Sr. Athletic Trainer

About the role

We are searching for a Sr. Athletic Trainer who works well in a fast‑paced setting. In this position you will provide high‑quality orthopedic and sports‑medicine services, act as a liaison to community coaches, athletic trainers, and school nurses, and proactively support efforts that ensure safe patient care and a safe environment. The role emphasizes family‑centered care for a culturally diverse population in an age‑ and developmentally‑appropriate manner.

Responsibilities

• Ensures that the assessment includes a systematic approach, the patient’s condition, developmental age, current practice standards of the specialty unit, and adherence to clinic scope.
• Incorporates data from patient, family, laboratory, and other medical reports.
• Documents the patient/family assessment to include injury, illness, treatment, rehabilitation, and consultation.
• Performs physical measurements on patients, including muscle circumference, limb length, and joint‑angle measurements.
• Collaborates with the patient, family, and members of the health‑care team to establish desired outcomes and meet immediate and future health‑care needs.
• Implements therapeutic interventions initiated by physicians, nurses, or athletic trainers.
• Develops and oversees home‑exercise programs for patients per the provider’s request.
• Instructs and educates patients and families on appropriate exercise behaviors, including modality, intensity, frequency, duration, and progression.
• Evaluates and communicates missed appointments, non‑compliance with the plan of care, and determines readiness for return to play to the supervising physician and health‑care team.
• Evaluates and documents patient responses to care and recognizes progress toward desired outcomes.
• Promotes continuity of patient care through education of patients, families, and the health‑care team in self‑care, health promotion, and disease prevention.
• All successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Athletic Trainer’s license from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation required.
• BLS certification from the American Heart Association required.
• Four years of licensed athletic‑training experience required.
• A master’s degree may substitute for two years of the required experience.

About Us

Strategically located throughout the greater Houston area, Texas Children’s Specialty Care offers the same high‑quality pediatric subspecialty care as our hospital—right in your neighborhood. Staffed by pediatric specialists from Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, our teams are trained to care for the physical and emotional needs of children and adolescents. Working closely with a child’s primary‑care physician, our specialists diagnose health conditions and develop patient‑specific treatment plans. Texas Children’s Specialty Care locations use child‑sized medical equipment in colorful, child‑friendly atmospheres that cater to young patients’ needs and interests.