Athletic Trainer

We are seeking a highly skilled and dedicated Athletic Trainer to join our Sports Medicine team at St. Luke's University Health Network. As an Athletic Trainer, you will play a critical role in providing top-notch care to our student-athletes, ensuring their safety and well-being on and off the field.

• Provide athletic training services to athletes and patients under the direction of a team physician or by written referral from a physician, in accordance with state athletic training practice act.
• Assist in managing and marketing the Sports Medicine Program, ensuring its effectiveness and efficiency.
• Maintain accurate records of injuries, treatments, and provide insurance claim information for sports injuries treated by a physician.
• Ensure that athletic training services are provided in a timely, accurate, effective, and cost-efficient manner, in compliance with established policies, procedures, and practices.
• Collaborate with the Lead Athletic Trainer, Program Manager, and Senior Director of Sports Medicine Relations to evaluate program effectiveness and provide updates in a timely manner.
• Provide input and recommendations to the Lead Athletic Trainer and Athletic Director for an effective budget that will cover the projected costs of equipment and supplies needed to maintain quality and safety of student-athlete care.
• Follow a schedule provided by the Lead Athletic Trainer and be present for pre-participation sports physicals (seasonally).
• Provide the coaches and athletic director with a list of athletes medically eligible to compete under district and state rules and regulations.
• Instruct student-athletes and families on relevant topics based on assessed learning needs.
• Instruct and educate appropriate coaches/school officials on relevant learning needs specific to the injured athlete.

• Bachelor's Degree in Athletic Training required.
• An active State of New Jersey Athletic Training License is required.
• Within 120 days, all employees must hold an active NJ Athletic Training license.
• Experience in athletic training and sports medicine is preferred.

Sit up to 2 hours per day; 1 hour at a time. Stand for up to 8 hours per day; 6 hours at a time. Walk 6 hours per day; 20 minutes at a time. Occasionally lift, carry, and push objects up to 30 pounds. Transport patients weighing up to 250 pounds via wheelchair. Frequently stoop and bend. Frequently reach above shoulder level. Must be able to perceive attributes of an object through touch. Must be able to hear as it relates to normal conversation, and high and low frequencies. Must be able to see as it relates to general, near, far, color, and peripheral vision.