Assistant Athletic Trainer

Responsibilities

• Assist head athletic trainer for Football / Baseball with medical needs of the student-athletes.
• Work closely with sport coaches, strength and conditioning coaches, physicians, physician assistants, and medical facilities concerning the student-athlete's health and wellness.
• Communicate patient illness and injury complaints/problems with Team Physicians.
• Create and maintain a complete medical record.
• Provide patient educational programming.
• Manage physician clinic including collection of injury/illness history and pre-exam testing data.
• Coordinate clinical diagnostic testing including but not limited to X-ray, MRI, MRI-arthrogram, CT scan, echocardiogram and laboratory tests.
• Referral and ongoing communication with sports dietitian for patient care.
• Referral and ongoing communication with sport psychologist for patient care.
• Referral and ongoing communication with KTH Counseling and Psychological Service for patient psychological and psychiatric care.
• Communicate pertinent injury/illness information, as it relates to participation status, with coaching staff and sport performance staff.
• Knowledge of strength and conditioning programs including coordination of group and individualized injury prevention programming.
• Perform medical testing including but not limited to vital signs, EKG, neurocognitive and motor control evaluations.
• Perform sport science testing as directed (including but not limited to movement pattern analysis, Y-balance, and body composition).
• Manage participation status decisions and execute the unchallengeable authority to remove a patient from participation and/or return to participation during practice and event (home and away) acute injury and emergency medical management.
• Under the direction of the Team Physicians, manage patients’ ongoing conditions such as asthma, hypertension, sickle cell trait, ADHD, depression/anxiety.
• Manage and execute all university athletic facility emergency action plans including communication, EMS activation, AED/CPR delivery and post-event reporting to Head Team Physician, University Risk Management, and Athletic Administration.
• Evaluate, treat, and rehabilitate injuries including up to date knowledge and utilization of the latest evidence-based techniques and modalities.
• Knowledge and on-going execution of policies including but not limited to lightning, heat stress, cold weather, pre-participation physicals, alcohol and other drug, nutritional supplements, learning disabilities, prescription medications, over the counter medications, concussion, MRSA, asthma, sickle cell, disordered eating.
• Create or co-creation of rehabilitation programming including periodic goals and outcome measures.
• Provide formal and informal wellness education to patients, coaches, support staff, administrators and parents.
• Supervise athletic training students in clinical rotations and/or athletic training aides as assigned.
• Annual creation and execution of a continuing education.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Athletic Training, Physical Education, Health or related field from an accredited college or university within 90 days of the hire date.
• Certified Athletic Trainer - Board of Certification for the Athletic Trainer (BOC ATC) within 180 Days.