Full-Time Athletic Trainer

Job Summary

Essential Job Functions:

• Diagnosing all athletic injuries
• Monitor practices as well as pre-practice taping and bracing
• Provide medical emergency coverage for all games for both home and visiting teams
• Design and create specific treatment plans and rehabilitation protocols for each individual injury and then document and track their progress
•  Monitor hydration as well as general medical conditions for example: cold, flu, ect...
• Meet with coaches and athletes to discuss progress and when the athlete may return to play
• File insurance claims and track the progress of the claims processing which includes the tracking of both the student primary insurance and the school's secondary policy
• Clean and/or sterilize athletic training room tables, instruments and tools
• Travel out of town with the teams to road games and tournaments
• Transport athletes to and from doctor visits and/or surgery

Additional Job Functions:

• Inventory and order supplies and equipment as needed
• Conduct and organizes pre-participation physicals for every sport
• Coordinate with safety office for all insurance claims filed
• Discuss recruits' medical history with coaches to determine possible medical problems
• Maintains all medical and life saving equipment

Athletic Trainer Duties:

• Collect, maintain, and verify all required Insurance/Medical Forms for all student athletes
• Arrange and facilitate athletic physicals for all student - athletes at their respected campus
• Facilitate and Arrange doctor appointments, transport athletes to/from doctor appointments

• Assist District Safety office in completion and close-out of yearly insurance claims and bills.

• Data entry for athletic insurance, incidence reports, and rehabilitation status in student's file on G drive. Other information as needed.
• Travel with the team 

• Pass the driving test

• Evaluate and advise coaching staff of current and prospective athlete's medical histories to determine if there are potential problems/situations of concern with this athlete's participation in Athletics.

• Must attend, be attentive and visible at all practices
•  Organize, supervise, perform, and setup all rehabilitation for SJC sports injuries and surgeries as prescribe by the doctor.

• Facilitate (that can be stretched into development of and leading) for new and returning athletes
• Manager athletic training room

• Maintain required licensing

• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Working knowledge of a range of athletic injuries, insurance claim forms, rehabilitation protocols, and rehabilitation modalities. 
• Skills to include taping, special orthopedic testing, rehabilitation practices and procedures, and insurance claims management.
• Abilities include performing under highly stressful conditions and the recall and practice of life saving skills as necessary to maintain the safety of San Jacinto athletes. 

Education and Experience:

Required Education:

• Bachelors Degree 

Preferred Education:

• Graduate Degree

Required Experience:

• 2 years of head athletic trainer experience

Preferred Experience:

• 5 years plus of Head Athletic Trainer experience

Work Environment:

• Exposure to human blood, tissue and bodily fluids
• Office Environment
• Outdoors
• Road Trips to various locations

Physical Activity:

• Lifting up to 100 pounds of force or more
• Manipulation of athlete bodies for rehabilitation
• Conducting athlete conditioning
• Walking or standing for hours at a time
• Lifting and transporting emergency kit (aprox 50lbs)