Head Athletic Trainer

QUALIFICATIONS

1. Master’s Degree Required
2. BOC Certified Athletic Trainer
3. MI-LARA licensed or eligible
4. Minimum 7 years of collegiate athletic training experience
5. Current and ongoing First aid and CPR for the Professional Rescuer certifications.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

The position requires the ability to draft and edit correspondence; train or instruct employees in the same department; or tasks requiring significant communication skills. Handles confidential information following HIPPA guidelines.

COMPLEXITY

The position requires the ability to carry out detailed written/oral/diagram form instructions. Deals with standardized situations involving several variables.

ACCOUNTABILITY

The position has the authority, if approved, to take action or make recommendations that will affect procedures, processes, and practices involving customers or employees within the same department.

DECISION MAKING/JUDGEMENT

This position regularly requires independent judgment in setting priorities and organizing work to accomplish results. Some of the responsibilities of this position are performed in accordance with existing procedures and instructions. Some of the responsibilities of this position will require making clinical decisions about the safety and wellbeing of student-athletes and their participation in Calvin University Athletics programs.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES

1. Demonstrates the ability to maintain good working relationships with a variety of constituencies including student athletes, athletic training students, insurance providers, parents/guardians, other health care providers, and colleagues.
2. Ability to assist in creating a positive health care environment that encourages and supports Christian lifestyle values and choices by student athletes.
3. Ability to tolerate and accommodate varied and/or extended working hours, including evenings and weekends as well as travel for some weekend and/or extended trips (e.g. regional and national tournaments, spring break, or holiday/public relations trips).

WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

The position requires occasional participation with peers or customers, and deals with items of a routine nature with frequent supervision.   Participants address common issues and present information beneficial and routine to resolving problems.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  The work in this position requires exposure to potentially hazardous or unpleasant conditions and/or physical effort of some duration.

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