Job Title

Head Athletic Trainer

Agency

Texas A&M University - Victoria

Department

Athletics

Proposed Minimum Salary

Commensurate

Job Location

Victoria, Texas

Job Type

Staff

Job Description

This position is responsible for overseeing the Athletic Training program, which promotes and protects student-athlete health, wellness, and safety.

Responsibilities:
-Oversee all athletic training room operations including purchasing, insurance, and medical claims.
-Coordinate and deliver athletic training services to varsity student-athletes, under the direction of the team physician, including: prevention, recognition, evaluation and treatment of athletic injuries; acute care and emergency response to athletic injuries.
-Maintain comprehensive medical records for individual student-athletes, daily injury reports for all athletes, and annual injury report summarizing injuries, treatments, and follow up care.
-Schedule sports medicine staff, develop, implement, and maintain emergency action plans and standard operating procedures for all varsity athletic sites.
-Serve as primary trainer for assigned sports and travel with squad.
-Serve as Liaison to: team physician, NCAA drug testing, all used medical clinics, hospitals, and the Student Health Center.

Education and Experience:
-Master’s degree in athletic training, sports administration, or related field.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
-Knowledge of NCAA rules and sports medicine standards of care. Excellent organizational skills. Effective verbal and written communication skills.
Registrations, Certifications, and Licenses:
Certified in the Board of Certification (BOC). Texas athletic trainer license or temporary permit by date of hire.

Salary range for this position: $50,162 - $76,321 annually
 

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.