Athletic Trainer & Wellness Coordinator-Tentative
Job Description
Position Title: Athletic Trainer & Wellness Coordinator
Division: All School
Division: All School
Supervisor: Director of Athletics
Position Summary: Primary medical provider for HS/MS student-athletes. Secondary provider to Pre K-12 students and staff. Consultation with school staff on general health topics, nutrition, fitness, etc. Administer health-promotion workplace programs and activities.
Requirements:
[Required]
- BOC approved Certified Athletic Trainer
- 5 years of work experience as an Athletic Trainer or 2 years as a teacher
- General health and fitness knowledge and experience
[Desired]
· Graduate degree
Skills
- Guided by ethical principles and character
- Basic technology skills and knowledge
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Effective interpersonal skills-good “people” skills
- Effective communicator
- Self-motivated with attention to detail
- Patient with a positive outlook
[Desired]
- Passion for fitness and health-promotion
- Experience with nutrition counseling and fitness program instruction
- Advanced professional certification in Health & fitness
- Experience with Pre-K-12 student population
- Ambition for advancement for athletic training professional internationally
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Primary Role: Athletic Trainer
· Provide immediate care and first aid to injured HS/MS student-athletes
· On-site management and rehabilitation
· Communicate injury and student status to appropriate coaches, teachers, admin
· Coverage of home sporting events
· Occasional travel to away contests
· Evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation to all students on referral basis only
- Secondary Role: Wellness Coordinator to Faculty/Staff
· Orthopedic evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation to all staff
· General health and nutrition counseling
· Orientation of staff to the fitness center
· Educate staff on basic principles education and program design
· Coordination of group classes, instructors, and facility space
· Create and administer creative health-promoting programs and activities
· Collaborate with healthcare providers and vendors to implement cost-saving strategies
- Athletic Training Room
· Maintain all equipment and inventory
· Ordering supplies
· Anticipate and design any significant facility alterations annually
- Policy
· Update EAP & Concussion policy annually
· Evaluate need for additional policies annually
- CPR, First Aid, and AED
- Assist nurses in annual Faculty/Staff emergency training
- Act as the site administrator for CPR, First Aid, and AED
- Act as an instructor for CPR, First Aid, and AED courses
- Collaborate with Health Office to maintain records regarding which staff are certified and/or require certification
- Collaborate with Health Office to improve training and policies
- Miscellaneous responsibilities may include:
· Medical chaperone to HS Tribes or MS Interim school trips
· Act as resource for PE teachers and coaches
· Instruct a HS Exploration course, such as Introduction to Sports Medicine)
· Collaborate with Applied Human Anatomy & Physiology course
· Liaison to staff on appropriate Shanghai-area news and events
