Description
Job Summary
The Certified Athletic Trainer is responsible for providing sports medicine services for the prevention and rehabilitation of athletic injuries. This position will perform both outreach and periodic clinical duties for the sports medicine program including, but not limited to, provision of athletic health care services to assigned schools, evaluation, diagnosis, management, treatment, rehabilitation and intervention of injuries and illness, tracking and reporting of athletic injuries as well as performing clinical duties as assigned.
Responsibilities And Scope
Casts patients, providing splints, braces, crutches and other DME and provide patient education for these items. Staple or suture removal, preparing injections, taking vital signs and stocking and cleaning rooms.
Educates patients on home exercise programs and therapeutic exercise. Communicates effectively with patients and staff members.
Rooms and obtains the necessary patient information to update the patient history and chart. Reviews clinic schedules and charts to verify all of the appropriate test results or patient information related to the appointment have been received.
Performs thorough medical history and appropriate physical examination on patients with appropriate documentation. Orders appropriate x-ray, lab or other medical tests as indicated.
Qualifications
Required
Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) certification
Licensed as an Athletic Trainer by the North Carolina Board of Athletic Trainer Examiners (or license eligible).
Basic Life Support (BLS)