Athletic Trainer

Texas Children's Hospital • Austin, TX

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About The Position

We are searching for an Athletic Trainer -- someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will provide high quality Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Services and act as a liaison to the community coaches, athletic trainers, and school nurses. This role will proactively support efforts that ensure the delivery of safe patient care and services and promote a safe environment and provide family centered care to a culturally diverse population in a manner that is age and developmentally appropriate. Think you've got what it takes?

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required
• Athletic Trainers License from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation required
• BLS certification from the American Heart Association required
• 2 years licensed athletic training experience required
• A Master's degree may substitute for two years of the required experience.
• all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Ensures that the assessment includes a systematic approach, patient's condition, developmental age, current practice standards of the specialty unit, and adherence to clinic scope. Incorporates data from patient, family, laboratory, and other medical reports
• Documents the Patient/Family Assessment to include injury, illness, treatment, rehabilitation, and consultation. Able to perform physical measurements on patients including muscle circumference, limb length, and joint angle measurements
• Collaborates with the patient, family, and members of the health care team to establish desired outcomes and to meet immediate and future health care needs
• Implements therapeutic physician, Nurse, or Athletic Trainer initiated interventions. Responsible for Home exercise program for patients per Provider's request
• Instructs/educates patient and family on appropriate exercise behaviors including modality, intensity frequency, duration, and progression
• Evaluates and communicates missed appointments per clinic practice, non-compliance with plan of care to supervising physician and other members of the health care team and determines readiness of return to play
• Evaluates and documents patient responses to care provided and recognizes the patient's progress towards meeting desired outcomes
• Promotes continuity of patient care throughout the education of patients, families and health care team in self-care, health promotion and disease prevention

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Hospitals
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees