Athletic Trainer

WVU Medicine • Weirton, WV

17d • Onsite

About The Position

Serve as a first-line responder, injury manager, and liaison for youth and collegiate athletes in a dynamic sports environment. The Athletic Trainer provides injury prevention and evaluation, emergency response, treatment, rehabilitation guidance, and coordination with athletes, families, coaches, and medical professionals. The role includes maintaining treatment records and an effective athletic training room, ensuring compliance with applicable privacy and organizational requirements, and traveling with teams as needed. Work may take place outdoors in typical weather conditions and in office or school environments, with potential exposure to bloodborne pathogens and bodily fluids.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Athletic Training or Physiology.
• Current athletic trainer licensure as required by the state where services are provided: Ohio licensure through the Ohio Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Athletic Training Board, or West Virginia licensure through the West Virginia Board of Physical Therapists.
• Nationally Certified Athletic Trainer through the Board of Certification for the Athletic Trainer.
• Obtain Basic Life Support certification within 30 days of hire.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Active listening, critical thinking, judgment and decision-making, monitoring, problem sensitivity, deductive reasoning, inductive reasoning, oral comprehension, and near vision.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds and stand for prolonged periods.

Nice To Haves

• Two years of experience in Athletic Training.

Responsibilities

• Provide on-site injury prevention, taping, bracing, and warm-up supervision before practices and games.
• Respond to acute injuries and emergencies during practices and games.
• Conduct injury evaluations, coordinate referrals, and communicate with parents, coaches, and physicians.
• Manage concussion protocols, return-to-play progression, and hydration and heat-illness monitoring.
• Travel with teams as needed; work may include afternoons, evenings, and weekends.
• Conduct musculoskeletal assessments using clinical and functional testing.
• Develop and implement individualized treatment plans.
• Coordinate referrals to physicians, physical therapists, or specialists when necessary.
• Administer therapeutic exercises and modalities to promote healing.
• Track progress and adjust plans based on patient or athlete recovery status.
• Educate athletes on injury prevention and safe return-to-activity protocols.
• Maintain detailed and accurate treatment records.
• Ensure compliance with HIPAA, state regulations, and organizational policies.
• Communicate regularly with medical professionals, coaches, parents, and/or patients.
• Serve as a resource for injury prevention and athletic health education.
• Determine fitness for participation before a season and after injury.
• Assist in selecting and fitting protective equipment.
• Maintain an effective and efficient athletic training room, equipment, and related implements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time