MaxHP is hiring an Athletic Trainer, a trained professional who provides comprehensive sports medicine services to optimize the mission readiness, longevity, and performance of SOF. Their duties include the mitigation, evaluation, and treatment of injuries. This role is deeply embedded within the human performance team, serving as advisors on injury mitigation and rehabilitation and collaborating with other medical personnel to enhance the quality of care.
U.S. citizenship is required. Candidates must possess an active U.S. Government security clearance or be eligible to obtain and maintain a security clearance as required for contract performance.
This position is pending upon contract award.
Candidates should be able to support operations at one or more of the following locations: Tucson, AZ; Coronado, CA; San Diego, CA; Colorado Springs, CO; Washington, DC; Crestview, FL; Fort Walton Beach, FL; Homestead, FL; Tampa, FL; Valparaiso, FL; Columbus, GA; Savannah, GA; Stennis Space Center, MS; Fayetteville, NC; Jacksonville, NC; Albuquerque, NM; Clovis, NM; Clarksville, TN; Virginia Beach, VA; Tacoma, WA; Stuttgart, Germany; Kadena, Japan; Pyeongtaek, South Korea; Mildenhall, United Kingdom.
At MaxHP, your expertise supports a mission that matters. As a joint venture between Maximus and Endurion, MaxHP brings together specialized capabilities and resources to support the POTFF Program, strengthening human performance, resilience, and mission readiness across the Special Operations community. Our professionals play an essential role in supporting the people behind the mission, helping Service members and their families remain strong, ready, and resilient. Here, your experience becomes part of something bigger: directly supporting those who serve at the highest levels of our Nation’s defense
About the POTFF Program:
The Preservation of the Force and Family (POTFF) program supports U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) personnel and their families through an integrated, holistic approach to human performance, health, and readiness. The program brings together specialized professionals across physical, psychological, cognitive, social, and spiritual performance to strengthen resilience, optimize performance, and support long-term mission readiness and career longevity.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Function across the spectrum of the POTFF program under the supervision of a Physician, Physician Assistant, or Physical Therapist, by providing and facilitating injury mitigation, (mitigation, examination, treatment and rehabilitation of emergent, acute or chronic injuries and medical conditions)
- Athletic Trainers are the Bridge Coordinator, responsible for bridging clients between rehab and strength and conditioning services until the client has no medical restrictions and can participate in strength and conditioning services without limitations.
- Provide human performance services within the ATC’s scope of practice as defined by the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) Board of Certification (BOC) for Athletic Trainers.
- Design and fabricate protective pads, equipment, and braces to help prevent and treat injuries, including the use of taping techniques within the ATC’s scope of practice.
- Provide instruction and guidance within the ATC’s scope of practice.
- Serve as an advisor to the POTFF or Physical domain Manager and/or Coordinator in matters related to injury mitigation, sports medicine, rehabilitation, and bridging.
Required Minimum Experience and Skills:
- Possess a bachelor’s degree (Master’s or Clinical Doctorate degree preferred) in Athletic Training, state license, and shall be certified by the Board of Certification (BOC) for the Athletic Trainer.
- Where the state of practice does not license or register athletic trainers, the ATC shall hold and maintain an active license or registration from a state that does.
- If military medicine credentialing policy changes and ATCs will be required to participate in the credentialing processes and/or considered a licensed independent provider, they will then be expected to maintain medical privileges and quality assurance expectations as set forth by local credentialing authorities. Otherwise, ATCs will continue to have other licensed independent providers such as physical therapists, physician assistants, or physicians who serve as primary clinical oversight, as outlined in service specific credentialing and DHA policy. Experience in the field of strength and conditioning, manual therapy, and dry needling is strongly recommended.
- Minimum of three (3) years or more of demonstrable accumulated experience as an ATC with individual athletes and groups of athletes at the levels of NCAA Collegiate Division I, Olympic, professional sports, USAF Comprehensive Readiness for Aircrew Flying Training (CRAFT), USAF Special Warfare Training Wing (SWTW), and/or SOF Operators in the accompanying, respective settings.
- Paid, full-time experience, minimum of five (5) years or more as a government civilian or contract personnel at non-SOF Combat Arms, fixed-wing fighter units, US Army Holistic Health and Fitness (H2F), and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) units, may be counted towards minimum qualification requirements, provided this experience was, as a directly embedded staff member, on-site with the respective Army, Navy, Air Force and/or Marine Corps entities.
- Experience as an ATC with athletes at the levels of NCAA Collegiate Division II or III also counts toward this five-year path.
Maximus is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics.
Minimum Salary
$88,000
Maximum Salary
$189,200