Head Athletic Trainer

**Job Title** Head Athletic Trainer **Agency** Texas A\&M University \- Victoria **Department** Athletics **Proposed Minimum Salary** $5,000\.00 monthly **Job Location** Victoria, Texas **Job Type** Staff **Job Description** This position is responsible for overseeing the Athletic Training program, which promotes and protects student\-athlete health, wellness, and safety. Responsibilities: * Oversee all athletic training room operations including purchasing, insurance, and medical claims. * Coordinate and deliver athletic training services to varsity student\-athletes, under the direction of the team physician, including: prevention, recognition, evaluation and treatment of athletic injuries; acute care and emergency response to athletic injuries. * Maintain comprehensive medical records for individual student\-athletes, daily injury reports for all athletes, and annual injury report summarizing injuries, treatments, and follow up care. * Schedule sports medicine staff, develop, implement, and maintain emergency action plans and standard operating procedures for all varsity athletic sites. * Serve as primary trainer for assigned sports and travel with squad. * Serve as Liaison to: physician, NAIA drug testing, all used medical clinics, and hospitals. Education and Experience: * Bachelor’s degree in athletic training or related field, master's preferred. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: * Knowledge of NAIA rules and sports medicine standards of care. Excellent organizational skills. Effective verbal and written communication skills. Registrations, Certifications, and Licenses: Must have a valid Texas Athletics Trainer License issued by TDLR and must be certified by the Board of Certification for the Athletic Trainer (BOC). All positions are security\-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check. Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.