Human Resources

Position:  Assistant Athletic Trainer

 

About the Role:  

 

Are you looking to continue to enhance the athletic training profession and boost the standard of care for our entire patient population alongside a dedicated team of other athletic training professionals? You will provide high quality healthcare through education, prevention, emergency care, clinical diagnosis, therapeutic intervention, and rehabilitation of injuries and medical conditions through effective communication with coaches, faculty, staff, and administration across campus. 

 

 

What You’ll Do:  

 

• Provide high quality and appropriate medical care for assigned student-athletes per the sports medicine standard operating procedures during their daily practice schedule, hosting home events, or when traveling with the team

• Utilize thorough communication with student-athletes, coaches, support staff, faculty, and administration

• Coordinate and implement injury prevention programs and customized therapeutic rehabilitation sport-specific recommendations for student-athletes and education on how it relates to their sport, academics, and life

 

Who You Are:

 

What you need:

 

Bachelor’s Degree; certification through the Board of Certification in athletic training; be eligible for Minnesota athletic trainer licensure; CPR, AED, Blood Borne Pathogens certification; NPI Number or in the process of getting one; 1+ years of experience within Sports Medicine as a licensed/registered Athletic Trainer

 

Preferred qualifications also include: 

 

Master’s degree in a field related to Sports Medicine; 2+ years of experience working independently within Sports Medicine; experience with supervising Sports Medicine Assistants or equivalent

 

Ideal qualities:

 

• High Energy - Hard worker

• Positive 

• Adaptable

• Innovative

• Communicative 

• Passionate/Empathetic

 

 

Who We Are:

 

 

At St. Olaf College we are dedicated to creating an inclusive and globally engaged community. We believe in fostering different identities, beliefs, and traditions because our differences make us stronger. St. Olaf strives to promote cultural diversity and multicultural understanding and create a campus where individuals of all backgrounds feel accepted and supported. We encourage applications from candidates committed to the enrichment of our diverse community.  

 

One of the nation's leading liberal arts colleges, St. Olaf serves 3,000 students, ranks #1 among U.S. colleges for the number of students studying abroad, and celebrates carbon-free electrical power.  Its mission is to challenge students to excel in the liberal arts, examine faith and values, and explore meaningful vocation in an inclusive, globally engaged community nourished by Lutheran tradition.  The college is located on a picturesque 300-acre campus in Northfield, Minnesota, a vibrant, restored, historic river town of 20,000 located 45 minutes south of the Twin Cities.

 

St. Olaf College offers a comprehensive benefits package including a 9% company retirement match, company monthly contributions to a retirement healthcare account, company contributions to eligible employee’s health savings account, significant tuition discount (up to 80% off) at ACM and ELCA colleges and universities for employee’s children, and generous paid time off. For a full review of benefit offerings, see the summary of the benefits program here:  https://wp.stolaf.edu/hr/benefits/

 

A summary of the flexible work policy: https://wp.stolaf.edu/hr/flexible-work-policy/

 

A virtual campus tour:  https://www.stolaf.edu/multimedia/play/?p=483

 

An overview of Northfield:  https://wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/visit/northfield/

 

An overview of the Twin Cities:  https://wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/visit/twincities/

St. Olaf College requires all employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 (medical and religious exemptions may apply). To be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, you need to have received the COVID-19 vaccination dose(s), plus a COVID-19 booster before your start date, or within two weeks of eligibility for a booster.