Head Athletic Trainer

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** Job Title
** Head Athletic Trainer
** Agency
* * Texas A&M University - Victoria
** Department
* * Athletics
* * Proposed Minimum Salary**$5,000.00 monthly
** 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: physician, NAIA drug testing, all used medical clinics, and hospitals.

Education and Experience:

-Bachelor’s degree in athletic training or related field, master's preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

-Knowledge of NAIA rules and sports medicine standards of care. Excellent organizational skills. Effective verbal and written communication skills.

Registrations, Certifications, and Licenses:  Must have a valid Texas Athletics Trainer License issued by TDLR and must be certified by the Board of Certification for the Athletic Trainer (BOC).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.

The Texas A&M University System is one of the largest systems of higher education in the nation, with a statewide network of twelve universities, eight state agencies, a comprehensive health science center, Texas A&M-Fort Worth and Texas A&M-RELLIS.The A&M System is committed to providing an educational and work environment that is conducive to the personal and professional development of each employee.

Each member institution provides equal opportunity and access to all students, employees and prospective employees.
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