Assistant Athletic Trainer

Assistant Athletic Trainer

The primary responsibility of the Assistant Athletic Trainer is to administer first aid, emergency care transportation, treatment, preventative care, and rehabilitation to student-athletes. This position will also provide administration of daily treatments and reconditioning programs for student-athletes of baseball sports and assist where needed in other sports. Other duties include:

• Arranging weekend treatments on injured student-athletes for assigned sports during season.
• Coverage of daily practices and weekend home games for assigned sports and assist where needed in other sports.
• Providing daily preventative and pre-injury taping and wrapping techniques for student-athletes and assist where needed in other sports.
• Assist with pre- and post-practice/event treatments for specific sports and assist where needed in other sports.
• Supervision and performance of emergency first aid techniques and transportation needs for all injured student-athletes in specific sports and where needed in other sports.
• Perform emergency first aid techniques and transportation for assigned student-athletes and assist where needed in other sports.
• Counsel injured/sick student-athletes in specific sports, talk to parents as needed and assist where needed in other sports.
• Administration and review of yearly intercollegiate athletic physical examinations for assigned student-athletes and assist where needed in other sports.
• Supervise follow-ups on any conditions found for all assigned student-athletes with regard to yearly intercollegiate physical examinations and assist where needed in other sports.
• Travel with assigned teams and field teams to away events and where needed in other sports.
• Communicate via daily updates to the assigned sport coaching staff regarding student-athlete injury or illness status, practice status, injury prevention methods, conditioning routines, or nutritional concerns.
• Perform pre/post-game and pre/post-practice athletic training field setup for assigned sports.
• Meet visiting school's athletic trainer to arrange for the athletic training needs: treatments, modalities, water, ice at practice, physician appointments, taping needs, etc.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date injury records, daily treatment records and other athletic training room forms for assigned student-athlete and assist where needed in other sports.
• Responsible for insurance claim process on assigned student-athletes and assist where needed in other sports.
• Make medical appointments/tests for assigned student-athletes and follow up on results of evaluations/tests by medical providers and assist where needed in other sports.
• Supervise and clinically instruct graduate athletic trainers/student volunteers/interns on the field, in the athletic training room and in the performance of athletic training room duties.
• Maintain good relations with area medical personnel.
• Assist in the administration of Athletic Department drug testing program.
• Provide consultation on injuries to people from the University and surrounding community.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master's degree in the area of athletic training.
• NATA certified athletic trainer.
• Eligible for VATA licensed athletic trainer. CPR/AED certified.
• Allied health skills dealing with care and prevention of injuries/conditions occurring to student-athletes.
• Ability to provide proper rehabilitation techniques in dealing with athletic injuries.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Additional Considerations:

Considerable experience in the field of sports medicine/athletic training. Athletic training experience for baseball at the Division I Level.

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