Certified Athletic Trainer - Full Time

Shriners Hospitals for Children • Sacramento, CA

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families. With 20+ hospitals, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care centers and outreach locations across the globe, we provide excellent care to children up to age 18 regardless of their family’s ability to pay or insurance status.

Requirements

• Degree in Athletic Training or Health related fields
• Current Board of Certification for the Athletic Trainer License in state of practice.
• Current First Aid CPR/AED Certification required (BLS from American Heart Association)

Nice To Haves

• Three years athletic training experience
• Additional relevant certification (CSCS, CNS, LMT, etc.)
• BLS Instructor certification

Responsibilities

• Provide on-site assessment and management of injuries (both acute and chronic) to assigned facility athletes.
• Provide appropriate immediate treatment to athletes and appropriate referral to outside providers.
• Provide rehabilitation and reconditioning of athletes as they progress in their treatment plans.
• Develop training programs and educate local athletes on injury prevention, conditioning activities and injury treatment.
• Clinic preparation, including sports intake, PROs, SMARTS, PT notes, confirmation of imaging.
• Work in clinic under the direction of their supervising physician/team rooming patients, history taking, orthopedic evaluation, providing home exercise programs, taping, brace fitting, and patient education and other clinical or administrative duties as assigned.
• In clinic training for pre- and immediate post-op patients: Crutch training and education of home exercise program.
• Provide medical care to athletes, including evaluations & diagnosis, acute care, treatment, and consult in rehabilitation sessions as needed, including return to sport testing.
• Coordination of physical therapy, both in house and in the community, with the ability to be the communication liaison.
• Actively participate in the SMARTS workgroup as well as coordinate SMARTS testing, results, and MD evaluation for clearance.
• Provide clinical and administrative support to Sports Medicine physicians when needed.
• Provide input on strategic planning for Sports Medicine Program development.
• Communicate with other athletic trainers in the Shriners system to promote collaboration and advancement of Sports Medicine across the system.
• Promote and teach sports safety; participate in sports-related community SHC public relations events.
• Act as liaison between community athletic trainers or other healthcare providers to support patient access opportunities and continuity of care.
• Provide community outreach athletic training services in schools or other non-clinical settings.
• Provide supervision and education of athletic training students from approved athletic training programs.
• Perform other duties as assigned by immediate supervisor.

Benefits

• Excellence in patient care
• Multi-disciplinary education
• Research with global impact
• Learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking
• Care to children up to age 18 regardless of their family’s ability to pay or insurance status

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level