Athletic Trainer
Job Specifics
New grads are encouraged to apply and make an impact from day one. Excellent opportunity to grow your clinical skills and experience. Primarily supports the RAPID Walk-In Orthopedic Clinic 3 days per week. Schedule consists of three 12-hour shifts each week. Located in beautiful Grand Junction, with access to world-class hiking, biking, and skiing. Join a collaborative and supportive team with strong mentorship and ongoing training. Enjoy excellent team retention and a positive work culture. Fun team events and perks, including holiday parties.
Essential Functions
- Practices as physician extender under a directing physician in accordance with state practice act.
- Assesses patients to determine modifications of therapy and treatment needs in consultation with physician or other clinicians.
- Develops rehabilitation programs that appropriately addresses patient's short and long term goals.
- Demonstrate and help patients execute prescribed therapeutic exercises per physician protocols.
- Maintains patient's response to treatment.
- Educates patients regarding rehabilitation programs, health needs, injuries, diagnosis, prognosis and risks.
- Collaborates with other patient care providers as appropriate.
- Completes appropriate documentation including reports, treatments, intake forms, message logs etc.
- Cleans, maintains, and inspects all necessary (can include room, ultrasound machine, ECG, PRP, exercise) equipment.
- Reports repair and maintenance needs.
- Engages in marketing and community educational programs.
- Attends to patient questions/messages for physician.
- Performs the following duties for patients: Casting, Splinting, Brace fitting, Wound care and bandaging, taking vitals, drawing up medications, perform testing for illnesses such as flu, strep etc.
- Aid with procedures and concussion treatments.
- File paperwork correctly and assist with obtaining prior authorizations when needed for procedures, imaging, or medications.
- Aid outreach ATCs as needed when proper documentation of supervising/directing physician for the Intermountain system is in place.
Skills
- Postoperative Care
- Injury Treatment
- Communication
- Rehabilitation
- Patient Care
- Treatment
- Therapy
- Documentations
- Consulting
- Aid with Procedures
- Sports Medicine
Minimum Qualifications
- Current license as an Athletic Trainer in state of practice
- National athletic trainer certification
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers
- Experience in a variety of computer programs including data bases, word processing, and internet
Preferred Qualifications
- Related working experience
Physical Requirements
- Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
- Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
- Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy.
- This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.
- Need to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients.
- May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.
- For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.
Benefits
We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged. Learn More About Our Comprehensive Benefits Package Here.
About the Role
Join a collaborative and supportive team with strong mentorship and ongoing training. Enjoy excellent team retention and a positive work culture. Fun team events and perks, including holiday parties.