Sports Injury Prevention Spec - Boston Children's Hospital

Schedule: Mon-Thurs 3-8pm and at least 1 Saturday a month.

The Sports Injury Prevention Specialist will work at The Micheli Center for Sports Injury Prevention within the Division of Sports Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital.

The Micheli Center for Sports Injury Prevention seeks to advance the field of sports medicine by revealing current injury patterns and risk factors while developing new methods, strategies, and technologies for preventing injuries. Both the Waltham and Norwood locations provide comprehensive evaluations and exercise prescription plans as well as private, group strength training, and mental skills sessions.  

The Sport Injury Prevention Specialist will be responsible for the following:

• Completes Injury Prevention Evaluations and running gait analyses.
• Provides age-appropriate fitness and/or injury-specific goals.
• Communicates to client’s proper strength and conditioning habits and how those relate to injury prevention.
• Runs all injury prevention programs typically in a small group setting.
• Completes initial assessments of clients to screen for potential injury risks.
• Ensures the programs assigned are appropriate and safe. Trains clients in a private or small group setting (both on-site and off-site).
• Performs daily facility and equipment maintenance and cleaning processes.
• Assists with research projects being conducted at The Micheli Center and works with research staff in order to capture and analyze data with the highest level of accuracy.
• Assist with administrative tasks as needed.

The Sport Injury Prevention Specialist must have the following:

• 1 year of experience in athletic training or strength and conditioning. Prior experience working with the child to young adult population.
• Certified Athletic Trainer or CSCS - Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist, CPR and AED.
• Bachelor's degree: Exercise Science or in a fitness, wellness, or kinesiology field

Boston Children’s Hospital offers competitive compensation and unmatched benefits including flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.
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