Job Title: Assistant Athletic Trainer
Institution: Whitworth University
Website: https://www.whitworth.edu/cms/
Apply By Date: 07/26/2023
City: Spokane
State: WA
Salary: $48,984.00 - $51,292.80 Annually
Job Description: Position Summary
The assistant athletic trainer provides health care for the university's intercollegiate sports teams and assist the Head Athletic Trainer in the day to day operations of the athletic training department, to include, but not limited to appropriate application of emergency procedures, providing first aid, documentation of care, and communication with coaches and physicians. The successful candidate will provide coverage for practice, game, and travel coverage for assigned sports and assist with supervision of the athletic training room.
Core Responsibilities
Athletic Training Services | 60%
- Provide Medical Services including: Evaluation, treatment, rehabilitation, and reconditioning of athletic injuries
- Provide injury education for student-athletes and parents
- Appropriate referrals based on State and federal guidelines
- Create injury prevention programs
- Minimize risk of injury through awareness, education and prevention strategies
- Responsible for direct communication with student athletes, coaches, athletic administrators, and other health care providers
- Provide event and practice coverage as assigned by the Head Athletic Trainer including travel and work on evenings, weekends and holidays
- Implements policies and procedures related to emergency action plans, environmental factors, concussion management, and catastrophic injuries.
- Assist in supervision of athletic training room operation
- Compliance with Labor and Industries standards and NCAA medical policies relative to the athletic training room
- Manage students as needed including acting as preceptor if desired.
Administration | 20%
- Organizes and maintains all medical records in accordance with federal and state regulations
- Coordination of referrals to necessary outside medical providers
- Process pre-season medical paperwork
- Filing necessary insurance claims
- Coordinate with AMR for football game coverage
- CPR/AED/First Aid Instructor
Other | 10%
- Assist with special projects and athletics events
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications | Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Master's degree in a related field
- Certified as an athletic trainer by the Board of Certification (BOC)
- Maintain continuing education requirements as per BOC requirements
- Washington State Athletic Training Licensure or eligible prior to start
- Maintain current emergency cardiac care certifications
- Clinical athletic training experience at the collegiate level highly valued
- A personal commitment to the Christian faith and to the integration of faith and learning
- Demonstrated growth in cultural competence, awareness of societal and structural inequities and proven experience in effectively establishing relationships and positive communications with students and other constituents across multiple dimensions of diversity including, but not limited to, race, gender, varying abilities, nationality, sexual orientation, gender identity, class or religious perspectives
- A commitment to the educational mission of Whitworth University as a comprehensive Christian liberal arts university affiliated with the Presbyterian church
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Availability and willingness to travel and work weekends, evenings, and holidays as required
- Ability to perform physical requirements of the job with or without accommodation, lifting up to 50 pounds and standing for long periods
- The physical ability to move and carry large heavy objects up to 60 pounds with assistance
- Ability to work in any weather environment with or without accommodations
- Ability to work in any climate
- Ability to work with confidential information
- Demonstrated supervisory ability
- Additional manual therapy certifications desired
- Experience with Office 365
- The ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with faculty, staff, and students
- Ability to handle stressful situations in a professional manner
Instructions to Apply: To apply, visit https://apptrkr.com/4307367
Description of Institution: (would include equal opportunity employer info)
Founded in 1890, Whitworth has consistently ranked among the top regional colleges and universities in the West. Whitworth University has an enrollment of more than 3,000 students and offers more than 100 undergraduate and graduate degree programs. With strong liberal arts undergraduate and graduate programs, Whitworth unites a robust commitment to Christian mission and service, academic rigor and care for students.
Whitworth University's 200-acre campus of red-brick buildings and tall pines offers a beautiful, inviting and secure learning environment.
A community of committed Christian faculty and staff employees carries out the university's mission "to provide its diverse student body an education of the mind and heart," equipping its graduates "to honor God, follow Christ and serve humanity."
Looking for resources to help with writing a faith statement? Check out our https://www.whitworth.edu/cms/administration/human-resource-services/faith-statement-resources/ for more information.
Got a question about a position or working at Whitworth? Email: jobs@whitworth.edu
Whitworth complies with all federal, state, and local nondiscrimination laws that are applicable to religious nonprofit institutions and does not engage in unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, or disability. With our Christ-centered commitment to building a diverse and inclusive community, the university encourages applications from populations underrepresented at Whitworth including members of racial/ethnic communities, women, and persons with disabilities.
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Contact: jobs@whitworth.edu
Vacancy Expiration Date or Position Filled By Date: 07/26/2023