Athletic Trainer – Football

Pay Range: Commensurate with education and experience

Benefits Eligible: Yes

Work
Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Frequent evenings, weekends, and holidays based on competition and practice
schedule

Travel: Required

Position Introduction:

The Athletic Trainer –
Football, under the medical-legal supervision of the head team physician and the head athletic trainer, and head football athletic
trainer with direct primary responsibility to Football, is responsible for the prevention, evaluation, management and rehabilitation of
injury and illness within the University’s comprehensive athletic medicine program; empowered with the unchallengeable authority to
determine management and return to play of any ill or injured athlete, as the athletic trainer deems appropriate; empowered with
unchallengeable authority to cancel or modify any workout for health and safety reasons, as he or she deems
appropriate.

Essential Functions:

• Primary medical care provider with dedicated responsibility to football
  athletes
• Emergency medicine preparedness
  • Developing and implementing comprehensive emergency action plans
  • Football
    medical staff preparedness
  • Supply and equipment preparedness
  
  
• Preventing, recognizing, diagnosing, referring,
  treating, and rehabilitating injuries
• Establishing criteria for safe return to practice and play and implementing the
  return-to-play process
• Establishing and operating treatment facilities for both practice and game situations that follow national
  and local standards
• Determining venue and activity settings requiring the on-site presence of the athletic trainer and team
  physician and which require that they be available
• Maintaining accurate medical records for athletes
• Supervision,
  education, and recruitment of undergraduate and graduate assistant athletic trainers
• Specific supervision of certified athletic
  trainer(s) assigned to football
• Work with Head Football Athletic Trainer, Head Athletic Trainer, physicians, and other allied
  health care professionals to deliver healthcare to athletes
• Other duties as assigned by the Head Football Athletic Trainer

Duties:

• Injury Prevention – athlete focused and program focused with coaches
• Injury/Illness
  Evaluation – assess acute conditions and determine plan
• Injury/Illness Management – implement care & treatment plan
• Rehabilitation – operative & non-operative rehabilitation
• Documentation – maintain athlete personal medical record
• Administration – as warranted tasks with professional medical staff, coaches, compliance, etc.
• Athlete workout – present for
  organized/supervised practices and strength & conditioning
• Sport Competition – attend all home and away competitions
• Familiarity and compliance with NCAA Bylaws, HIPAA, and FERPA

Reports To: Head Football Athletic Trainer &
Head Athletic Trainer / Athletics Health Care Administrator.
Positions Directly Supervised: Full-time athletic trainers,
graduate assistant athletic trainers, and undergraduate staff assigned to football.

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Required
Education and Experience:

• Master’s degree
• 3 years of related experience

Required Certifications
and Licenses:

• Certified Athletic Trainer by the Board of Certification (BOC) and/or Licensed Physical Therapist
• Licensed per the Oklahoma State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision
• Current CPR/AED certification

Department Preferences:

• 5 years of experience

Hiring Contingent Upon a Background
Check: Yes

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