**This position is for the 2024-2025 school year.

**This position is Open Until Filled.

Purpose Statement

To provide for the prevention and care of athletic injuries for interscholastic athletic teams. Coordinates efforts with team, athlete, parents and physicians/specialist to provide therapeutic rehabilitation in an attempt to expedite the athletes return to competition while keeping the student's mental and physical welfare as the top priority. To provide instruction in care and prevention of athletic injuries, first aid, and CPR to coaches.

Essential Functions

• Provide evaluation, treatment, prevention, and rehabilitation of athletic injury.
• Communicates with student-athletes, coaches, and parents/guardians regarding student-athlete injury.
• Act as a liaison between family physicians and specialist, coaches, school administration, school nurse, student-athletes and their parents.
• Counsels and advises athletes, coaches, and staff on matters pertaining to conditioning, rest, exercise, reconditioning, and other similar health matters through individual conferences and/or group clinics.
• Maintain accurate medical records of injuries, and treatm
• Provide concussion management servic
• Oversees the taping, stretching and treatment of athletes prior to practices and competitions.
• Maintains the final decision whether an injured athlete may continue in a practice session or game when present.
• Provide athletic training services during practices and competition
• Available for event coverage in the evening and weekends according to the priorities set by the Athletic Director.
• Works cooperatively with coaches in selecting protective athletic equipment and gear and in checking it for safety.
• Responsible for training and supervising student trainers. Also responsible for scheduling student trainers for athletic contests and practices.
• Performs first aid and emergency procedures as needed.

• Establishes and prepares to implement an emergency action plan at all venues.
• Ensures that the proper preventive and safety measures are taken before transportation of injured athlete to physician or hospital by approved conveyance.
• Notifies the parents directly of any athlete taken to a physician and/or hospital in any emergency.
• Works cooperatively with and under the direction of the physicians in respect to rehabilitation procedures for athletic injuries
• Is experienced in and has the ability and skill to use ultrasound, electrical stem, and other modalities under the supervision of a physician.

Other Functions

• Begin duties one week before the WHSAA allows sports to start practice in August.
• Develops and maintains guidelines for health care of athletic programs.
• Keeps a master chart of all training room supplies as well as a record of the dispensing of said items.
• Will perform duties within the parameters of Wyoming licensure laws and Wyoming State Board of Athletic Trianing.
• Performs any other duties assigned by the Director of Activities.

Job Requirements: Minimum Qualifications

                Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

SKILLS are required to perform multiple tasks with a potential need to upgrade skills in order to meet changing job conditions. Specific skill-based competencies required to satisfactorily perform the functions of the job include: administering first aid/CPR; preparing and maintaining accurate records; adhering to safety practices; and operating standard office equipment using pertinent software applications.

KNOWLEDGE is required to perform basic math, including calculations using fractions, percents, and/or ratios; read a variety of manuals, write documents following prescribed formats, and/or present information to others; and solve practical problems. Specific knowledge-based competencies required to satisfactorily perform the functions of the job include: areas of regimented drill and physical exercise activities; and safety practices and procedures.

ABILITY is required to schedule activities, meetings, and/or events; gather and/or collate data; and use job-related equipment. Flexibility is required to independently work with others in a wide variety of circumstances; work with data utilizing defined but different processes; and operate equipment using standardized methods. Ability is also required to work with a significant diversity of individuals and/or groups; work with a variety of data; and utilize job-related equipment. Independent problem solving is required to analyze issues and create action plans. Problem solving with data requires independent interpretation of guidelines; and problem solving with equipment is moderate. Specific ability-based competencies required to satisfactorily perform the functions of the job include: adapting situations to special needs students; communicating with diverse groups; meeting deadlines and schedules; maintaining confidentiality; working with frequent interruptions; and adapting to changing work priorities

Responsibility

Responsibilities include: working under limited supervision using standardized practices and/or methods; directing Essential Functions Administers first aid and CPR for the purpose of providing participants with treatment in emergency situations. Attends meetings, workshops, and training sessions (e.g. parent meetings, staff meetings, etc.) for the purpose of conveying and/or gathering current information required to perform functions. There is a continual opportunity to significantly impact the organization’s services.

Work Environment

The usual and customary methods of performing the job's functions require the following physical demands: significant lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling, some climbing and balancing, frequent stooping, kneeling, crouching, and/or crawling and significant fine finger dexterity. Generally, the job requires 20% sitting, 40% walking, and 40% standing. The job is performed under temperature variations and under conditions with some exposure to risk of injury and/or illness.

EDUCATION, LICENSE, CERTIFICATION OR FORMAL TRAINING

• Bachelor's Degree in Athletic Training.
• National Athletic Trainers Association Certification.
• Current first aid and CPR training.
• First aid and CPR instructor preferred.
• Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries instructor preferred.