About This Role
Providing athletic training services to student athletes is the core of this job, under the direction of a sports medicine medical director and school principal. This role suits a professional who can manage and provide care for injuries, develop prevention programs, and act as a liaison between various stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Manage and provide care for injuries to physically active persons under the direction of a licensed physician, including emergency care
- Develop injury prevention programs
- Provide appropriate preventative care
- Assess, manage, treat, rehabilitate, and recondition physically active persons whose conditions are within the professional preparation and education of a certified athletic trainer
- Maintain appropriate general treatment orders, emergency protocols, and emergency action plans to be reviewed annually and approved by medical direction
- Provide athletic training services for games
- Act as liaison between family physicians and specialists, the District, faculty and staff, athletes, and their parents
- Maintain accurate records of injuries and treatments and facilitate referrals as appropriate per athletes’ condition and insurance within the confines of HIPAA and FERPA
- Schedule and assist in the facilitation of pre-participation sports physicals
- Maintain a list of athletes medically eligible to compete under District and state rules and regulations
- Regularly communicate with coaches and athletic director regarding status of injured athletes and recommendations for return to play
- Order supplies for sports medicine clinic within guidelines of athletic director and budget
- Assist in weight room maintenance and coordinate weight room staffing to ensure that athletes have ample access to a well-functioning clean space for routine workouts, specific goals, and makeup-workouts
- Provide instruction in the use of weight machines and conditioning equipment and tailor programs based on the specific needs of the teams or individual athletes
- Provide educational resources on nutrition and offer nutritional advice or referrals
- Have working knowledge and understanding of supplements and what substances are allowable in secondary school sports
- Coordinate extra-curricular strength and conditioning for teams and individuals and continue efforts to grow the strength and conditioning program
- Work to reduce athletic injuries through sports specific conditioning programs and develop and implement rehabilitation programs for athletes who have been injured
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Athletic Training or related field
- ATC Credential
- Lead for racial and educational excellence and work to dismantle systems of oppression and inequity in our community, along with believing in and supporting all students so they feel seen and heard with access to high quality education
