Title: Assistant Athletic Trainer
Agency: DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS
Location: Norfolk, VA
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Hiring Range:
Full Time or Part Time:
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Job Description:
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.