Clinical Athletic Trainer - Part Time
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? Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree required Athletic Trainers License from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation required BLS certification from the American Heart Association required 4 years licensed athletic training experience required A Master’s degree may substitute for two years of the required experience. As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.
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
- 4 years licensed athletic training experience required
- A Master’s degree may substitute for two years of the required experience.
- As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
