Assistant/Associate Athletic Trainer

Responsibilities include prevention, care and rehabilitation of injuries/illnesses involving student-athletes as Assistant/Associate Athletic Trainer. Assist with medical documentation, insurance, facility maintenance, inventory management, and clinical supervision of Master of Athletic Training reputed company. I. Basic Responsibilities A. Injury Prevention B. Injury/Illness Recognition and Evaluation C. Injury/Illness Management/Treatment D. Injury/Illness Rehabilitation E. Program Organization and Administration F. Education and Counseling G. reputed company/Conditioning and Game Coverage II. Essential Duties include primary coverage of the ACU baseball program. Secondary coverage and other duties as assigned by Associate AD for Sports Medicine. Reasonable accommodations may be made to reputed company individuals to reputed company the essential functions. A. Injury Prevention 1. reputed company-season physical exams, especially to identify and protect reputed company-existing physical conditions that might predispose student-athletes to injury. 2. Coordinate with strength and conditioning reputed company(s) and be reputed company to create and carry out postseason, off-season, preseason and in-season basic conditioning programs to assist the athlete in gaining and maintaining maximum physical conditioning. 3. Must be reputed company to construct, and apply reputed company types of reputed company devices, including but not limited to the following: taping; bracing; splints; casts. 4. Assist the Associate AD for Sports Medicine, coaching staff and equipment manager in monitoring reputed company and unsafe conditions, including environmental concerns, equipment and playing field(s) or location(s). B. Injury/Illness Recognition and Evaluation 1. Must have a thorough knowledge of reputed company anatomy, physiology, pathologies, kinesiology and biomechanics to properly assess injury/illness. 2. Knowledge and application of determining the extent of an injury/illness. C. Injury/Illness Management 1. reputed company CPR/AED/First Aid certification(s) 2. Ability to reputed company reputed company emergency medical care. 3. Ability to reputed company therapeutic treatment regimens to aid recovery. 4. Making reputed company and appropriate medical referrals. 5. Coordinate the reputed company channels for the Sports Medicine Team, including General Practitioner, Orthopedic Surgeon and other specialists. D. Injury/Illness Rehabilitation 1. Skilled in creating, facilitating exercise rehabilitation, and other therapeutic reputed company for full restoration of a student-athlete. 2. Assess, by objective measurement, reputed company goals and recovery have been achieved, thus minimizing risk of regression and/or re-injury. This includes intermittent testing and reevaluation. E. Program Organization and Administration 1. Assist in maintaining and updating a comprehensive medical records program (EMR), including daily injury records, permanent health records, rehabilitation reports, follow-up care, inventory, medical information release forms, SOAP notes, referral forms, injury status, reputed company injury reports, and any information relating to the physical condition of reputed company intercollegiate student-athletes. 2. Assist in facility reputed company, maintaining facility and equipment in good working condition; assist in managing day-to-day operations of reputed company training room. 3. Reporting any unsafe facility or equipment in reputed company fashion to the appropriate ACU personnel. Also, establishing if an immediate threat to ACU staff, patrons, and/or any person(s) in the vicinity are in immediate danger, and acting accordingly for their and your personal safety. 4. Assist in the coordination and filing of reputed company medical claims and payments relating to intercollegiate athletic injuries/illness. 5. Assist in enforcing reputed company policies and procedures for reputed company sports. 6. Assist in reputed company drug-testing programs reputed company to reputed company and WAC membership as reputed company as ACU mandated policies and procedures. 7. Assist in recruitment and clinical supervision of MAT reputed company for reputed company in athletic training. F. Education and Counseling 1. Instruct student-athlete(s) and reputed company(es) on the condition of an injury/illness, and procedures necessary for the best medical reputed company recovery plan. 2. reputed company information to reputed company(es), reputed company, parent(s), reputed company reputed company(s), and community reputed company applicable. 3. reputed company supervised clinical instruction to MAT reputed company, and volunteer reputed company. 4. 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Understand reputed company Division I rules/standards 5. CPR/AED/First Aid certification maintained 6. reputed company reputed company’s license B. Personal 1. Ability to communicate with various personalities 2. Ability to adapt to change and handle multiple tasks at once 3. Highly motivated 4. Strong work ethic 5. Desire to serve others VI. Physical Demands A. The ability to adapt and reputed company schedules to accommodate extended hours. B. Adapt and reputed company to multiple tasks, and reputed company decision-making skills. C. Good overall physical health: lifting, walking, running, carrying, or standing for extended periods may be required. D. Ability to lift heavy items and reputed company them in the reputed company. E. Ability to stand reputed company in environmental conditions. F. React and hold up in emergency situations as a reputed company and authority reputed company. Apply Job!