Assistant Athletic Trainer

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• Title:
  
  Assistant Athletic Trainer
• Position Type:
  Staff Full-Time
• Days Per Week:
  Varies based on practice and game schedules.
• Hours Per Week: 40
• VP Area:
  Athletics

The Assistant Athletic Trainer is responsible for the administration of injury/illness prevention, recognition, evaluation, management, treatment, and rehabilitation for student‑athletes participating in the intercollegiate athletics program. They enforce health‑care policies, complete physical examinations, and engage in related activities for student athletes. The role follows risk‑management processes and communicates with parents, coaches, health‑care professionals, administrators, faculty, staff, and student athletes. The assistant provides health‑care services for designated sports and generally to all student athletes, focusing on football and cross‑country/track & field programs.

• Provide healthcare to assigned teams and student‑athletes within the Elon Department of Athletics by attending competitions and practices, including traveling with teams to away competitions, through injury/illness prevention and immediate care, examination, assessment, diagnosis, and therapeutic intervention of all athletic‑related injuries.
• Rehabilitate student‑athletes’ athletic‑related injuries to return them to sport participation, assessing injury nature (range of motion, strength, etc.) and making referrals to physicians as appropriate, enforcing prescribed treatment protocols and using all appropriate therapeutic modalities and exercises to evaluate progress.
• Handle administrative responsibilities for assigned sports teams, including but not limited to: collecting insurance, demographic information, medical histories, sickle cell trait status, scheduling pre‑participation physicals, documenting athletic injuries and rehabilitation sessions, scheduling healthcare referrals, coordinating appointments with primary care or orthopedic physicians, ordering diagnostic images when ordered by team physicians, and communicating student‑athlete participation and health status to coaches, administrators, physicians, support staff and parents when appropriate.
• Assume administrative responsibility for the sports medicine department, including ordering supplies, recording inventory, maintaining primary‑care or orthopedic physician schedules, assisting with athletic‑department communication with secondary insurance providers, and updating assigned teams’ coaches and students on NCAA recommendations on health and safety.
• Maintain individual professional competence and continuing education as required by North Carolina state licensure, the national Board of Certification, and the National Athletic Trainers Association through professional development workshops and related activities; read relevant literature, assure compliance with HIPAA, FERPA, state and NCAA guidelines, and share information with staff and student athletes.
• Participate in inclusive community building activities, fostering relationships, mentoring, and collaboration within Elon’s residential campus community, demonstrating commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through engagement in campus events and professional development activities.

Master’s degree in Athletic Training; passing the national certification exam and eligibility for state licensure in Athletic Training with a minimum of 1‑2 years of experience. At least 3 years of experience in athletic training at the intercollegiate level is strongly preferred; experience in an NCAA Division I program preferred. Must be NATA BOC certified and possess or be in the process of acquiring licensure from North Carolina.

Must be NATA BOC certified and possess or be in the process of acquiring licensure from North Carolina.

• 28 annual days off, including holidays and vacation.
• Immediate tuition remission for undergraduate courses.
• Tuition remission for approved graduate‑level courses after 12 months of employment.
• Retirement plan with…