Athletic Trainer II

The University of Kansas Health System • Lawrence, KS

5d

About The Position

Under the direction of the Head Team Physicians and the Senior Director of Kansas Team Health, the Athletic Trainer II provides athletic training services for student athletes in Volleyball and Softball. The role works closely with sport coaches, strength and conditioning coaches, other healthcare providers, and athletic administrators on student-athlete health and wellness.

The position provides clinical communication and referral, maintains medical records, supports physician clinics, coordinates diagnostic testing, and communicates with relevant care and performance staff. In collaboration with Team Physicians, it manages participation decisions, acute injuries and emergencies, ongoing health conditions, injury evaluation and rehabilitation, and emergency action plans. The role also provides wellness education, supervises athletic training students or aides as assigned, maintains a continuing education plan, and contributes to administrative planning and program analysis.

The position may require travel with at least one sport and includes regular weekend work as well as work before or after traditional hours.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Athletic Training, Physical Education, Health, or a related field from an accredited college or university, to be completed within 90 days of hire.
• At least 2 years of experience as an athletic trainer.
• Licensed Athletic Trainer (AT) through the State Board of Healing Arts within 90 days.
• Certified Athletic Trainer (BOC ATC) upon hire.

Nice To Haves

• Less than 1 year of experience working with collegiate or national-level athletes.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products.
• Experience with manual therapy.
• Licensed Physical Therapist (PT) through the State Board of Healing Arts.

Responsibilities

• Provide athletic training services and/or supervision under the direction of a Team Physician.
• Communicate patient illness and injury concerns with Team Physicians; maintain complete medical records; provide patient education; and refer patients to physicians and other specialists.
• Manage physician clinics, including collecting illness and injury histories and pre-examination testing data.
• Coordinate diagnostic testing, including X-rays, MRI, MRI-arthrograms, CT scans, echocardiograms, and laboratory tests.
• Coordinate patient care with sports dietitians, sport psychologists, and KTH Counseling and Psychological Service.
• Communicate participation-related injury and illness information to coaching and sport performance staff.
• Coordinate injury prevention programming and maintain knowledge of strength and conditioning programs.
• Perform medical testing, including vital signs, EKG, neurocognitive evaluations, and motor control evaluations; perform sport science testing as directed.
• Make participation-status decisions with Team Physicians and remove patients from or return them to participation as authorized.
• Provide acute injury and emergency medical management at practices and events, at home and away; travel with at least one sport as needed.
• Manage ongoing patient conditions under Team Physician direction, including asthma, hypertension, sickle cell trait, ADHD, and depression or anxiety.
• Manage and execute athletic-facility emergency action plans, including communication, EMS activation, AED/CPR delivery, and post-event reporting.
• Evaluate, treat, and rehabilitate injuries using current evidence-based techniques and modalities.
• Execute policies concerning topics such as weather risks, pre-participation physicals, medications, concussion, MRSA, asthma, sickle cell, and disordered eating.
• Create or co-create rehabilitation programs with periodic goals and outcome measures.
• Provide formal and informal wellness education to patients, coaches, support staff, administrators, and parents.
• Supervise athletic training students in clinical rotations and/or athletic training aides as assigned.
• Create and execute an annual continuing education plan.
• Assist with program strategic planning, goal-setting, staffing-model analysis, injury-rate and trend analysis, sport science program analysis, and scholarly activities.
• Maintain knowledge of health-system and departmental activities, sports schedules, and procedures; foster cooperative working relationships and maintain professional conduct.
• Perform the professional, clinical, and technical competencies of the assigned unit or department and other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level