Head Athletics Trainer

Salary: $53,325.00 – $71,100.00 Annually

Location: Normal

Job Number:
202300905

Department: Athletics

Description

Summary:
Supervises all Assistant Athletic Trainers, Graduate Assistant
Athletic Trainers, and student aides and coordinates their schedules. Provides athletic training services, to include practice and games for
all 16 intercollegiate sports. Coordinates the treatment and documentation for 16 intercollegiate sports.

Examples
of Duties

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Directs the athletic training program to
  include physical evaluation and treatment services to student athletes in high-impact, high-intensity and/or large sports prone to extensive
  and/or chronic injury; provides a comprehensive range of care, including operation of therapeutic devices and equipment, first aid
  application, customized fitness/nutrition/conditioning plans, and rehabilitation and medical referrals.
• Collaborates with coaching
  staff in developing conditioning, weight training and nutrition programs for athletes. Advises coaching staff as to daily medical status of
  injured players.
• Provides medical coverage for all home varsity athletic contests and practices, and arranges for athletic training
  coverage at all away contests.
• As part of the Athletics Leadership Team, develops and implements policies, objectives, short-and
  long-range planning, projects and programs to assist in accomplishment of established goals. Assists in the annual budget planning process
  and regularly monitors expenditures.
• Directs and oversees the supervision of personnel, which includes work allocation, training,
  promotion, and problem resolution; evaluates performance and makes recommendations for personnel actions; motivates employees to achieve
  peak productivity and performance.
• Serves as a liaison between physicians, administrators, coaches, parents, and student athletes
  regarding injury prevention, diagnosis, care, management, treatment, rehabilitation and claim submission.
• Oversees daily management
  of training room, athletic billing, maintaining medical files, inventorying supplies and equipment, and scheduling follow-up appointments
  with medical providers, diagnostic testing, and professional consultations.
• Oversees safety factors of athletic competition by
  ensuring elimination of undue hazards.

Typical Qualifications

Minimum Position
Requirements (including certifications, licenses, etc.):

• Bachelor of Science degree/Master’s degree preferred
• Minimum of
  five-years’ experience as a certified athletic trainer required.
• Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) by the NATABOC and must have
  licensure by the state of Alabama within 90 days from hire date and BCLS certification required.

Supplemental
Information

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge and understanding of the unique
  strategic, programmatic, and operational requirements of a Division I program.
• Knowledge and understanding of the current and
  emerging psychosocial issues facing college-level student athletes.
• Knowledge of NCAA academic and behavioral rules, regulations,
  guidelines, and standards for student-athletes.
• Knowledge of NCAA recruiting rules and student-athlete eligibility
  requirements.
• Strategic planning and advanced leadership skills.
• Ability to supervise and train employees including
  organizing, prioritizing, and scheduling work assignments; evaluating performance; and mentoring and coaching employees to achieve maximum
  productivity.
• Ability to evaluate therapeutic requirements for student-athletes, and to fit and modify therapeutic and/or protective
  equipment.
• Ability to react calmly and effectively in emergency situations.
• Ability to design and implement fitness,
  nutrition and/or conditioning programs.
• Skill in the use of first aid procedures.
• Knowledge of CPR and emergency medical
  procedures.
• Ability to read, understand, follow, and enforce safety procedures.
• Ability to develop and formulate working
  processes, policies, and procedures in area of expertise.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work
  effectively with students, faculty, staff and parents, as well as a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community.
• Ability to
  collect, interpret, and analyze medical data, and to formulate, implement, and evaluate a plan of medical care.

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