ATHLETIC TRAINER - Per Diem

Sparrow • Lansing, MI

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About The Position

The Athletic Trainer promotes Sparrow Orthopedics Sports Medicine throughout the greater 12-county market, including school systems, athletic directors, coaches, parents, student athletes, and community members. Working collaboratively with orthopedic surgeons, orthopedic administration, physical therapists, physician assistants, and outpatient rehabilitation services, the trainer helps develop, market, and implement sports medicine programs, summer camps, and educational programs for children and adolescents.

The role provides athletic training coverage for contracted high schools, practices, training sessions, and sporting events; supports injury triage and treatment; connects coaches and student athletes with orthopedic providers; and helps develop student trainers. The position is per diem, based in Lansing, Michigan, and lists day shifts.

Requirements

• Graduate of a program accredited by an agency recognized by the Secretary of the Department of Education and/or the Council on Post-Secondary Accreditation, with a bachelor’s degree in Athletic Training or Physical Education/Health.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills and strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to perform multiple tasks and adapt to changing work situations.
• Ability to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care based on physical, psychosocial, educational, safety, and related criteria appropriate to athletes in the assigned service area.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in athletic training is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with orthopedic surgeons, orthopedic administration, physical therapists, physician assistants, and outpatient rehabilitation services to develop, market, and implement sports medicine programs and summer camps across Sparrow’s 12-county market.
• Support programs such as ACL jump training and injury prevention, golf fitness, runner’s clinic, shoulder stability for throwers, speed and agility, sport-specific injury prevention, strength and power training, swimming injury prevention, and sport conditioning and athletic performance enhancement.
• Staff contracted high school athletic training rooms during regularly scheduled athletic practices and sessions, including full-time coverage at the start of fall sports season during conditioning and two-a-day practices.
• Provide on-site staffing for regularly scheduled home and away sporting events for contracted high school athletic programs when requested in advance by the athletic director.
• Conduct Saturday sports injury triage and treatment clinics with an orthopedic physician assistant.
• Maintain direct access for coaches and student athletes to orthopedic surgeons and/or an orthopedic physician assistant for consultation during training and practice sessions.
• Assist high school athletic directors with recommendations for supplies and equipment.
• Supervise and mentor the athletic department’s student trainer program.
• Collaborate with clinical and rehabilitation colleagues to develop, market, and implement educational programs on recreational and sports-related issues affecting children and adolescents.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level