Head Athletic Trainer (ATC)

Sports Medicine Team Member

This position is a member of the Sports Medicine Team and is responsible for providing professional physical therapy and athletic training care for the injuries and illnesses. The primary responsibilities of this role include the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and monitoring of all injuries.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide clinical care, based on the clinical evidence paradigm, to the players including but not limited to initial examination, diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, monitoring and prevention of injuries.
• Responsible for identifying individual clinical treatment and rehabilitation strategies, goals, prognosis, and timelines based on the best clinical evidence.
• Serve as the bridge between the training room to allow for greater continuity of care including fostering communication with other components of the sports medicine service and the coaching staff.
• Order, stock, and pack medical supplies
• Maintain cleanliness of training area.

Qualification Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor's Degree, Ability to obtain Arizona Athletic Trainer License (please check with AZ State, this may not be needed), Certified ATC, driver's license.
• Annual or biannual CPR/AED training.

Language Skills

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret instructions and reports.
• Ability to write reports and correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from Coaches.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret directions and technical diagrams.
• Ability to interpret directions.

Problem Solving Requirements

• Employee must make independent decisions and exercise discretion and independent judgment.

Physical and Environmental Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to:

• Sit
• Stand
• Walk
• Reach
• Lift
• Stoop/crouch
• Use computer
• Speak, hear, and write

Computer Skills

• Employee should have knowledge of Excel, Microsoft Word and general data entry.
• Ability to learn new systems and adapt new technology.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be able to work a flexible schedule which could include evenings, weekends and possibly holidays. Travel also required.
• The noise level in the office work environment is usually moderate.
• The noise level in the Arena on game day is usually loud.
• The stress level may become high during certain times of the year.

Compensation

• This is a seasonal position running from mid-March to mid-July with salary ranging from $25k-$30k depending on experience level.
• Consideration for this role to turn into a yearly position
• The arena is adding a new hockey team in August of 2027 that will have interest in an ATC which could lead into a year round ATC position between NAZ Wranglers and Hockey.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.