Athletic Trainer- Lancaster General Hospital

About the Role

Athletic Trainers (ATs) work under the supervision of a physician to provide injury prevention, clinical evaluation and diagnosis, immediate and emergency care, treatment, and rehabilitation. They demonstrate professional and organizational skills to promote the health and well-being of the patients they serve, working in clinic or outreach settings at the highest level of their licensure. Responsibilities include ensuring appropriate interactions with physicians, identifying opportunities to build relationships with schools, colleges, youth programs, and events, reviewing service quality, acting as a liaison between customers, patients, support staff, and physicians, and maintaining a clean and safe working environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide injury prevention, clinical evaluation, diagnosis, immediate and emergency care, treatment, and rehabilitation for patients.
• Ensure staff appropriately interact with physicians and seek physician input on clinical matters.
• Identify opportunities, build relationships, and secure contracts with secondary schools, colleges, youth programs, and events.
• Review the quality and appropriateness of services delivered for effectiveness and efficiency.
• Act as a liaison between customers, patients, support staff, and physicians.
• Responsible for wound care and wound dressing.
• Maintain a clean, comfortable, orderly, and safe working environment.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Graduate of a CAATE-approved Athletic Training Program.
• Master’s Degree required (unless graduated prior to 2022).
• BOC Certified.
• Maintain a valid PA State Athletic Training license.
• Maintain CPR Healthcare BLS certification.
• Meet CEU requirements to stay in compliance with BOC.
• Maintain a valid Driver’s License.
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• One year of experience in a traditional setting.
• Clinical experience in an outpatient office.

Cognitive Requirements

• Attention Concentration: Ability to focus on multiple aspects of a situation simultaneously and handle multiple task demands.
• New Learning and Memory: Ability to rely on verbal memory and new learning, process verbal information efficiently, and organize/categorize information for recall.
• Problem Solving, Reasoning, and Creative Thinking: Ability to apply logical or scientific thinking, think abstractly, develop hypotheses, analyze data, and draw valid conclusions. Requires creativity, inventiveness, and intuition.

Aptitudes

• Performing under stressful conditions: Ability to perform under stress in emergency or critical situations.
• Variety and change: Ability to handle a variety of duties and adapt to changing tasks without loss of efficiency.
• Communication: Ability to exchange information clearly and concisely.
• Planning and control: Ability to identify task requirements and monitor progress.
• Interpersonal relations: Ability to maintain relationships, cooperate, resolve conflicts, and be sensitive to others' needs.

Equipment Usage

Equipment/Tools: Computer, phone, copier, printer, fax, office supplies, grinder, whirlpool, cast cutter, heat gun, telephone, intercom, dictation equipment, CRT, ultrasound, electrical stimulator, TENS, bicycle, treadmill, hydrocollator, computerized exercise equipment, fluidotherapy, phoresor, goniometer, blood pressure cuff, stethoscope, saw, scissors, reflex hammer, syringe, scalpel, hemostat.

Software: Microsoft Office Products, EPIC, Healthy Roster.

Physical Requirements

• Body Position Movement:
  • Sit: Occasionally (11-35%)
  • Stand: Frequently (36-70%)
  • Walk: Frequently (36-70%)
  • Bend: Occasionally (11-35%)
  • Push: Frequently (36-70%)
  • Pull: Frequently (36-70%)
  • Kneel/Squat: Occasionally (11-35%)
  • Reach: Frequently (36-70%)
  • Twist: Occasionally (11-35%)
  • Balance: Occasionally (11-35%)
  • Climb: Occasionally (11-35%)
• Lifting: Moderate exertion, up to 20 pounds occasionally and up to 10 pounds frequently.
• Sensory Abilities: Vision, hearing, and touch/feeling.

Working Conditions

Position involves exposure to the following harmful elements:

• Bloodborne pathogens
• Extreme noise levels
• Extreme temperatures

Note: This job description reflects principal job elements essential for recruitment, selection, and performance standards. It is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities or working conditions.