Collegiate Athletic Trainer

Description

JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Athletic Trainer specializes in the health care of athletes. The trainer plays a unique role in preventing, recognizing, managing, rehabilitating, and educating the athlete/family in sports injuries. They play a role in planning and implementing specific treatment programs for individual patients according to the principles and practices of athletic training. Athletic trainers must have knowledge of a large range of medical problems. Assessment, evaluation skills and working with other healthcare professionals will be required. The Athletic Trainer can think critically and make independent decisions regarding the assessment, treatment, rehabilitation and return to play decisions per state licensure guidelines. The Athletic trainer should be thorough and detailed with injury tracking and documentation. The Athletic Trainer has the ability to communicate effectively in high stress/pressure situation when talking to patients, medical professionals, staff and families.
• Onsite care and management of injuries and illnesses including prevention, evaluation, management, and rehabilitation.
• Assess risk of injury, perform ergonomic evaluation and coaching, self-care implementation and overall wellness promotion.
• Electronic documentation of all patient encounters and billing of patient encounters.

Coordinate and implement injury prevention programs and customize preventative strategies and programs to each patient.
• Minimize risk of injury through awareness, education, and prevention strategies.
• Provide accommodation recommendations, related to sport, for student athletes with restrictions or limitations.
• Communicate with physicians and coaching staff regarding the injury status of athletes.
• Carry out medical care for assigned student-athletes per the sports medicine standard operating procedures.
• Responsible for administrative and other duties as assigned by supervisor.
• Must have the ability to organize, prioritize and perform multiple tasks with little or no supervision.

ABOUT AMBERWELL HEALTH:

Amberwell Health is a healthcare system dedicated to improving the health and wellness of the communities we serve, providing compassionate healthcare with clinical excellence. Amberwell locations include several complete care facilities that provide a full spectrum of patient care services including inpatient, surgical, orthopedic, maternal, health at home, emergency care services. In addition, Amberwell clinic locations offer primary care and specialty care services. Amberwell Health supports service lines and locations across the system with a range of support services including radiology, laboratory, cardiopulmonary, rehabilitation therapy, occupational health, infusion, nutrition, pharmacy, administrative services, and many other specialty services.

AMBERWELL CULTURE :

Amazing Amberwell employees are at the heart of a workplace focused on competencies with our cultural values. Excellence in healthcare is expected and our patients deserve nothing less. Our culture competencies range from warm greetings in the hall to providing patients with “wow” experiences in each department. At Amberwell, we go beyond excellence to provide the unexpected. At Amberwell, you will find a professional environment that values consistency, collaboration, and patient-first decision making. Servant leadership is both modeled and mentored, with a focus on regular appreciation. Amberwell employees enjoy many appreciation events and activities to help them know just how important they are to our organization, our patients, and our communities.

To learn more about Amberwell Health, our affiliated organizations, and available career opportunities, visit careers.amberwellhealth.org.

Qualifications

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience:
  • Minimum Required Experience: clinical experience with athletes and acute care of injuries
  • Preferred Experience: Two to three years
• Education:

• Minimum Required Education: Bachelors degree in Athletic Training
  • Preferred Education:
• Licenses:
  • Minimum Required Licenses: State License, NATA License

• Preferred Licenses: DOT collector certification, BAT collector certification, CAOCH certified, NIOSH certified.
• Minimum Required Certifications: CPR Certification
• State License:
  • Current state licensures as Licensed Athletic Trainer
  • Current NATA Certificate