Athletic Trainer (Certified Fitness Professional) Position Available In Lowndes, Georgia

Job Summary Provide training services for student athletes, clinical clients, and campus labs or centers.

Responsibilities Typical Allocation of Duties:

Provide athletic training, physical therapy, rehabilitation, or related practice: Provide services to clients as appropriate or provide referral recommendations in order to assess, plan, or implement fitness programs that include exercise or physical activities such as those designed to improve cardio-respiratory function, body composition, muscular strength, muscular endurance, or flexibility; including the prevention, care, and rehabilitation of injuries where appropriate. Serve as subject-matter expert for events, marketing, and operational activities: Provide coverage of events as appropriate for the operational unit assigned (i.e. Athletic Department professionals will serve as trainers at sports events, Exercise Physiology professionals will serve at campus events to market and represent their area or serve current and potential clients). Provide training and instruction, or supervision thereof: Organize clinics, courses, and individual fitness plans; advise on prevention and care of specific injuries; develop procedures, or methodologies based on new research or knowledge, or interpret and apply established policies in order to provide best practice services to clients.

Referral:

Refer clients to external medical professionals when appropriate or when client needs exceed that of the available program and staff. Required Qualifications Required Experience Bachelor’s degree in a specified field and over three (3) years of related work experience. Applicable State of Georgia License in good standing of required employing unit.

A successful candidate will be/possess:

BOC certified; a Georgia Athletic Training license, or be eligible for such; willing to travel and work weekends and holidays; able to work individually with his/her sport, but also as a member of the larger VSU Sports Medicine Team; held to high standards of professionalism as set by the BOC, NATA, and supervisor.