Assistant Athletic Trainer |
Porter-Gaud School |
Charleston, SC |
Start Date | School Year 2024-25 |
Salary | Commensurate with Experience |
Full-time | |
Date Posted | 10/7/2024 |
Why Work Here |
Located in historic Charleston,SC, Porter-Gaud School is an independent coeducational, Episcopal day school. Academically, it is exceptional and statistically is one of the top South Carolina schools in the percentage of students recognized by the National Merit Foundation. It is a school with great visibility, a strong sense of community, and a long history as a significant presence in the region's educational community. Its 70-acre campus is situated on Albemarle Point, five minutes from downtown Charleston and steps away from the Intracoastal Waterway.
Assistant Athletic Trainer 2024-25
Porter-Gaud is an Episcopal, coeducational day school serving more than 1,000 students in grades 1-12. The O'Quinn Schools of Porter-Gaud serve an additional 600 preschool students from age two through kindergarten. Porter-Gaud School is seeking an Assistant Athletic Trainer to join the Athletics Department for the 2024-25 school year. This is a 12 month position.
Porter- Gaud's Athletic Department fields over 60 teams at the Middle school, JV, and Varsity levels (grades 5-12). Approximately 80% of the Middle and Upper school student body participates in interscholastic athletics. The school's 80-acre campus includes collegiate-quality playing and practice fields, two gymnasiums, and a state-of-the-art fitness center.
The Assistant Athletic Trainer works under the supervision of the Head Athletic Trainer to supervise the care of student athletes participating in Porter Gaud's comprehensive sports program. The Assistant Athletic Trainer is responsible for the prevention, evaluation, management, and rehabilitation of injuries, and overall for the healthy participation of students in team/individual sports. The Assistant Athletic Trainer will need to be able to work independently in the absence of the Head Athletic Trainer. Over 3 seasons, the Assistant Athletic Trainer will be responsible for the care of all athletes on an appointment basis during the school day, and coverage after school and weekends alternating with other staff. In the event of a class and or club, the Assistant Athletic Trainer will help facilitate and supervise members.
The ideal candidate will possess experience and demonstrate the ability to successfully support interscholastic athletic training and possess personal and communication skills necessary to develop a good rapport with coaches, athletes, physicians, parents, and other stakeholders.
The Assistant Athletic Trainer will display a continuous commitment to developing the attitudes, knowledge, and skills (intercultural competence) to engage in appropriate and effective communication with students, colleagues, and families from diverse backgrounds and perspectives. We desire candidates who will contribute to the school's efforts to continue creating a more inclusive and equitable community where all individuals can develop a sense of belonging.
Primary Essential Duties and Responsibilities (include, but are not limited to)
Minimum Requirements:
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Physical Requirements: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk; hear; taste; smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move a minimum of 50 pounds. Medium strength is required to position patients for examination. May assist patients as needed, helping them on and off the exam table and/or bed. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Work primarily in a traditional climate-controlled office/building environment and in outside weather conditions, including heat up to 95° Heat Index (as per the Athletic Trainer's Heat Related Illness and Athletic Participation Emergency Action Plan).
Salary: Commensurate with experience.
Porter-Gaud School is committed to increasing the racial, ethnic, and religious diversity of our faculty and staff. The School welcomes applicants who would bring additional dimensions to the School's teaching mission. In accordance with law, Porter-Gaud School is an equal opportunity employer and hires without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or disability.
Porter-Gaud School is committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of our students. We hold our employees to the highest possible standards. All employees are subject to extensive background check screenings and must sign our code of conduct. We strive to monitor employees while interacting with students. We take any inappropriate interactions between students and employees seriously and are committed to mandatory reporting standards as required by law. We will fully cooperate with authorities in any allegation or case of abuse.
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