Assistant Athletic Trainer

Location

Elon University Campus

Assistant Athletic Trainer

Staff Full-Time

Varies based on practice and game schedules.

40

Athletics

The Assistant Athletic Trainer administers injury/illness prevention, recognition, evaluation, management, treatment, and rehabilitation for student-athletes in the intercollegiate athletics program. The role enforces health care policies, completes physical examinations, and engages in related activities for student-athletes, communicates with parents and coaches, and provides health care services specifically to women's lacrosse and all student athletes.

• 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 an 8 percent contribution from the university.
• Immediate eligibility for health, dental and vision insurance, along with free acute care and lab services at our onsite Health & Wellness Clinic.
• Free use of campus fitness facilities.
• Free admission to musical and theater performances, guest speakers, religious and ethnic observances, recitals, art exhibitions, entertainment and our Division I Phoenix athletics.
• Eligibility for tuition remission at Elon for spouses, qualifying domestic partners and dependents begins at two years of service. After two years of employment, eligibility begins for participation in the Tuition Exchange, a national scholarship exchange program that enables dependents to enroll in nationally recognized partner colleges and universities.

Master's degree, passing the national certification exam and eligibility for state licensure in Athletic Training with 1-2 years of experience, including at least 3 years in athletic training at the intercollegiate level, preferred NATA BOC certification and current or in-process licensure from North Carolina.

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

• Provide healthcare for assigned teams to 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.
• Rehabilitation of student-athletes athletic-related injuries to return to sport participation. This includes assessing the nature of their injuries (range of motion, strength, etc.) and making referrals to physicians as appropriate. Enforcing the prescribed treatment protocols of physicians and using all appropriate therapeutic modalities and exercises to evaluate rehabilitative progress.
• Administrative responsibilities for assigned sports teams including but not limited to collection of insurance, demographic information, medical histories, sickle cell trait status and scheduling pre-participation physicals prior to the start of any athletic activity, documentation of athletic injuries and rehabilitation session, healthcare referrals including scheduling appointments with primary care, orthopedic team physicians or other healthcare provider, scheduling diagnostic images such as X-rays, MRI's, etc.
  
  when ordered by team physicians, communication on student-athlets participation and health status to athletic coaches, administrators, team physicians, academic support, strength and conditioning staff and parent(s) when appropriate.
• Administrative responsibility for the sports medicine department that may include ordering supplies, recording inventory, maintaining primary care or orthopedic physician schedules, maintaining physical therapy schedule, assisting with Athletic Department communication with secondary insurance provider, updating assigned teams' athletic coaches and student-athletes on NCAA recommendations on health and safety. Other duties as assigned by Assistant Director of Athletics for Sports Medicine.
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