Job Description

Job Description

Aquila's full-time Certified Athletic Trainer provides daily fitness instruction and injury prevention programming to enhance the readiness, resilience, and fitness of assigned population. You will deliver and consistently evaluate and improve strength and conditioning programming, coordinate rehab efforts with fitness training staff, and contribute to program optimization.

Salary range: $70-$100,000 annually depending on experience and qualifications

Work Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 am - 5 pm

Start Date: Sometime between February 2026 - April 2026

Location: in-person, Laurel, MD, with limited travel within DC metro area

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Life and Disability coverage
• Ten paid vacation days annually
• Five to seven sick days annually
• Paid federal holidays
• Tuition reimbursement
• Continuing education reimbursements
• Service/tenure bonuses
• Commuter pre-tax benefits
• Fitness retailers discount programs
• 401k plan with company match
• Monday to Friday schedule, no weekend work

As a Certified Athletic Trainer your responsibilities will include:

• Assist in the development of preventative, therapeutic, and rehabilitative care programs for assigned population.
• Advise and provides counsel to population regarding injury prevention, care, conditioning, rehabilitation, training, diet, rest, and related matters.
• Measure and apply protective and therapeutic bandaging, wrapping, strapping, padding, and other protective devices to prevent injury to population
• Refer population to Emergency Services, or allied health care specialists as appropriate.
• Provide qualified fitness instruction and education to employees on physical strength and conditioning, injury prevention, and general fitness and wellness on a daily basis
• May be responsible for one on one fitness training and small group training
• Coordinate individualized exercise and rehabilitation programs with population to ensure safe and expeditious return to work for individuals recovering from injury
• Perform administrative duties, such as data collection and analysis, records maintenance, and documentation, writing reports, conducting, or participating in education programs, and participating in staff quality assurance functions as needed or required by contract
• Tracks participant and program data for measurement of individual and program goal achievement, outcomes and results; creates outcomes focused management reports based on the identified business plan goals and objectives.
• Develops relationships with members, clients and key contract contacts to promote goodwill and outstanding customer satisfaction
• Responsible for helping implement the Aquila internship program when appropriate
• Additional duties and responsibilities as needed.

Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Athletic Training
• Current Athletic Trainer Certification (ATC) in the state of Maryland and the State of Virginia
• Ten years experience as a Certified Athletic Trainer, which includes 5 years of classroom teaching experience
• U.S. Citizenship required (this is a federal agency)
• Must pass a physical training examination
• Must be able to physically push, lift and drag one hundred (100) pounds
• Must be able to work both indoors and outdoors, for extended periods of time in any weather
• Limited travel within DC area may be required
• Must pass a high level security clearance background check process

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