POSITION: CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINER

LOCATION: Manassas Park Middle School

SALARY: 220-Day Licensed Instructional Pay Scale

HOURS: Full Time, 7.5 Hours per day (benefits eligible)

POSITION LENGTH: 220 Days (11 Months)

FLSA STATUS: Exempt

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR: Building Principal and Activities Director

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Certified Athletic Trainer is responsible for coordinating and administering a comprehensive health care program for all student athletes and is responsible for immediate care of injured athletes. The Certified Athletic Trainer implements techniques and strategies to encourage the prevention of athletic injuries and illnesses and provides for recognition, evaluation, management, and rehabilitation of injuries to student athletes. The Certified Athletic Trainer advises coaches and coordinates the efforts of doctors, athletes, and parents. The Certified Athletic Trainer ensures players participate only when capable and that physician’s instructions are followed.

The Certified Athletic Trainer develops and implements an athletic training program and a sports medicine instructional program (or its equivalent) that will effectively meet the needs of all students.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

Possesses leadership qualities and personal characteristics necessary to work effectively with secondary students, teachers, coaches, parents, and administrators.
Must be certified by the National Athletic Trainer Association and maintain association’s standards,
Must be licensed by the Virginia Board of Medicine as an Athletic Trainer or be eligible for licensure,
Must be able to communicate effectively with students, parents, administrators, and medical personnel to ensure that proper methods are used in prevention and treatment of injuries,
Must be a Certified First Aid/CPR Instructor, or willing to complete the certification upon hiring.
Must possess knowledge of the Virginia High School League rules and regulations pertaining to athletics and Prince William County Schools middle school athletics eligibility and participation guidelines.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Work a flexible schedule, including late afternoon and evening hours, to ensure coverage at games/matches.
Maintain the MPMS Athletic Trainer Standard Operating Procedure Manual annually, or sooner if needed, and train coaches each season about standard operating procedures.
Develops a plan for emergency health care of injured athletes; provides evaluation and treatment to injured athletes; initiates and processes all injury reports; maintains first aid supplies and ensures that they are in their proper location for use; renders on-site decisions, in the absence of a physician, on the playing status of a player; counsels the coaches when an athlete may participate in practice or games following injury or illness; counsels athletes in seeking proper medical assistance for follow-up care; maintains accurate medical records for all athletes, to include, but not limited to, athletic physicals, treatments rendered, physician referrals and recommendations, etc.; advises coaches and coordinates the efforts of doctors, athletes, and parents; establishes injury prevention practices.
Communicate with parents, student athletes, and coaches regarding treatment for injuries or other medical issues requiring potential follow-up with a physician.
Maintains accurate records of injuries, treatments, and rehabilitation.
Maintains all therapeutic equipment used in the rehabilitation of athletes.
Provide emergency first aid and arrange transportation to the hospital in emergencies.
Assists with the checking of protective equipment at the time it is issued and encouraged athletes to report any equipment in need of repairs,
Supervises the athletic training room; attends athletic practices and games; assists staff in selection and fitting of equipment.
Conducts in-service programs for the coaching staff in the care and prevention of athletic injuries,
Ensures current CPR and First Aid certification of all coaches through class instruction, when necessary,
Assists administrators, coaches, and game officials in decisions regarding playing surface and atmospheric conditions relating to player safety,
Provides supplemental support to the MPHS Athletic Trainer as the middle school schedule permits.
Performs other related duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

The employee must be able to perform the physical functions necessary to provide routine and emergency athletic training services in indoor and outdoor athletic environments.

Duties may require prolonged periods of standing and walking, as well as bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, pushing, pulling, grasping, and repetitive motions. The position may require assisting an injured or ill student-athlete with movement or positioning and responding promptly to emergencies throughout athletic facilities, fields, gymnasiums, and other activity locations.

The employee must be able to communicate effectively in person, by telephone, and through electronic means; observe and assess student-athletes; maintain required records; and safely operate standard athletic training, emergency response, and office equipment.

Work may occur indoors or outdoors and may involve exposure to varying temperatures, heat, humidity, cold, inclement weather, athletic surfaces, noise levels, bodily fluids, and other conditions associated with interscholastic athletic activities.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

CLEARANCES (Conditions for employment):

Criminal Justice Fingerprint/Background Clearance
Tuberculosis Screening

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The Manassas Park City School Board is an equal opportunity employer, committed to nondiscrimination in recruitment, selection, hiring, pay, promotion, retention or and other personnel actions affecting employees or candidates for employment. Therefore, discrimination in employment against any person on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, marital status, military status, genetic information or disability is prohibited, as required by federal and state laws and regulations. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

This job description is intended to reflect the general nature and level of work performed by the employee. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, or working conditions associated with the position. Management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other responsibilities as necessary.

Certified Athletic Trainer - MPMS