Academic Year Gym Clinic AT

The University of New Hampshire is seeking a Fully Certified Athletic Trainer to assist Gymnasts during the Fall Clinic.

About the role

Supports Gymnastics Clinics by providing care to athletes, monitoring progress, and maintaining records.

Responsibilities

• Present to assist in any needs during clinics
• Treats in-clinic injuries
• Designs rehabilitation programs
• Informs injured players' families of athletes' condition
• Maintains records
• Plans preventive measures

Requirements

• Minimum Acceptable Education & Experience: Fully certified Athletic Trainer with a bachelor's or master's degree. Some understanding of gymnastics required.
• Knowledge and understanding of gymnastics and its physical demands.
• Familiarity with common gymnastics injuries and appropriate injury prevention, evaluation, and management techniques.
• Knowledge of and ability to apply various athletic taping and wrapping techniques.
• Ability to recognize signs and symptoms of injury and determine when an athlete should be removed from participation or referred for further evaluation.
• Ability to provide appropriate first aid and emergency care when needed.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills when working with athletes, coaches, parents/guardians, and other medical personnel.
• Ability to maintain accurate and timely injury and treatment documentation.
• Ability to remain calm and make sound decisions in emergency or high-pressure situations.
• Understanding of appropriate safety practices and injury-prevention strategies specific to gymnastics training.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced gymnastics environment with athletes of varying ages and skill levels.
• Current CPR/AED and First Aid certification preferred/required, as applicable.
• Ability to communicate appropriately and professionally with children and adolescents.
• Understanding of the additional considerations involved in providing care to minors, including appropriate boundaries, supervision, and communication with parents/guardians.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience providing athletic training or sports medicine services in a gymnastics or similar acrobatic sport setting.
• Experience working with youth and adolescent athletes.
• Familiarity with common gymnastics injuries, injury prevention, and rehabilitation techniques.
• Experience with a variety of athletic taping and wrapping techniques.
• Experience working in a fast-paced sports or clinical environment.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with coaches, athletes, parents/guardians, and other medical professionals.
• Experience providing medical coverage for camps, clinics, practices, or competitions.

Compensation

$45 per hour, approx. 6-8 hours of work.

Benefits

Details on benefits can be found here.

The University of New Hampshire is committed to providing a safe environment for all persons, including but not limited to children, and to preventing and responding to abuse, neglect, and crimes against children. All UNH youth program staff shall be subject to a criminal background check as required by NH State Law. Staff and volunteers will also be required to complete periodic child safety training.

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire’s lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs.

The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.

The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access employer. The University System is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our campus communities and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us achieve this mission.