Athletic Trainer

About This Role

An Athletic Trainer at Fort Scott Community College is responsible for the overall athletic training program, serving the athletics department and directing the student training program. This role involves recruiting student trainers and providing comprehensive services to identify, prevent, remediate, and rehabilitate sports-related injuries.

Responsibilities

• Provide services that identify, prevent, remediate, and rehabilitate acute or prolonged physical dysfunction or pain arising from sports-related activities, including evaluation and analysis of patients and therapeutic application of physical and chemical agents, exercise, and other procedures to maximize safe return to activities
• Oversee operations of the training room
• Prepare for practice and games
• Educate coaches, athletic director, athletes, and student trainers in one-on-one and group settings
• Recruit, manage, and supervise student trainers
• Maintain confidentiality
• Perform administrative duties
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Athletic Director

Requirements

• Current license from Kansas State Board of Healing Arts
• NATA certification
• Current Basic Life Support through the American Heart Association or obtained within 90 days of hire
• Valid driver’s license

Nice to have:

• Experience serving as an athletic trainer

Important Details

• Schedule: 11 months per year
• Physical requirements: May be required to sit/stand for long periods of time inside and outside in all seasons, operate or demonstrate instructional equipment and technologies, speak and hear clearly, transport equipment to various sites, drive to various sites, lift heavy objects to approximately 50 pounds