Athletic Trainer
About The Position
Amherst College invites applications for the Athletic Trainer position. This is a full-time, academic-year (43-week per year) position. The Athletic Trainer is a highly qualified, multi-skilled health care professional who collaborates with physicians to provide preventative services, emergency care, clinical diagnosis, therapeutic intervention and rehabilitation of injuries and medical conditions. Athletic Trainers work under the direction of a physician as prescribed by state licensure statutes. The Athletic Trainer collaborates with Health Center Providers to provide quality athletic training services to all students involved in intercollegiate, intramural, club sports, and recreational activities. This includes providing sports medicine coverage at assigned intercollegiate practices and athletic events, and offering rehabilitation services within the Sports Medicine Department. The work schedule varies and corresponds to athletic activities, involves traveling with teams to events and NCAA tournament championships, and requires attendance at specified intercollegiate practices and events. A flexible schedule is required due to the varied nature of student needs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Current NATA certification
- Eligibility for MA State Licensure
- 3-5 years of relevant experience
- Strong verbal and written communication, interpersonal, and time-management skills
- Demonstrated ability to take initiative, work independently and collaboratively
- Successful completion of pre-employment physical and lift test
- Mobility to quickly respond to an injury across a field; walking, sprinting, and running long distances, carrying medical equipment
- Successful completion of required reference and background checks
- An acceptable criminal offender records information (CORI) check
Nice To Haves
- Master’s Degree
- Experience with collision sports at the college level
- Athletic training experience
Responsibilities
- Prevention, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of sports injuries incurred by students involved in intercollegiate, intramural, and club sports, as well as those involved in physical education classes and recreational sports activities
- Evaluation, treatment, and management of concussions, along with Health Center providers
- Provide counseling and education to student-athletes
- Administer modality treatments, and create and supervise rehabilitation regimens
- Application, fitting, and adjustment of protective equipment
- Bandaging, taping, and wrapping of sports injuries
- Assist students of various weights and heights
- Understand and assume the risk of physical harm at practices and events from equipment (pucks, sticks, bats, balls, etc.) and/or collisions with student-athletes, coaches, and/or referees
- Abide by Massachusetts Licensure Laws regarding the scope of practice and patient confidentiality parameters
- Adhere to policies and procedures as outlined in the Policy & Procedure manual
- Create and maintain medical records for all students treated in the sports medicine facilities
- Process athletics insurance claims
- Communicate with Physicians, Physical Therapists, Various Health Care Professionals, Faculty, Deans, Counselors, Coaches, Administrators, and Students as needed and appropriate
- Comply with NATA Board of Certification “Standards of Professional Practice”
- Maintain National certification and State licensure by complying with professional continuing education requirements as set forth by the National Athletic Trainers Association
Benefits
- Comprehensive, highly competitive benefits package
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
