Athletic Trainer (Part-time: 28 hours per week) - Coast Community College District

Orange Coast College (OCC) is seeking equity-minded individuals for a classified employee role as an Athletic Trainer, as part of the Kinesiology and Athletics Division. 

About Orange Coast College (OCC)
Orange Coast College's 164-acre campus is located in Costa Mesa just minutes from Southern California's beautiful beaches. Orange Coast College (OCC) was founded in 1947 with the mission to serve the educational needs of a diverse local and global community. The College empowers students to achieve their goals by providing high-quality, culturally responsive, and innovative programs and services through pathways leading to degrees, transfers, certificates, foundational skills, workforce development, and lifelong learning.  The College promotes student development, learning, and equitable outcomes by fostering a respectful, inclusive, caring, and participatory campus climate of student engagement and academic inquiry.  

OCC engages in a variety of professional development opportunities and partnerships so that we can serve disproportionately impacted groups. Student-centered activities that support OCC's mission include campus-wide student success projects funded by the Office of Student Equity; partnerships with local Hispanic Serving four-year institutions; active programs that work to improve the academic achievement of racially minoritized students, such as PUENTE and UMOJA; Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) and Disabled Student Program and Services (DSPS).  Additionally, OCC is an officially designated Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and has an eligibility designation as an Asian American Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI). 

D.E.I.A. - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Anti-Racism
The Coast Community College District (Orange Coast College, Golden West College, and Coastline) continues to strengthen our efforts around diversity, equity, inclusion, access, and anti-racism. Orange Coast College is focused on creating a culture of inclusive excellence by uplifting employees and students through an environment that is equitable, diverse, inclusive, and accessible. We have a strong focus and importance on D.E.I.A. and Anti-Racism (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility) and will be actively listening, assessing, and evaluating this throughout each stage of the application, recruitment, and interview process.

• Orange Coast College - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Page
• Orange Coast College - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Accessibility Plan (DEIA)

Ideal candidates for this position share OCC's devotion to educating and improving the lives of our representative students, employees, and community populations.  We currently enroll 17,102 students, the majority of whom are from racially minoritized populations: 36% of OCC's students are Latinx, 2% are African-American, 25% are Asian, less than 1% Native American, 29% are White, and 5% are multiracial. 

Orange Coast College Employee-Student Demographic Information
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Department Specifics:  About OCC Kinesiology & Athletics
The Athletics Department at Orange Coast College dedicates itself to the mission of providing opportunities to all student-athletes in an environment in which they can achieve their academic and athletic goals.  Further, in pursuit of the highest level of competition, the Department values and fosters principles of personal responsibility, respect, sportsmanship, fair play, and athletic excellence.  As a member of the California Community College Athletics Associate and competing primarily in the Orange Empire Conference, the Athletics Department is home to 25 intercollegiate athletic teams and is the only community college to sponsor Men's and Women's Crew. 

Distinguishing Career Features
The Athletic Trainer is a professional position and senior level in a career path for injury prevention, response, and sports rehabilitation. The Athletic Trainer provides leadership over clinical protocols and day-to-day sports training and injury rehabilitation. Advancement to Athletic Trainer is based on need and requires the ability to train and lead student-trainers, coordinate athletic rehabilitation programs, oversee equipment and inventory control, and serve as the primary resource in developing athletic rehabilitation plans.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Specific duties may vary among departments, divisions, and jobs. Incumbents typically perform a substantial portion or all of the following types of duties, as assigned:

 

• Plans and implements certain components for a sports injury prevention program. Follows established protocols for the treatment, care, and rehabilitation of sports injuries. Inspects practice areas and athletic equipment, consulting with coaches on injury prevention methods.
• Provides urgent care service for student-athlete injuries sustained during athletics classes, team practices, and athletic events. Conducts the initial clinical evaluation of injuries, and administers first aid. Refers students to a physician as needed.
• Provides protective taping, bracing, and padding for athletes. Ensures compliance with safety standards by properly fitting athletic equipment, knee, and ankle braces, and other protective gear.
• Monitors athletic rehabilitation programs for injured student-athletes. Provides physical therapy treatment for injuries as diagnosed or prescribed by team physicians. Administers light, heat, cold, sound, water, exercise, manual therapy, and other physical therapy treatments as directed by physicians. Communicate the playing status of injured and recovered athletes to appropriate athletic and college personnel.
• Assists in training and assignment of athletic trainers (including student trainers) in the areas of prevention, evaluation, rehabilitation, first aid, and emergency care for athletic injuries. Coordinates travel arrangements and transportation for athletics trainers and first aid and emergency care equipment to out-of-town athletic events.
• Educates and counsels athletes about their conditions including the nature of injuries and the procedures to be followed for recovery.
• Serves as an Athletic Trainer at home-and-away athletic events. In the absence of the team physician, makes judgments concerning the ability of the injured athlete to safely participate in intercollegiate sports.
• Provides in-service training to coaches on the prevention, care, and emergency treatment of athletic injuries.
• Prepares written policies and procedures, in collaboration with administration and the Team Physician, regarding emergency management, treatment, and reconditioning of injuries for athletes including the annual review and update of established procedures.
• Promotes information to athletes regarding educational health programs concerning sexuality, drug abuse, personal, and academic wellbeing.
• Coordinates, with the athletic director, the student-athlete physical examination clearance for eligibility ensuring proper medical clearance is obtained for each student-athlete prior to their season of competition.
• Performs pre-participation orthopedic exams, blood pressure check, and vision check as part of the student-athletes pre-participation physical exam clearance.
• Modifies athletic equipment to fit student-athletes in compliance with safety standards. Fabricates modifications to equipment that accommodate an injury or other unique requirements.
• Prepares and maintains records and reports including injury and accident reports, and rehabilitation logs. Maintains and updates student files.
• Performs other related duties as assigned that support the objective of the position.
• Required to abide by all District policies and procedures including Board Policy 3050 – Code of Professional Ethics.