Senior Athletic Trainer

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• Provides Athletic Training Services to patients and contracted organizations as assigned and as dictated by the BOC and State Medical Licensing board.
• Assists with the development implementation and staffing for community events and related programming.
• Provides support by covering other contracted schools or changing assignments.
• Establishes and maintains community relations and provides educational programs for coaches athletes and community members.
• Performs initial patient assessments and screens develops and distributes ongoing patient education information.
• Provides positive leadership and direction to the athletic training staff to assume the ongoing development of staff including continued education regarding program care protocols and policies.
• Day-to-Day operations in the absence of the Program Manager
• In conjunction with the leadership updates program Policy and Procedure manual to align with system updates with annual reviews that impact athletic training services.
• Assist with administrative duties such as statistical analysis of program contracting recruitment and retention of staff.
• Address & navigate all sporting related conflicts (including complaints) that arise at schools with administration parents coaches fellow staff and the athlete.
• Will oversee and lead athletic trainers and provide continued medical training.
• Responsible for mentoring and guiding new employees CPR instruction skill assessments and continuous quality improvement initiatives with relation to sports medicine injuries and conditions.
• Assists with coordinating sports schedules and shifting staff based on needs of the school/university.
• Continuously review Sports Medicine Protocols for Return to Play Concussion Management Return to Learn and Standing Orders for both ATC and nursing and collaborate with the physicians to ensure they are accurate and have the most update to date guidance.

Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.

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• Hours:40 hours a week full time.

• Required Experience:Must an active license of the state of PA in Athletic Training and certified. Two years of experience is required.

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OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients our members our students our Geisinger family and our communities.

• KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
• EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
• LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
• INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients our members our community and the nation.
• SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one including vision dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration cooperation and collegiality.

We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran.