Certified Athletic Trainer - Volleyball

The University of Missouri Department of Athletics is seeking a Full Time Certified Athletic Trainer to work with our Volleyball program. This position requires an individual skilled in illness and injury prevention, assessment, treatment, rehabilitation, and care encountered by student-athletes in competitive athletics. Duties will include: Collecting all medical paperwork including assistance with pre-participation examinations. Performing any baseline testing, including corrective exercise screenings, movement profiles, as well as development of individual protocols and maintenance programs for injury prevention or movement deficiencies. Coordinating medical care for all in-season and official team practices/workouts including home hosting duties and traveling to away contests. Staying on top of all medical maintenance needs and EAPs for home and away contests including prior communication to the other team’s ATC’s. Acting as liaison to the team physicians and other medical providers to ensure proper care is received. Following all prescribed rehabilitation and treatment protocols of team physicians (including if/when a student athlete is referred to formalized rehab). Performing all treatments, rehabilitations, taping/bracing, and casting as needed. Properly documenting all injuries/illnesses including mental health into the E.M.R. platform. Assisting with medical coverage of other teams as needed or assigned. Daily organization in providing the following to student-athletes and their respective coaching staffs. (20%) Preparing timely and accurate documents such as injury/illness reports, care and reconditioning updates, daily athletic training records, injury/illness and communication summaries for sport coaches (including Strength & Conditioning Coach), medical and other correspondence. Communicating effectively with strength and conditioning coaches regarding the injured student-athlete’s strength and conditioning parameters and limitations associated with injury rehabilitation. Consulting with coaching staff on conditioning programs, safety of proper athletic activities, equipment safety, and safety of facilities and grounds at competitive venues. Assume the following additional responsibilities for day-to-day operation of Athletic Training Room outside of student athlete care. (10%) Participating in our mentorship program with your assigned AT. Providing supervision, instruction, delegation, evaluation, and assistance with students including volunteer, internships, clinical immersion, and federal work study. Aiding in the advancement of the athletic training facility including maintenance and upkeep of your assigned facility. Aiding in the advancement of your assigned facilities including maintenance, upkeep, inventory and ordering. Performing other duties as assigned or pro-actively added by the Director, Senior Associate Director, and/or Associate Director of Sports Medicine. Other assigned duties will be based off of overall candidate experience and departmental needs. This could include the supervision of other AT’s, facility oversight, facility scheduling, or other administrative tasks etc. The following professional duties will be required to maintain good standing as a professional. (5%) Maintain B.O.C. certification and Missouri licensure with accumulation of CEU’s. Maintain medical malpractice liability insurance. Collaborate with other staff members to help develop in the areas of rehab, treatment, movement profiles, and readiness score/testing. Participate in opportunities that help with research collaboration. #J-18808-Ljbffr University of Missouri Athletics Department