Essential Duties & Responsibilities: • Interacting in a positive manner with other members of the athletic training staff (professional and student), the team physician, consulting physicians and members of the University of Maine Sports Medicine Team. • Providing coverage for scheduled practices and games involving University of Maine athletic teams as assigned by the Head Athletic Trainer. • Traveling with University of Maine intercollegiate athletic teams as assigned by the Director of Sports Medicine. • Providing prevention, care, and rehabilitation to all injured intercollegiate student- athletes in coordination with the Team Physician’s. • Determining the activity status of injured student-athletes for practice and competition in coordination with the Team Physician’s. • Referring appropriately to team physician’s, consulting physician’s and other members of the Sports Medicine Team. • Cooperating with Team Physician’s, coaches, and Compliance Office about the establishment of medical eligibility of student-athletes. • Providing coaches with information regarding the medical status of injured student-athletes and other health and safety issues as deemed necessary in conjunction with the Team Physician. • Keeping individual medical files on all student-athletes. Maintaining confidentiality of all medical records as outlined in state law and University of Maine policies. • Maintaining compliance with all NCAA and University of Maine policies regarding medical issues for student-athletes. • Maintaining compliance in all University facilities regarding OSHA standards including but not limited to blood-borne pathogens. • Assisting with student-athletic trainer education, supervision, and recruitment under the direction of the athletic training education curriculum director. • Documenting all injuries and treatments on computer software. Create season end injury summaries to evaluate injury trends and provide insight to coaching and strength training staffs. • Aiding in supply inventory and ordering. • Providing general supervision of the Athletic Training Room. • Providing health care information, advise and counsel athletes, coaches, and physicians on matters pertaining to the physical, psychological, and emotional health and well-being of the competitive student-athlete. • Serving as co-coordinator of the sports medicine clinic for summer sports camps. Specific duties include hiring and supervising staff and ordering and inventory of supplies. • Working effectively and cooperatively with other members of the Athletics team, UMaine administration, the campus community, and other external clients and customers. Develop and maintain professional relationships that reflect courtesy, civility, and mutual respect. • Performing other reasonably-related duties as assigned by the Head Athletic Trainer. • Performing physical duties of an athletic trainer, to include, but not limited to performing rehabilitation and lifting heavy loads up to 30 pounds. • Commits to organizational improvement by identifying opportunities to improve and recommending possible alternatives for a situation. • Community/public appearances to promote UMaine athletic training.ng.

Knowledge & Skill Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree required, master’s preferred.
• Must meet State of Maine AT licensure standards.
• NATA Certified.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills required.
• Computer proficiency required.
• Previous experience using independent judgment and managing and imparting confidential information required.
• Ability to lift loads up to 30 pounds required.
• Ability to travel, normally requiring a valid driver’s license.
• 2 years as a collegiate athletic trainer preferred, preferably at NCAA Division I level.
Graduate assistantships and internships will be acceptable years of experience.

About University of Maine

The University of Maine is a community of more than 11,900 undergraduate and graduate students, and 2,500 employees located on the Orono campus, the regional campus in Machias, and throughout the state. UMaine is a land, sea and space grant university, and maintains a leadership role as the University of Maine System's flagship institution. UMaine is the state's public research university and a Carnegie R1 top-tier research institution, dedicated to providing excellent teaching, research and service for Maine, the nation and the world. More information about UMaine is at umaine.edu. The University of Maine offers a wide range of benefits for employees including, but not limited to, tuition benefits (employee and dependent), comprehensive insurance coverage including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and short and long term disability as well as retirement plan options. UMaine is located in beautiful Central Maine. Many employees report that a primary reason for choosing to come to UMaine is quality of life. Numerous cultural activities, excellent public schools, safe neighborhoods, high quality medical care, little traffic, and a reasonable cost of living make the gr...eater Bangor area a wonderful place to live. Learn more about what the Bangor region has to offer here.

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