Assistant Athletic Trainer

2 days ago

West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States Widener Full time
Job Title: Assistant Athletic Trainer

We are seeking a highly skilled and dedicated Assistant Athletic Trainer to join our team at Widener University. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing high-quality care to our student-athletes, ensuring their safety and well-being during athletic events and practices.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Provide prevention, evaluation, recognition, treatment, diagnosis, referral, and rehabilitation of injuries for student-athletes.
  • Assist in the selection and fitting of protective equipment, including special taping, pads, or braces.
  • Serve as the primary medical contact and liaison between members of the coaching staff, student-athletes, parents, and physicians, other on and off-campus allied health personnel for assigned sports.
  • Maintain safe environment for student-athletes to include decision making involving the ability of student-athletes to safely return to practice or competition following an injury and/or illness and communicate participation status with the appropriate personnel.
  • Provide assistance to staff members regarding the prevention, evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries for all student-athletes.
  • Prepare and maintain appropriate athletic injury care records, statistics and reports as required utilizing the present computer programs for such purposes following all NCAA and NATA (National Athletic Trainers' Assoc.) guidelines;
  • Adhere to compliance with all federal, state, university laws including FERPA and HIPPA; and the maintenance of the highest level of confidence in regard to the various confidential information that the sports medicine staff is exposed to in regards to student-athletes and coaches.
  • Ensure that all insurance procedures including pre-authorizations are followed prior to referring student-athletes to all providers.
  • Understand responsibilities with respect to Title IX, Clery, and other compliance requirements.
  • Attend conventions, conferences, clinics, etc., to maintain Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and BOC (Board of Certification) licensure.
  • Facilitating and overseeing excess medical policy, tracking open claims, parent communication, updating core provider up-to-date information. Communicate with student-athletes and coaches about the department's health insurance policies.
  • Coordinate the disposition of medical bills incurred by student-athletes as well as the medical insurance for our student-athletes, as assigned by supervisor.
  • Coordinating event/practice coverage for student workers, part-time professional staff, and clinical education of visiting interns for CAATE (Commission of Accreditation for Athletic Training Education).
  • Provides supervision and serve as the preceptor for clinical education students from an approved educational program for athletic training. Coordinates scheduling of professional and clinical inter staff for home competitions and practices, as assigned by supervisor.
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree strongly preferred.
  • Certification via the Board of Certification for Athletic Trainers.
  • Pennsylvania Licensure via PA State Board of Osteopathic Medicine or equivalent out of state licensure prior to achieving PA licensure previously noted.
  • CPR, AED, & First Aid Certification (Instructor Certification Preferred).
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Collegiate athletic trainer experience strongly preferred.
Physical Requirements and/or Unusual Hours:

Nontraditional hours - weekends, nights, days etc.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.

The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

The individual must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.

The ability to perform emergency protocols, provide appropriate hydration and monitor the safety of the environment in which the practice or game is taking place.

The ability to perform these tasks includes, but is not limited to, being physically able to transport an injured student-athlete from the field of play in a timely fashion, being physically able to get in a position to assess the student-athlete's injury in an acute situation (i.e. squatting, kneeling, bending, ability to lift and/or move 25-50 lbs., etc.)

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Widener University is committed to fostering an inclusive community in which faculty, staff, and students from a variety of backgrounds, cultures, and personal experiences are welcomed and can thrive.

We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, disability, veteran status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or status as a protected veteran.

Widener University, an independent, metropolitan, doctoral-intensive university, connects curricula to social issues through civic engagement. Dynamic teaching, active scholarship, personal attention and experiential learning are key components of the Widener Experience.

Located in Chester, PA, Widener's main campus is nestled between Philadelphia, PA and Wilmington, DE, with Law Schools located in both Harrisburg and Wilmington.

For more information about the university, please visit our website.

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