AthleticTrainer

**Job Title** Athletic Trainer **Agency** West Texas A&M University **Department** Athletic Administration **Proposed Minimum Salary** Commensurate **Job Location** Canyon, Texas **Job Type** Staff **Job Description** The A&M System strives to maintain a competitive, high-quality benefit package to support the health and wellness needs of our workforce. This includes comprehensive health and welfare insurance plans, additional health and lifestyle programs, and optional retirement savings opportunities. Eligible employees will have access to paid leave programs in addition to 13-15 paid holidays each year. For more information regarding the benefit package, go to: [_West Texas A &M University: Human Resources Benefits_](https://www.wtamu.edu/business-finance/human-resources/benefits.html) **** **NOTICE -** **All posted positions are subject to budget approval.** **** **General Summary:** Responsibilities for the position include: supervise medical care for student-athletes; organize and direct pre-participation in physical exams; recruits, instructs and supervises graduate assistants and student-athlete trainers including coverage of home and away events; purchases, inventories and monitors all supplies and equipment for athletic training; coordinate the treatment and rehabilitation of athletic injuries; serve as a liaison between Intercollegiate Athletics and with attending physicians, Student Medical Services, the Counseling Center and opponent’s athletic training staff; maintain lines of communication with the student-athlete, coaches, the Director of Athletics and parents concerning the student-athlete’s participation and current status of an injury or medical problem; renders immediate treatment at contest and practice for athletic injuries; supervise athletic training coverage for all away championship events and for all home competitive events in all sports; supervise and coordinate the treatment of student-athletes with eating disorders and substance abuse p