Athletic Trainer - Sports Outreach
Athletic Trainer - Sports Outreach
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Job Description
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.
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Qualifications:
- Bachelors 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 Masters 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 patients 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 Providers 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 patients 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
Employment Type
Full-Time
