Field Athletic Trainer: Full Time, Atlantic Health Sports Medicine
Atlantic Health SystemAbout the role
Atlantic Health is searching for a Full-Time Field Athletic Trainer who will be responsible for advanced sports medicine knowledge and evidence-based practice to provide athletic training services to AHS affiliated Schools or Team Organizations. The incumbent will autonomously provide medical care to all athletes affiliated with designated School or Team Organization.
Principal Accountabilities:
1. Administrative supervision of affiliated School or Team Organization's Athletic Training Department
2. Daily supervision of direct reports
3. Provide feedback on performance and submit comments on annual performance evaluations for direct reports
4. Oversees hiring, promotions, and transfers for direct reports
5. Establishes weekly work schedules for physicians and direct reports
6. Establishes and adjusts athletic training room hours of operation based on athlete and athletic department needs
7. Annually develops and revises emergency action plans to ensure compliance with standards of best practice and relevant rules and regulations.
8. Provides educational opportunities focused on overall athlete wellness and injury prevention for athletes, coaches, and medical staff as indicated
9. Manages and resolves complex grievances related to the medical care provided to athletes
10. Acts as liaison between athlete and physician
11. Clinical supervision of affiliated School or Team Organization's Athletic Training Program
12. Perform history and physical examinations on indicated athletes
13. Use clinical judgement to coordinate referrals and follow-up care on indicated athletes
14. Provide emergency medical coverage during all home athletic events
15. Deliver treatment and rehabilitation to indicated athletes
16. Promotes, develop, and implement safety and injury prevention measures
17. Schedule on campus injury clinics and pre-participation physicals
18. Maintain HIPPA compliant medical records
Required:
1. B.S. Degree in Athletic Training from a CAATE accredited program
2. Active BOC certification
3. NJ Athletic Training License in good standing
4. BLS Certification
5. Valid and unrestricted Driver License with a clean driving record, required.
At Atlantic Health, our promise to our communities is; Anyone who enters one of our facilities will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 22,000 team members. Headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation. Our facilities and sites of care include:
- Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
- Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ
- Atlantic Health Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ
- Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ
- Atlantic Health Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ
- Atlantic Health Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
- Atlantic Health CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ
- Atlantic Medical Group
- Atlantic Visiting Nurse
- Atlantic Mobile Health
- Atlantic Rehabilitation
We have more than 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group.
We have received awards and recognition for the services we have provided to our patients, team members and communities. Below are just a few of our accolades:
- Chosen for 17 years by Fortune as one of the magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For."
- Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook Named by Newsweek as two of the “World’s Best Hospitals” in 2026.
- Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook ranked within the top three hospitals in New Jersey by U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-2026 Best Hospital rankings.
- Atlantic Health scored four “A” grades by The Leapfrog Group in its Fall 2025 Hospital Safety Grades, performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries and injections, as well as systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm.
- Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook are New Jersey's only hospitals to be named among America's 50 Best hospitals by Healthgrades in 2026.
- Named by Becker's Healthcare as one of the "165 Top Places to Work in Healthcare – 2026.
- Atlantic Health Morristown, Atlantic Health Overlook, Atlantic Health Chilton and Atlantic Health Newton all Forbes Top Hospitals for 2026.
- Named by Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Inclusion & Diversity 2025.
- Atlantic Health rated LEVEL 9 - 2025 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired.
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