Assistant Athletic Trainer (Cochran Campus)
Job Details
Job Title: Assistant Athletic Trainer (Cochran Campus)
Location: MGA Cochran
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Job ID: 299878
About Us
Middle Georgia State University (MGA), a multi-campus, baccalaureate and graduate degree-granting public institution, is the most affordable public state university in Georgia. MGA has five campuses-Macon, Cochran, Dublin, Eastman, and Warner Robins, all located in central Georgia-and global outreach through its fully-online campus. Its enrollment of 8,400 students is largely comprised of students from most of Georgia's 159 counties. The University has six academic schools, including Georgia's flagship aviation program, that support its mission to educate and graduate inspired, lifelong learners whose scholarship and careers enhance the state.
Job Summary
Middle Georgia State University (MGA) Athletics currently sponsors ten intercollegiate varsity teams on two campuses: Women's volleyball, women's cross country, and men's and women's tennis operate on the Macon campus, and baseball, softball, men's and women's basketball, and men's and women's soccer operate on the Cochran camp
The Assistant Athletic Trainer position provides sports medicine services to Middle Georgia State University student-athletes.
Responsibilities
- Monitors and evaluates student-athletes at all home sporting events on the Macon campus and assists the Head Athletic Trainer on the Cochran campus as needed; assesses injuries and delivers appropriate care; evaluates student-athletes' readiness for play; refers to physicians as needed; serve as first responder as necessary.
- Maintains training room hours; provides physical therapy and rehabilitation for student-athletes.
- Maintains current student-athlete records, including medical and physical reports, medical clearances, insurance information, etc.
- Monitors student-athlete's injuries until released from their medical physician.
- Serves as liaison for the athletic department with appropriate doctors and medical staff.
- Coordinates student-athlete's physician visits for sport-related injuries.
- Instructs student-athletes in the use of training equipment.
- Develops rehabilitation programs for student-athletes.
- Orders supplies and make payments
- Serves as a Campus Security Authority (CSA) as defined by the Jeanne Clery Act
- Performs related duties.
Required Qualifications
Educational Requirements
Knowledge and level of competency commonly associated with the completion of a baccalaureate degree in a course of study related to the occupational field.
Other Required Qualifications
NATA certification and Georgia State licensure required.
Required Experience
Sufficient experience to understand the basic principles relevant to the major duties of the position, usually associated with the completion of an apprenticeship/internship or having had a similar position for one to two years.
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