What are the responsibilities and job description for the Certified Athletic Trainer -AHS - 61848 position at City School District of Albany?
Certified Athletic Trainer - AHS
Monday - Friday
APSUE Employment Opportunity
Starting Time: 1:00 PM (additional nights and weekends for a 40-hour work week).
(Flex schedule will depend upon competition/event schedule)
General Statement:
The Athletic trainer works under the supervision of licensed physicians to provide services to individuals who have suffered athletic injuries. At athletic events, the athletic trainer will provide emergency care and first aid to individuals who have sustained an athletic injury, evaluate athletic injuries, and make referrals to appropriate medical professionals. The Athletic trainer manages athletic injuries and illnesses such as sprains, strains, contusions, and post-surgical reconditioning. The Athletic trainer manages and supervises all athletic injuries and the return to play. In addition, the Athletic trainer is a member of the district's concussion management team (CMT). The Athletic trainer identifies factors that may contribute to athletic injury and eliminates them before an injury occurs, and develops appropriate fitness and training programs. General supervision is provided by the Director of Health, Athletics and Physical Education with leeway to use independent judgment.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Attends all practices and home contests, and when possible, attends away varsity football contests and other sectional contests
- Provides immediate care of athletic injury and physical conditions;
- Supervises and maintains the athletic training program and district fitness center;
- Maintains current Emergency Cardiac Care training (AED use);
- Focuses on prevention of athletic injuries, including assessment of an athlete's physical readiness to participate;
- Provides reconditioning to minimize the risk of re-injury and to return the athlete to activity (return to play) as soon as possible, excluding the reconditioning of neurologic injuries, conditions or disease;
- Manages health care administration/organization, including medical recordkeeping, documentation and reporting of injuries, writing policies and procedures, maintenance of injury treatment equipment/medical supplies, and budgeting and referral of injured athletes to appropriate authorized health care professionals when indicated;
- Serves as a liaison between school physician, athletes, coaches and parents;
- Risk management and injury prevention, inclusive of assisting coaches in developing pre-season and off-season conditioning and nutrition programs;
- Assists in the day-to-day operations of the interscholastic athletic department;
- Performs other duties as assigned by the Director of Health, Athletics and Physical Education
Job Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university or one accredited by the New York State Board of Regents to grant degrees with a Bachelor’s degree or higher in Athletic Training or Sports Medicine and two (2) years of experience as a certified athletic trainer.
- NYS Certified Athletic Trainer
Desired Certification, but not required:
- First Aid/CPR/AED Trainer Certification for the purpose of internal training for coaches and other HPEA staff
The City School District of Albany, does not discriminate on the basis of Age, Race, Color, National Origin, Religion, Disability, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identification, Gender Expression, Transgender Status, Sex, Marital Status, Domestic Violence Status, or Genetic Predispositions in employment or any of its programs and/or activities which it offers or operates, as it is required to do by the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 and the New York State Human Rights Laws.
Civil Service Title: Athletic Trainer
Job Number: 61848
