Seasonal Assistant Athletic Trainer

Rider University

Lawrenceville, NJ

ID: 7122896 (Ref.No. 23F116023)
Posted: February 3, 2023
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled

Job Description

Position Description

The Rider University community is composed of faculty, staff, and students from a wide range of cultural backgrounds.

Rider University is committed to fostering an inclusive, vibrant living and learning community that embraces students, faculty, and staff of all backgrounds and enables them to achieve success.

Rider University, an NCAA Division I institution and member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) invites applications for three Seasonal Assistant Athletic Trainers. These positions will work under the direct supervision of the Head Athletic Trainer to ensure the health and welfare of the student athletes competing in the University’s NCAA Division I athletic program. The Seasonal Assistant Athletic Trainers will be responsible for the prevention, evaluation, management and rehabilitation of injuries and illness within the University’s comprehensive sports medicine program. Specific team assignments will be made to identify areas of primary coverage and travel responsibilities, but the individuals will be expected to work with student-athletes from all sports and provide coverage to all programs when necessary.

The Seasonal Assistant Athletic Trainer positions have been specifically created to replace Rider University’s Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer positions. These positions have been designed to be equally desirable to recent master’s level graduates or ATCs interested in earning a master’s degree.

Position Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in appropriate area of specialization
  • Certified by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Board of Certification (BOC)
  • New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners Athletic Training License or eligible
  • Valid driver’s license and satisfactory driving record
  • CPR for the Professional Rescuer Certification.

Position Preferred Qualifications/Experience

About Rider University

The Rider University community is composed of faculty, staff and students from a wide range of cultural backgrounds.

Rider University is committed to fostering an inclusive, vibrant living and learning community that embraces students, faculty and staff of all backgrounds and enables them to achieve success.

Through reflection and open, respectful dialogue, we develop responsible citizens who demonstrate academic understanding and compassion to grow and serve as leaders in a diverse and global world.

Candidates with a demonstrated commitment supportive of the multicultural needs of Rider University and the surrounding community are highly desired.

Rider University is consistently ranked as a best college by U.S. News and World Report, The Wall Street Journal and The Princeton Review. For more than a decade, Rider has also been recognized in The Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges for its sustainability efforts.
 
Rider University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer dedicated to excellence through diversity. 

Special Instructions to Applicants

Rider University is committed to diversity. Please provide a statement of your commitment to diversity.

The completion of a background check is required for all new hires.