Athletic Trainer

Miami-Dade County Public Schools Miami-Dade County Public Schools - Miami, Florida Open in Google Maps

Job : 5478935

Final date to receive applications: Jan 01, 2027 5:00 AM (UTC)

Posted: Dec 19, 2025 12:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: To Be Determined

Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS), an A-rated district, is the nation’s third largest school system with nearly 500 schools and a diverse enrollment of more than 335,500 students from over 160 countries. Our ongoing tradition of groundbreaking achievement has earned top recognition at the national and international levels and makes M-DCPS your best choice.

BASIC OBJECTIVES

The function of the Athletic Trainer (AT) in the schools is to provide services regarding the prevention, emergency treatment, and rehabilitation of sport injuries to student-athletes, and to provide paramedical lifesaving services--first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

• Coordinates the school's sports medicine service for home and "away" athletic events.
• Serves as liaison among the athlete, his parents, the coach and the consulting physician in matters relative to the prevention, care and management of athletic injuries.
• Coordinates with team physicians and the district office for football game coverage and physical screening examination for all student-athletes.
• Coordinates with team physicians and area sports medicine clinics for evaluation, treatment, rehabilitation of injured athletes, and recertification of athletes for re-entry into practice and/or game participation.
• Maintains files and records on the medical history of student-athletes including daily injury records, daily treatment records, physician referral and release records.
• Plans and develops an athletic training facility to meet the needs of student-athletes.
• Maintains the budget, and purchase of supplies and equipment for the athletic training room.
• Coordinates with coaches and school administrators policies and procedures in the use of the training room for the prevention, care and management of injuries.
• Assists visiting teams with any necessary medical services.
• Supervises the athletic training room facility, athletic locker rooms and shower facilities to ensure the maintenance of good hygiene, sanitation and safety.
• Supervises the student trainer staff and other voluntary services for sports medicine activities.
• Advise and counsel the coaching staff and athletic administration concerning safety issues relative to athletic equipment and facilities.
• Advise and counsel athletes and parents concerning emergency treatment of injuries, nutritional and other health needs.
• Provides CPR and first aid instruction to the coaching staff and other teachers.
• Advise student-athletes and coaches on planning and implementing pre-season and off-season conditioning programs.
• Advise and supervise the selection, use and maintenance of protective equipment.
• Monitors players for over-fatigue, excessive weight gains and/or losses, and supervises dietary supplement plans relevant to athletic participation.
• Coordinates and implements inservice programs for coaches regarding the prevention and management of injuries.
• Plans and organizes emergency procedures for injured athletes.
• Plans and arranges with host schools emergency medical services for away games.
• Ensures the availability and proper use of necessary emergency equipment.
• Coordinates with administrators, athletic directors, coaches and consulting or team physicians the procedures for evaluating, referring and caring for injuries to athletes.
• Provides care and management of minor injuries and refers to physicians those injuries requiring additional medical services.
• Serves as liaison between the physician,…