Head Athletic Trainer

Marymount University • Lexington, MA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Head Athletic Trainer is responsible for providing athletic training services for all Marymount University student-athletes and for visiting teams. This role directly supervises Assistant Athletic Trainers, Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainers, and Per Diem Athletic Trainers, and establishes their schedules to ensure practice and game day coverage. The Head Athletic Trainer collaborates closely with the Team Physician, Director of the Student Health Center, Head Strength and Conditioning Coach, and coaches to address injury and illness concerns. Key responsibilities include recruiting and retaining athletic trainers, ensuring accurate and compliant medical record-keeping, coordinating pre-participation screenings, managing the athletic training budget, and overseeing drug testing as needed. Additionally, the role involves managing and maintaining training room facilities, inventorying supplies and equipment, providing in-service training, supervising work-study students, and working with supervisors to achieve departmental goals.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• A minimum of 3-5 years of related experience, ideally working with student-athletes in an intercollegiate setting.
• Must have strong communications skills including ability to communicate by telephone/e-mail/text.
• NATABOC certified athletic trainer

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree preferred.
• Experience/certification with alternative therapies (IASTM, myofascial decompression, blood flow restriction, dry needling, etc…) to enhance the student-athletes treatment and recovery process is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide athletic training services for all Marymount University student-athletes and for student-athletes of visiting teams traveling without an athletic trainer for all home games.
• Directly supervise Assistant Athletic Trainers, Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainers and Per Diem Athletic Trainers.
• Establish athletic training staff schedules to provide practice and game day coverage.
• Work closely with the Team Physician, Director of the Student Health Center, Head Strength and Conditioning Coach and each coach to address any injury or illness concerns.
• Recruit and retain Assistant Athletic Trainers.
• Ensure medical records are kept up to date by athletic training staff including history, daily treatment records, injury reports and physician referrals while in compliance with all current regulations.
• Coordinate with Team Physician to schedule and conduct pre-participation screenings.
• Ensure primary and secondary insurance procedures are followed by all athletic trainers for compliance with University and NCAA policies.
• Manage the athletic training budget.
• Coordinate and supervise University and/ or NCAA drug testing as needed.
• Manage and supervise the care and maintenance of the training room facilities.
• Maintain supplies and equipment inventory providing Assistant Athletics Director for Student-Athlete Development with appropriate bids and quotes.
• Provide in-service training for athletic department staff.
• Hire and supervise work study students.
• Work closely with department supervisor to develop and implement operational goals that support departmental success.
• Responsible for working with supervisor and other team members to achieve successful results on all established individual and departmental goals and key performance indicators.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Comprehensive and flexible benefits program designed to support the health, well-being, and work-life balance of our benefit-eligible faculty, staff, and their eligible dependents.
• Retirement plan includes a diversified portfolio of investment options, with a University match of up to 3% of employee pretax contributions for full-time employees.
• Competitive health and welfare benefits.
• Flexible and hybrid work arrangements for eligible positions, allowing up to two remote workdays per week.

What This Job Offers

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