Athletic Trainer - Carolina Family Practice & Sports Medicine

UNC Health; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health in Raleigh, NC is seeking a licensed athletic trainer for a physician extender role. The athletic trainer focuses on injury prevention, assessment, treatment, and reconditioning under physician supervision.

The role involves proper taping, bracing, fitting of equipment, carrying out prescribed treatments, and patient education on home exercise programs. It may be embedded in a school with limited clinical supervision.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an appropriate discipline (athletic trainer track preferred).
• Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) certification.
• Licensed or eligible for licensure as an Athletic Trainer in North Carolina; must obtain license within 6 months of hire.
• BLS for healthcare providers.
• 1 year of athletic trainer experience preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills using medical terminology.

Responsibilities

• Casting and patient care implementations including splints, braces, crutches and DME; educate patients on these items.
• Answer patient clinical calls promptly and complete disability paperwork.
• Educate patients on home exercise programs and therapeutic exercises; communicate effectively with patients and staff.
• Obtain patient information, review schedules and histories, and order tests as indicated; document medical histories and examinations.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Clinical assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree

ATC certification

North Carolina athletic trainer license or license eligible

BLS for Healthcare providers

Job description

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Summary

This position will require that the applicant possesses the clinical evaluation and educational skills expected of an athletic trainer working in a physician extender role. The athletic trainer is responsible for the following functions regarding athletic injuries prevention, assessment, treatment, and reconditioning as set forth by the NATA Board of certification. The athletic trainer will demonstrate proper taping, strapping, bracing, and fitting of athletic equipment. The athletic trainer will carry out all prescribed treatments and recommendations by the team/program/event physician. This position may work as an embedded member in a school where clinical supervision is limited.

Responsibilities

• Casting and Patient Care - Casting 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.
• Disability Cases - Answering patient clinical phone calls in a timely manner and completing disability paperwork.
• Patient Education - Educate patients on home exercise programs and therapeutic exercise. Communicates effectively with patients and staff members.
• Patient Information - Rooming and obtaining the necessary patient information to update the patient history and chart. Reviewing clinic schedules and charts to verify all of the appropriate test results or patient information related to the appointment have been received. Order appropriate x-ray, lab or other medical tests as indicated. Performance of a thorough medical history and appropriate physical examination on patients with appropriate documentation.

Other information

• Education Requirements: Bachelor's degree in an appropriate discipline.
• Licensure/Certification Requirements: Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) certification.
• Licensure/Certification Requirements: Licensed as an Athletic Trainer by the North Carolina Board of Athletic Trainer Examiners or license eligible. If license eligible, must receive license within 6 months of hire.
• Licensure/Certification Requirements: BLS for healthcare providers.
• Professional Experience Requirements: One (1) year of experience as an athletic trainer preferred.
• Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the use of relevant medical terminology.

Job Details

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: UNC Health Medical Group

Organization Unit: Carolina FP and SM Raleigh

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range: $23.24 - $33.41 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email [e-mail] if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.