Outreach Athletic Trainer- Thomas Dale High - PRN
About The Position
The Athletic Trainer Outreach provides day-to-day athletic training services for a local sports team. The role assesses and treats athletes, develops rehabilitation and reconditioning strategies, and designs and implements injury prevention and education programs. The athletic trainer attends home and away games as agreed upon by the head coaches and/or athletic directors. The athletic trainer performs injury prevention, assessment, treatment (including first aid), and reconditioning in accordance with National Athletic Trainers’ Association Board of Certification standards. Duties include demonstrating taping, strapping, bracing, and athletic-equipment fitting; carrying out treatments and recommendations prescribed by the team, program, or event physician; and covering assigned pre-season physicals, games or matches, and related events under the program manager’s supervision. The position also requires knowledge of growth and development across the life span and the ability to assess and interpret information about athletes’ status. This role serves adolescent and adult athletes in a fast-paced orthopedic medical practice environment. It may involve occasional night or early morning hours and possible overnight stays. The athletic trainer must adapt to changing conditions, communicate directions and instructions effectively, manage stress, and meet the stated physical requirements. The job safely administers specified prescribed medications and emergency medications, including topical corticosteroids, topical lidocaine or other Schedule VI topical drugs, oxygen, epinephrine, and naloxone or another opioid antagonist.
Requirements
- Be licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia as an Athletic Trainer or be eligible for licensure at hire; Virginia Athletic Trainer licensure is required for continued employment.
- National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Board of Certification (BOC) certification.
- Current CPR certification.
- Bachelor’s degree in a specialized curriculum accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education.
- Ability to assist with or transfer athletes of varying weights and heights.
- Ability to push carts carrying athletic equipment.
- Ability to stand for long periods, walk long distances, and demonstrate good mobility skills.
- Ability to carry a training kit and coolers over long distances.
- Ability to handle high amounts of stress and adapt to changing conditions.
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of growth and development across the life span and assess and interpret athlete-status information.
- Meet physical requirements including lifting 20–50 lbs., 50–100 lbs., and over 100 lbs.; prolonged standing and sitting; frequent bending; distance walking; climbing; overhead, extensive, or repetitive reaching; and repetitive motion.
- Meet mental, sensory, and emotional requirements including recall, reasoning, problem solving, hearing, clear speech, legible writing, reading, logical thinking, handling multiple priorities, frequent and intense customer interactions, and adapting to frequent change.
Nice To Haves
- Two years of previous athletic training experience.
- Master’s degree in a specialized curriculum accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education.
Responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day athletic training services for a local sports team.
- Assess and treat athletic injuries and develop rehabilitation and reconditioning strategies.
- Design and implement injury prevention and education programs.
- Attend home and away games as agreed upon by head coaches and/or athletic directors.
- Perform injury prevention, assessment, treatment including first aid, and reconditioning in accordance with NATA Board of Certification standards.
- Demonstrate proper taping, strapping, bracing, and fitting of athletic equipment.
- Carry out treatments and recommendations prescribed by the team, program, or event physician.
- Maintain NATA and CPR certifications in accordance with the respective institutions.
- Cover assigned pre-season physicals, sports games or matches, and related events under the supervision of the program manager.
- Assess information reflective of athletes’ status and interpret the appropriate information.
- Safely administer prescribed topical corticosteroids, topical lidocaine or other Schedule VI topical drugs, oxygen in emergency situations, epinephrine for anaphylactic shock, and naloxone or another opioid antagonist for overdose reversal.
- Communicate adequate directions and instructions to athletes.
