Head Athletic Trainer - Higher Ed. jobs in Albany, NY

APSUE Employment Opportunity

Standard Hours: 2:00 pm -8:00 pm, plus additional nights and weekends for a 40-hour work week.

(Schedule will depend upon competition/event schedule)

General Statement:            

The Athletic trainer works under the supervision of licensed physicians to provide services to individuals who have suffered athletic injuries. At athletic events, the athletic trainer will provide emergency care and first aid to individuals who have sustained an athletic injury, evaluate athletic injuries, and make referrals to appropriate medical professionals. The Athletic trainer manages athletic injuries and illnesses such as sprains, strains, contusions, and post-surgical reconditioning. The Athletic trainer manages and supervises all athletic injuries and the return to play.  In addition, the Athletic trainer is a member of the district’s concussion management team (CMT).  The Athletic trainer identifies factors that may contribute to athletic injury and eliminates them before an injury occurs, and develops appropriate fitness and training programs. General supervision is provided by the Director of Health, Athletics and Physical Education with leeway to use independent judgment. 

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

1. Attends all practices and home contests, and when possible, attends away varsity football contests and other sectional contests
2. Provides immediate care of athletic injury and physical conditions;
3. Supervises and maintains the athletic training program and district fitness center;
4. Maintains current Emergency Cardiac Care training (AED use);
5. Focuses on prevention of athletic injuries, including assessment of an athlete's physical readiness to participate;
6. Provides reconditioning to minimize the risk of re-injury and to return the athlete to activity (return to play) as soon as possible, excluding the reconditioning of neurologic injuries, conditions or disease;
7. Manages health care administration/organization, including medical recordkeeping, documentation and reporting of injuries, writing policies and procedures, maintenance of injury treatment equipment/medical supplies, and budgeting and referral of injured athletes to appropriate authorized health care professionals when indicated;
8. Serves as a liaison between school physician, athletes, coaches and parents;
9. Risk management and injury prevention, inclusive of assisting coaches in developing pre-season and off-season conditioning and nutrition programs;
10. Assists in the day-to-day operations of the interscholastic athletic department;
11. Performs other duties as assigned by the Director of Health, Athletics and Physical Education