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General Information:
Job title: Athletic Trainer
Coverage: Royall School District Elroy WI
Schedules Available:
- Fulltime 80 hours per pay period; MondayFriday with evening coverage for events
- PRN as needed for additional coverage
Weekend rotation: Occasional event coverage
Holiday rotation: Occasional event coverage
Position Summary:
The Athletic Trainer position provides medical care (prevention of and response to injuries) to active people of all ages and in a wide range of settings. The role includes many disciplines but are not limited to injury prevention injury rehabilitation & prevention and emergency and concussion care.
Position Responsibilities:
- Cover athletic events and afterschool activities at a contracted high school.
- Prevention evaluation and management/rehab of athletic injuries: collect histories perform physical evaluations diagnose injuries and determine a plan of action.
- Communicate findings and plan of action with athlete their parent and the coach.
- Concussion management: assess and diagnose concussions manage (symptom monitoring supervising the return to play progression) and determine when the athlete may safely return to activity.
- Document treatments/evaluations.
- Observe and analyzes root cause or potential causes of injuries to prevent future injury.
- Occupational health and rehab services responsibilities (POETs desk assessments & FPNs)
- Perform functional progress assessments postoffer employment tests and job specific conditioning programs to assist the patient employer therapist and physician in determining when the patient may safely return to work.
- Coordinate schedules for coverage of events.
- Work as a physician extender in the orthopedic clinic which requires taking histories scheduling surgeries and educating patients.
- Performs other related duties as needed.
Position Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in Athletic Training Exercise Science or Kinesiology required.
- 1 years related work experience required.
- Must hold and maintain a current Athletic Trainer license by the state of Wisconsin.
- Certification by the Board of Certification for Athletic Trainers.
- Must maintain a valid current drivers license.
- BLS certification required.
- Exceptional accuracy and attention to detail required.
Knowledge Skills & Abilities
- Intermediate to expert proficiency with computers is required.
- Ability to perform musculoskeletal examinations.
- Ability to perform concussion evaluations.
- Knowledge of emergency care and occupational health.
- Selfstarter with excellent compassion interpersonal communication and problemsolving skills.