Job Description

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Job Title:

Athletic Trainer - 998924

Location:

Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida

Work Type:

Full Time with Full Benefits

Job Category:

Exempt

Hiring Range:

Pay Basis:

Annually

Subject to Grant Funding?:

Essential Job Functions:

1. Provides primary athletic training services including injury prevention programs, injury evaluations, emergency management, injury treatment and rehabilitation, administrative duties, educational programs, and counseling for each assigned sport.

2. Provides on-site athletic training services for all assigned teams at the discretion of the Assistant Athletic Director, Sports Medicine.

3. Assists and manages pre-participation physical examinations (PPE) for all student-athletes of assigned sports, including screening for preexisting conditions, identifying risk factors for injury, and ensuring safe medical clearance for participation in intercollegiate competition.

4. Manages necessary athletic and non-athletic related illness and injury referrals to the NSU sports medicine department physicians or other qualified clinicians.

5. Manages necessary orthopedic rehabilitation referrals to the NSU physical therapist or other qualified clinicians.

6. Manages necessary referrals to the NSU sports medicine department's sports psychology and sports nutrition services.

7. Manages necessary referrals to off-site medical specialties including but not limited to orthopedics, dental, optometry, podiatry, neurology, gynecology, dermatology, radiology.

8. Manages and assists students with the following:
a. Setting initial appointments.
b. Transportation to appointments.
c. Setting follow-up appointments.
d. Setting necessary diagnostic testing appointments.
e. Facilitation of custom orthoses & braces fabrication.

9. Consults with NSU strength and conditioning staff to ensure safety for assigned student-athletes during workouts to meet the individual needs of each student-athlete.

10. Applies taping, bracing, and immobilization techniques to prevent injury and/or re-injury.

11. Assures supplies and equipment for athletic training room and home events (i.e. game, practice, etc.).

12. Facilitates all health insurance related issues for assigned student-athletes.

13. Ensures and maintains the privacy of health-related information of all assigned student-athletes.

14. Maintains proper documentation (both paper and electronic) of all injury/illness evaluations and treatments; utilizes the injury tracking system to log daily evaluations, treatments, and rehabilitations.

15. Generates annual reports concerning injury trends or patterns to design programs and make recommendations to prevent future injury.

16. Performs other duties as assigned.

Marginal Job Functions:

Attends annual Preceptor Workshop provided by NSU Athletic Training Education Program.

Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

Knowledge:

1. English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language.
2. NCAA Rules and Regulations – Strong working knowledge and understanding of all NCAA rules and regulations regarding compliance issues.
3. Sport Experience – Extensive knowledge of individual and team skills with the ability to teach these skills.

Skills:

1. Active Listening – Proficient skills in giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
2. Speaking - Proficient skills in talking to others to convey information effectively.
3. Critical Thinking – Advanced skills in using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
4. Judgment and Decision Making - Proficient skills in considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the appropriate one.
5. Time Management - Proficient skills in managing one's own time and the time of others.
6. Writing - Proficient skills in communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
7. Active Learning - Proficient skills in understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
8. Monitoring - Proficient skills in monitoring / assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Abilities:

1. Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
2. Written Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
3. Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
4. Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (including finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
5. Problem Solving - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

Physical Requirements:
1. Near Vision - Must be able to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
2. Speech Recognition - Must be able to identify and understand the speech of another person.
3. Speech Clarity - Must be able to speak clearly so others can understand you.
4. Travel - Must be able to travel on a daily and/or overnight basis.
5. May be required to work nights or weekends.
6. May be exposed to short, intermittent, and/or prolonged periods of sitting and/or standing in performance of job duties.
7. May be required to accomplish job duties using various types of equipment/supplies, to include but not limited to pens, pencils, and computer keyboards.

Job Requirements:

Required Certifications/Licensures:

1. Athletic Training Florida State License, or ability to apply for Florida State License.

2. NATA certified.

3. CPR/AED for the Healthcare Provider certified.

Required Education:

Master's Degree

Major (if required):

Required Experience:

Minimum of two (2) years of experience at the college or professional level.

Preferred Qualifications:

Nationally recognized certifications in the following areas:

1. Manual therapy, or instrument-assisted, soft-tissue mobilization techniques.

2. Human movement screening and correction.

3. Strength & conditioning.

4. Emergency medicine.

Is this a safety sensitive position?

Yes  

Background Screening Required?

No  

Pre-Employment Conditions:

Sensitivity Disclaimer:

Nova Southeastern University is in full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and does not discriminate with regard to applicants or employees with disabilities, and will make reasonable accommodation when necessary.

Job Tags

Full time, Night shift, Weekend work,

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