Position Title: Senior Athletic Trainer for Emergency Action Preparedness

Primary Function:

The Senior Athletic Trainer assists the Director of Athletic Training in specialized tasks critical to the execution of the University s overall sports health program in addition to performing all the duties assigned to the full-time Athletic Trainer - Assist with the supervision and coordination of the University s overall sports health program, including, but not limited to: injury prevention, evaluation, management, and treatment of athletic injuries, short-term and long-term rehabilitation of athletic injuries, education and counseling of student-athletes, and athletics-related health care administration under the direction of licensed physicians and in consultation with other qualified medical personnel,

Major Roles, Relationships and Responsibilities:

Reports to Assistant Director of Athletic Training

Provide athletic training services for the University s athletic department,

Attend scheduled team practices and competitions, home and away,

Develop and implement procedures and routines for attending to and dealing with minor day-to-day injuries, eg, modalities, taping, bracing, padding, and other such conditions of student athletes,

Provide rehabilitative services for student athletes, under the supervision of team physicians and in coordination with staff physical therapist,

Provide reports when requested,

Provide first aid and emergency medical care to student athletes through accepted medical standards,

Assist with coordination of physician medical coverage for all varsity athletic activities,

Work in conjunction with athletic department staff regarding student-athlete needs in the areas of strength, conditioning, and flexibility, nutrition, nutritional supplementation, hydration, injury prevention, exercise technique, and rehabilitation of injury,

Work in conjunction with the equipment room staff regarding the safety of the athletic equipment, testing new equipment, to aid in the purchase of shoes and protective equipment, and to facilitate proper methods of fitting athletic equipment,

Commit to professional development through a planned schedule of continued medical educational courses, programs, and seminars, as recommended, and approved by the Director of Athletic Training Services,

Represent Rutgers University and the Sports Health Department at university, conference, and/or national meetings as required