Certified Athletic Trainer - Outreach - High School
About The Position
The Certified Athletic Trainer serves as the primary healthcare provider for student-athletes, managing the prevention, evaluation, treatment, rehabilitation, and return-to-play process for athletic injuries. The role works closely with coaches, team physicians, and sports medicine professionals to provide care, support athletes during practices and competitions, develop injury-prevention strategies, and promote student-athlete health and performance in a fast-paced athletics environment. This is a full-time position with various working hours. For Athletic Trainers working in a clinical or ambulatory setting, duties may also include reviewing patient history and chief complaints and reporting them orally to the physician, documenting visits in the medical record while accompanying the physician during examinations, reviewing post-visit instructions with patients, gathering data under physician or nurse supervision, and administering treatments as directed by a physician.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and completion of an Athletic Training Program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs.
- Athletic Trainer Certification (ATC) from the National Athletic Trainers Board of Certification (NATBOC).
- State licensure as an Athletic Trainer (AT), if required by state law.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross for Healthcare Providers.
Nice To Haves
- Participation in training programs related to the ATC field.
Responsibilities
- Prepare athletes for practice or competition.
- Evaluate and manage injuries and determine whether referral is necessary.
- Maintain a medical file for each athlete and act as a liaison between the physician and athlete.
- Implement treatment and rehabilitation programs under physician supervision.
- Develop conditioning programs for injured and non-injured athletes.
- In a clinical or ambulatory setting, conduct a comprehensive health maintenance review and provide an oral report to the physician about the patient's history and chief complaint.
- Document the visit in the medical record while accompanying the physician in the exam room.
- Review post-visit instructions with patients.
- Assist with gathering data under the supervision of a physician or nurse.
- Administer treatments under physician direction.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
