The University of Missouri Athletics Department is seeking a certified athletic trainer to join its team. Job responsibilities will include:
Daily organization in illness and injury prevention, assessment, treatment, rehabilitation, and care encountered by student athletes in competitive athletics.
In doing so, the ATC will be responsible for the following: (65%)
• Collecting all medical paperwork including assistance with pre-participation examinations.
• Perform any baseline testing including but not limited to corrective exercise screenings/programs, movement profiles as well as development of individual protocols and/or maintenance programs for injury prevention or movement deficiencies.
• Coordinating medical care for all in-season and official team practices/workouts including home hosting duties and traveling to away contests.
• Staying on top of all medical maintenance needs and EAP’s for home and away contests including with prior communication to other team’s ATC’s.
• Acting as liaison to the team physicians and/or other medical providers to ensure proper care is received.
• Following all prescribed rehabilitation and treatment protocols of team physicians (including if/when a student athlete is referred to formalized rehab.)
• Performing all treatments, rehabilitations, taping/bracing, and/or casting as needed.
• Properly documenting all injuries/illnesses including mental health into EMR platform.
• Assisting with medical coverage of other teams as needed/assigned.
Daily organization in providing the following to student athletes and their respective coaching staffs: (20%)
• Prepare timely and accurate documents, e.g., injury/illness reports, care and reconditioning updates, daily athletic training records, injury/illness and communicate summaries for sport coaches (including Strength & Conditioning Coach), medical and other correspondence.
• Communicate effectively with strength and conditioning coaches regarding the injured student-athletes strength and conditioning parameters and limitations associated with injury rehabilitation.
• Consult coaching staff on conditioning programs, safety of proper athletic activities, equipment safety, and safety of facilities and grounds at competitive venues.
Assume the following additional responsibilities for day to day operation of Athletic Training Room outside of student athlete care: (10%)
• Participate weekly in the mentorship program with your assigned AT.
• Provide supervision, instruction, delegation, evaluation, and assistance with the student athletic trainer education program, clinical immersion program, and federal work study program.
• Aid in the advancement of the athletic training facility including maintenance and upkeep of your assigned facility.
• Aid in the advancement of your assigned facilities including maintenance, upkeep, inventory and ordering
• Perform other duties as assigned or pro-actively added by the Director, Senior Associate Director, and/or Associate Director of Olympic Sports Medicine.
Assume the following professional duties to maintain all requirements to be considered in good standing as a professional and working towards growth opportunities as a clinician: (5%)
• Maintain BOC certification and MO licensure with accumulation of CEU’s.
• Maintain medical malpractice liability insurance.
• Collaborate with other staff members to help develop in the areas of rehab, treatment, movement profiles, and readiness score/testing.
• Participate in opportunities that in help with research collaboration.