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Head Athletic Trainer-College FT, Variable

Prisma Health
United States, South Carolina, Lexington
May 19, 2025

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Job Summary

Performs a wide variety of duties requiring specific knowledge of the hospital's policies and procedures. Meeta the hospital's professional, clinical, technical, communication and documentation requirements and standards and to make decisions based on established guidelines. Required to demonstrate competent professionalism and courtesy during frequent interactions with management/administration, doctors, allied healthcare professionals, patients, general public and local schools, hospitals and sports teams.

Essential Functions

  • All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health's values: Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

  • Provides day-to-day supervision, operational management, hiring, and all aspects of the athletic training program including assistant athletic trainers, intern athletic trainers or graduate assistant athletic trainers assigned to the College. Organizes and maintains all medical records in accordance with Federal, State and NCAA/NAIA or equivalent regulations. The position will be responsible for specific sport responsibilities, including attendance at team practices and home and away competition and primary injury management of team members.

  • Acts as "Athletics Health Care Administrator" per NCAA guidelines. Per NCAA AHCA Handbook, "The position is mandated by NCAA Independent Medical Care legislation requiring member schools to designate an athletics health care administrator as a part of a broader obligation to establish a structure that supports the delivery of independent medical care for college athletes." Represents the Sports Medicine Department in college administration meetings.

  • Strong interpersonal and communications skills to develop effective working relationships with athletes and to serve as a liaison for Prisma Health among athletes, coaching staff, parents, physicians and other healthcare professionals.

  • Communicate with physicians and coaching staff regarding the injury status of athletes.

  • Develops and maintains all department guidelines, policy and procedure in accordance with national/international best practices and consensus statements.

  • Monitors and maintains good communication with insurance providers and health care advocates.

  • Provides specific clinical care as assigned by the Medical Director. The position is responsible for working with the head team physician in the development of the overall sports medicine program, including injury prevention programs, injury evaluations, injury management, treatment and rehabilitation, educational programs, and counseling of student-athletes.

  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory/Management Responsibilities

  • This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director or executive.

Minimum Requirements

  • Education - Bachelor's degree in Athletic Training/Physical Education or related field with Athletic Training emphasis, BOC certification and must be state certified or eligible for certification in South Carolina

  • Experience - Five (5) years of experience in Athletic Training. Two (2) years experience in a supervisory role

In Lieu Of

  • NA

Required Certifications, Registrations, Licenses

  • BLS required.

  • SC LLR Licensure as an Athletic Trainer is required.

  • BOC (Board of Certification) for Athletic Training required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • General Therapy/Athletic Training equipment including, but not limited to, rehabilitation equipment, taping supplies, bracing, cardiovascular machines, weights, and use of prescribed drugs per physician orders

  • Basic computer skills

Work Shift

Variable (United States of America)

Location

104 Saluda Pointe Dr Lexington

Facility

3953 ATC - Midlands

Department

39531000 ATC - Midlands - Practice Operations

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