) to ensure coordinated care pathways and timely referrals for student-athletes.

• Collect analyze and interpret injury and clinic statistics for assigned teams to inform coaches on trends and recommend interventions and strategies to reduce injury and maximize performance.

• Support the delivery of annual Varsity Athletics 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 coverage at various home and away events to ensure consistent access to qualified medical support.

• Facilitate weekly in season meetings with assigned varsity teams and staff to ensure appropriate communication regarding injury reviews and student-athlete participation.

• Leads on-going inventory of first-aid and clinic supplies.

• Co-ordinates monthly IST meetings and the bi-annual sports medicine team meetings.
  

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

• 3 years of clinical and field experience post-certification (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

• Experience in managing and supervising 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.