Athletic Trainer Outreach- Rural Sports Medicine
US-ID-McCall
careers
Req #: 88042
Type: Full-Time
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Overview: At St. Luke's, our dedicated team of Athletic Trainers are critical in providing exceptional, patient-centered care. We strive to foster an environment that embraces our employees' unique strengths, experiences and perspectives which ultimately drives our exceptional, patient-centered care. What You Can Expect: * Athletic Trainer Outreach manages the care of athletes in community outreach settings. * Oversees the training room, supervising assistant trainers, and planning and scheduling medical coverage at sporting events. * Evaluates and manages head injuries and concussions and develops appropriate return to play guidelines in collaboration with system entities. * Maintain daily records of treatment logs, injury reports, and doctor's referrals using the St Luke's Athletic Training Program (ATP) electronic medical record. Maintain medical inventory used for the care of athletes. * Ensures an Emergency Action Plan be put in place and discussed with the school's Athletic Director, coaches, and athletes. * Travels to local community, sports, school, etc. events. Qualifications: * Education: Bachelor degree * Licenses/Certifications: Licensed as a Certified Athletic Trainer the state of practice. Board of Certification (BOC) certified. Current CPR/first responder certification and/or CPR for the healthcare provider. Valid Drivers License and Insurance. If you have any questions, please reach out to Recruiter, Julia Nigro, at nigroj@slhs.org. Responsibilities: Under limited supervision, the Athletic Trainer Outreach 1 manages the care of athletes in community outreach settings. Participates with the sports medicine team to plan and implement specific treatment and prevention programs for individual patients and patient/student groups. Level 1 serves as athletic trainer in the following community outreach settings: high school or youth sports events, junior high/middle school settings, and community event coverage. * Provides standard immediate care procedures used in emergency situations, performs injury evaluation and assessment of patient's level of function and follows standardized practice in the area of diagnostic reasoning and medical decision making on behalf of the athlete. * Understands and uses preventative measures, providing education to the community, to ensure the highest quality of care for every patient. * Oversees the training room, supervising assistant trainers, and planning and scheduling medical coverage at sporting events. * Determines appropriate therapeutic treatment and provides rehabilitation, and/or reconditioning strategies, and taping / wrapping and bracing for preventative and protective treatment. * Evaluates and manages head injuries and concussions and develops appropriate return to play guidelines in collaboration with system entities. * Maintain daily records of treatment logs, injury reports, and doctor's referrals using the St Luke's Athletic Training Program (ATP) electronic medical record. Maintain medical inventory used for the care of athletes. * Ensures an Emergency Action Plan be put in place and discussed with the school's Athletic Director, coaches, and athletes. * Travels to local community, sports, school, etc. events. * Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned. Qualifications: * Education: Bachelor degree * Licenses/Certifications: Licensed as a Certified Athletic Trainer the state of practice. Board of Certification (BOC) certified. Current CPR/first responder certification and/or CPR for the healthcare provider. Valid Drivers License and Insurance.
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