Assistant Athletic Trainer

Located in the San Francisco Bay Area, Crystal Springs Uplands School is a 6-12 co-educational, independent day school located on two distinct campuses in Hillsborough and Belmont, CA with 125 employees. Our deeply connected culture and community celebrates scholarship, strives for balance, and fosters inclusion. The Professional Adult Community (PAC) is an experienced, collaborative group of employees who are committed to the mission and core values of the school. Crystal is full of kind, curious learners (adults and students alike) who are passionate about the school’s mission of transformative teaching and meaningful connections. We are committed to the work required to create more equitable systems and foster inclusive environments so that all members of our community can thrive together.  

MISSION STATEMENT

Through transformative teaching and meaningful connections, we empower kind, curious learners to thrive together.

CORE VALUES

• We Celebrate Scholarship - The foundation of Crystal is academic excellence.
• We Seek Growth Challenges - Our culture says try it.
• We Foster Kindness & Inclusion - Crystal is a caring and diverse community.
• We Strive for Balance - A holistic approach to well-being is integral to our mission.
• We Engage with Enthusiasm - With unbounded spirit, we give our best effort every day and pay it forward to our community.
• We Lead with Humility - Being grateful and open-minded, we pursue lifelong learning.

The ideal candidate will have experience working in dynamic settings serving multiple constituents. A successful candidate in this position will:

• Share a commitment to upholding Crystal’s core values and working in an inclusive school environment
• Work collaboratively with colleagues and engage effectively with all constituents
• Bring robust organizational and communication skills 

JOB SUMMARY

Crystal seeks a full-time/part-time exempt ( 10-month) Assistant Athletic Trainer starting March 2025. The ideal candidate will have at least two to three years of athletic training experience in an educational setting and a B.A./B.S. in athletic training. Master's Degree preferred. (See other requirements below)

Key Job Competencies

• Critical Thinking/Problem Solving: Analyzes and integrates trends and patterns based on diverse information and perspectives to determine the root causes of problems, identify the best course of action, and prioritize efforts. Develops new insights and formulates creative solutions, considering the impact and implications of recommendations in the context of overall vision, goals, and objectives. 
• Quality Results: Ensures high quality results on projects/tasks, meets deadlines, and attends to details. Takes responsibility for the quality of work and achieves results with little oversight.
• Communication: Exceptional ability to articulate thoughts and express ideas effectively using oral, written, visual, and non-verbal communication skills, as well as deep listening skills to gain understanding.
• Cultural Competence: Possesses and applies the skills, values, and principles that acknowledge, respect, contribute, and work effectively across cultural differences. Recognizes the unique value, perspectives, strengths, and challenges of every person who comes to the Crystal community.  
• Emotional Intelligence: Demonstrates high levels of self/social awareness, self-management, empathy, and curiosity.  
• Relationship Management: Positively collaborates and builds/maintains authentic and trusting relationships. Demonstrates high levels of discretion and confidentiality.            
• Collaboration: the interpersonal and intrapersonal qualities one will leverage to collectively solve a problem or make progress toward a common goal. The ability to work with others to complete a project or task or develop ideas or processes.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of student injuries
• Perform comprehensive examinations of orthopedic injuries or medical conditions 
• Taping, bracing, treatment modalities, and rehabilitation of injuries
• Communicate updates regarding student-athlete injury status to the Director of Sports Medicine
• Adhere to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) guidelines in all forms of communication
• Understand mental health as it relates to injuries
• Assist with all daily athletic training room operations
• Maintain daily up-to-date accurate medical records on a computerized software program that meets legal and regulatory standards
• Cover practices and home sporting events
• Organize inventory for the annual sports medicine budget 
• Follow and support NATA standards, expectations, policy, and procedures, ensuring consistency with the Crystal Sports Medicine Program 
• Act as an ambassador for the school’s mission and philosophy of the Sports Medicine and Athletic Departments
• Ability to communicate effectively with all constituencies
• Passion for working with upper and middle school  students
• Strong organizational and time management skills

Travel Required

• Light travel between the MS and US campuses

Other duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Required Education, Certifications, and Work-Related Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Current Athletic Trainers’ Certification (NATABOC) 
• Current American Red Cross/American Heart Association, BLS Healthcare Provider Certification
• Minimum of two to three years of athletic training experience in an educational setting
• Basic knowledge and understanding of the professionalism and intensity necessary to successfully contribute to a secondary school athletics program
• Operational knowledge of Google applications and gmail; MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Preferences:

• Master’s degree
• Operational knowledge of ImPACT online concussion structure 
• Certification specialties in the treatment of soft tissue injuries with manual therapy
• Experience working with electronic injury surveillance and medical records programs

Physical Requirements and Work Environment:

• Work in a fast-paced environment dealing with a wide variety of challenges and deadlines
• Work in a traditional climate-controlled office environment
• Work in outside weather conditions, including extreme heat and cold
• Tasks involve the ability to exert heavy physical effort, including climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching and crawling, and lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling moderately heavy objects and materials weighing 20-50 pounds
• 10 - 25% travel

Affirmative Action/EEO Statement

Crystal Springs Uplands School provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.  

Salary and Benefits

We will  consider filling this as a  part-time or full-time, (benefits-eligibility dependent on FTE), 10-month administrative staff position, and the annual salary is commensurate with education, experience within the range of $55,000 - $80,000 (presenting full-time salary; will be adjusted if filled as a part-time position)

The recruitment period will remain open until sufficient resumes have been received and may close at any time a sufficient pool of highly qualified candidates has been established.   First consideration will be given to individuals that apply between  February 14,2025  through February  21, 2025.   Second consideration will be given to individuals that apply between  February  22, 2025 through February 28, 2025.  The ideal start date for this position is March, 2025