Duties
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Be responsible for prevention, emergency care, first aid, evaluation, and rehabilitation of injuries to athletes under his/her care.
2. Serve as liaison between the team physician, the athlete, the athlete’s parents, coaching staff and administrative team.
3. Consultant to coaching staff on conditioning, nutrition, and protective equipment.
4. Assist with prevention of injuries including education for athletes and identifying factors that put athletes “at risk”, correcting deficiencies in athletes as deemed necessary, as well as taping and bracing.
5. Provide emergency care and first aid including availability of necessary equipment, communication procedures for emergency situations, and prompt, accurate triage.
6. Evaluate acute and chronic injuries and refer to the team physician or specialist where appropriate. Help decide if a player may return to competition following an injury. This includes maintaining compliance with the Concussion Oversight Team (COT), per IHSA guidelines.
7. Treat athletic injuries with protection, rest, ice, compression, evaluation, support, ultrasound, electrical stimulation, cold/heat/ and hydrotherapy as needed or prescribed with the availability of modalities.
8. Develop, supervise, evaluate, and modify individual exercise programs for rehabilitation to help athletes return to a pre-injury status.
9. Maintain records including injury reports, home care instructions, referrals, treatment records, rehabilitation progress notes, and insurance information, keeping lines of communication open with coaches and administration.
10. Secure training room equipment and supplies as needed.
11. Monitor heat for outdoor events using WBGT (Wet Bulb Globe Temperature)
12. Cover team practices allowing access to the athletic training room.
13. Cover sporting events as scheduled with the athletic director.
14. Make the training room facilities and medical attention available to school athletes with arrangements made by the coach and the trainer.
15. Comply with IHSA Body Fat Assessor certification.
Additional Duties and Responsibilities:
Perform any other duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor, principal, and /or superintendent.
Approximate Hours:
Practice days – 10:00am-6:00pm
Game days – 12:00pm-8:00pm
Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS:
- 1. NATA BOC Certified Athletic Trainer
- State of Illinois Licensed Athletic Trainer
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
- Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Superintendent may find appropriate and acceptable.
- Preferred NATA member
SUPERVISORS: Athletic Director and Principal
General Job Description:?To assume the responsibility and obligation of maintaining an athletic training program for all sports
Physical Requirements:
Sitting, standing, lifting, and carrying (up to 50 pounds), reaching, climbing stairs, squatting, kneeling, and moving equipment may be required.
Salary/Benefits
Minimum Starting Salary: $50,000 with full benefits package (includes medical, life, dental and vision insurance and sick leave)
How to Apply
Email resume and letter of interest to Adam Garrett, Director of Human Resources, adam.garrett@gcsd9.net