Athletic Trainer Scottsdale

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive athletic care, and treatment, in collaboration with a physician, in accordance with the Athletic Trainer’s education and training as well as national and state statutes, rules and regulations, both on and off the field.
• Evaluate student athletes and develop appropriate plan of care.
• Deliver the six domains of athletic training: prevent, protect, evaluate, assess, rehabilitate, and counsel.
• Act as a resource for athletic training-related issues to assistive personnel and staff from other departments.
• Refer student athletes to appropriate HonorHealth physicians and care providers to promote outcome alignment and collaborative care.
• Confer with all referred physicians to clarify treatment plan and discuss student athlete's needs, status, and discharge plans.
• Serve as a liaison between physicians, administrators, coaches, parents, and student athletes regarding injury prevention, diagnosis, care, management, treatment, and rehabilitation.
• Maintain record of student/athlete interactions/visits/sessions in EMR software.
• Supervise assigned athletic training team and at designated location.
• Mentor, lead, schedule and direct their assigned staff, ensuring quality of care.
• Contribute to the recruitment, training and retention of athletic training staff.
• Ensure emergency action plans and safety action plans for all athletic venues and events are reviewed with team at minimum at the beginning of each season.
• Organize semi-annual drills for each plan at each venue.
• Assist in the identification of department needs and process improvements.
• Manage assigned athletic training clinic including but not limited to, inventory management, cleanliness and sanitization, organization, staffing, scheduling, and supervise/educate students, volunteers, and the community.
• Educate interns, students, volunteers, and the community on appropriate care, training, and safety measures.
• As assigned, act as preceptor to any assigned student athletic trainer; teach and train student on standards of care, assign, instruct, and directly supervise care delivered by the student athletic trainer.
• Work directly with students’ university and provide reports.
• Participate in departmental and interdepartmental staff meetings, in-services, utilization review programs, committees, student preceptor and/or mentor programs and others as assigned.
• Attend and participate in all pre-season physical exam clinics.
• Maintain all required licenses and certifications.
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned.

  Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Athletic Training or related field.
  • Masters in Athletic Training may be substituted with experience and NATA BOC certification.
  • Prior experience in a related role preferred.
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) - Certification.
  • Athletic Trainer Certification (ATC) - Certification.
  • CPR - Certification.
  • NATA BOC Certification upon hire.