Athletic Trainer

UNC Health•Chapel Hill, NC

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Athletic Trainer works in a physician extender role and uses clinical evaluation and education skills to support prevention, assessment, treatment, and reconditioning of athletic injuries, consistent with NATA Board of Certification standards. The role includes demonstrating taping, strapping, bracing, and fitting athletic equipment, and carrying out treatments and recommendations prescribed by the team, program, or event physician. The position may be embedded in a school where clinical supervision is limited. The Athletic Trainer supports orthopedic patient care through casting and providing splints, braces, crutches, and other durable medical equipment, along with patient education. Additional clinical activities include removing staples or sutures, preparing injections, taking vital signs, stocking and cleaning rooms, responding to clinical calls, and completing disability paperwork. The role also rooms patients, updates histories and charts, reviews schedules and records for relevant information and test results, orders indicated tests, and performs and documents medical histories and appropriate physical examinations. This is a full-time, onsite position at UNC Orthopedics in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with a 40-hour standard workweek and a day schedule. The stated hiring salary range is $23.24–$33.41 per hour. The role is part of UNC Faculty Physicians Organization and is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate discipline.
Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) certification.
Licensed as an Athletic Trainer by the North Carolina Board of Athletic Trainer Examiners, or eligible for licensure; license-eligible hires must obtain a license within six months of hire.
Basic Life Support (BLS) for healthcare providers.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including use of relevant medical terminology.

Nice To Haves

One year of experience as an athletic trainer is preferred.

Responsibilities

Prevent, assess, treat, and support reconditioning of athletic injuries in accordance with NATA Board of Certification standards.
Demonstrate taping, strapping, bracing, and fitting of athletic equipment.
Carry out treatments and recommendations prescribed by the team, program, or event physician.
Cast patients and provide splints, braces, crutches, and other durable medical equipment; educate patients on their use.
Remove staples or sutures, prepare injections, take vital signs, and stock and clean rooms.
Answer patient clinical phone calls in a timely manner and complete disability paperwork.
Educate patients on home exercise programs and therapeutic exercise.
Communicate effectively with patients and staff members.
Room patients and obtain information needed to update patient histories and charts.
Review clinic schedules and charts to verify that appropriate test results and patient information have been received.
Order appropriate x-rays, laboratory tests, or other medical tests as indicated.
Perform and document thorough medical histories and appropriate physical examinations.