Athletic Trainer II

Kansas Health System; Lawrence (KS); In loco; USD 55.000 - 75.000; Tempo pieno

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Kansas Health System seeks an Athletic Trainer II to provide comprehensive athletic training for Volleyball and Softball student athletes. You will collaborate with team physicians, coaches, dietitians and psychologists to optimize health, prevent injuries and manage illnesses.

Responsibilities include clinical evaluation, documentation, patient education, emergency management, rehabilitation and program development. This role involves weekend duties and travel with teams as needed.

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• Clinical communication of patient illness and injury with Team Physicians
• Creation and maintenance of a complete medical record
• Provide patient educational programming
• Physician and other sub-specialists' referral
• Management of physician clinic including collection of injury/illness history and pre-exam testing data
• Coordination of clinical diagnostic testing including X-ray, MRI, CT and laboratory tests
• Referral and ongoing communication with sports dietitian for patient care
• Referral and ongoing communication with sport psychologist for patient care
• Referral and ongoing communication with KTH Counseling and Psychological Service for patient psychological and psychiatric care
• Communication of pertinent injury/illness information with coaching and sport performance staff
• Communication with sports performance staff and knowledge of strength and conditioning programs including coordination of injury prevention programming
• Perform medical testing including vital signs, EKG, neurocognitive and motor control evaluations
• Perform sport science testing as directed (movement pattern analysis, Y-balance, body composition)
• Practice and event athletic training acute injury and emergency medical management; travel with at least one sport; weekend service
• Manage patients' ongoing conditions such as asthma, hypertension, sickle cell trait, ADHD, depression/anxiety
• Emergency action plan execution, EMS activation, AED/CPR delivery and post-event reporting
• Evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries with current evidence-based techniques
• Knowledge and execution of policies on lightning, heat/cold, pre-participation physicals, substances, concussion, MRSA, asthma, etc.
• Creation or co-creation of rehabilitation programming with goals and outcomes
• Formal and informal wellness education to patients and staff
• Clinical supervision of athletic training students and aides
• Annual continuing education plan
• Administrative responsibilities including program planning and analysis
• Analysis of injury rates and trends with coaches and physicians
• Analysis of sport science programming and effectiveness
• Scholarly activities participation
• Foster cooperation with athletic training staff
• Maintain a positive attitude and professional decorum

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Position Title

Athletic Trainer II

Days - Full Time

Wagnon-Parrott Athletic Center

Position Summary / Career Interest:

Under the direction of the Head Team Physicians and the Senior Director of Kansas Team Health, is responsible for the athletic training needs of the student athletes of Volleyball and Softball. Works closely with sport coaches, strength and conditioning coaches, other health care providers and athletic administrators concerning the health and wellness of student athletes.

Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions Athletic Training:

• Clinical Communication and Clinical ReferralCommunication of patient illness and injury complaints/problems with Team Physicians
• Creation and maintenance of a complete medical record
• Provide patient educational programming
• Physician and other sub-specialists' referral
• Management of physician clinic including collection of injury/illness history and pre-exam testing data.
• Coordination of clinical diagnostic testing including but not limited to X-ray, MRI, MRI-arthrogram, CT scan, echocardiogram and laboratory tests.
• Referral and ongoing communication with sports dietitian for patient care
• Referral and ongoing communication with sport psychologist for patient care
• Referral and ongoing communication with KTH Counseling and Psychological Service for patient psychological and psychiatric care
• Communication of pertinent injury/illness information, as it relates to participation status, with coaching staff and sport performance staff.
• Communication with sports performance staff and knowledge of strength and conditioning programs including coordination of group and individualized injury prevention programming.
• Perform medical testing including but not limited to vital signs, EKG, neurocognitive and motor control evaluations
• Perform sport science testing as directed (including but not limited to movement pattern analysis, Y-balance, and body composition)

Clinical Management and Emergency CareWith Team Physicians, make participation status decisions and execute the unchallengeable authority to remove a patient from participation and/or return to participation

• Practice and event (home and away) athletic training acute injury and emergency medical management; may include travel with at least one sport; will include regular service on weekends as well as before/after traditional hours
• Under the direction of the Team Physicians, manage patients' ongoing conditions such as asthma, hypertension, sickle cell trait, ADHD, depression/anxiety.
• Management and execution of all university athletic facility emergency action plans including communication, EMS activation, AED/CPR delivery and post-event reporting to Head Team Physician, University Risk Management, and Athletic Administration
• Evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries including up to date knowledge and utilization of the latest evidence-based techniques and modalities
• Knowledge and on-going execution of policies including but not limited to lightning, heat stress, cold weather, pre-participation physicals, alcohol and other drug, nutritional supplements, learning disabilities, prescription medications, over the counter medications, concussion, MRSA, asthma, sickle cell, disordered eating .
• Creation or co-creation of rehabilitation programming including periodic goals and outcome measures.

Clinical Education as needed

• Provide formal and informal wellness education to patients, coaches, support staff, administrators and parents
• Clinical supervision of athletic training students in clinical rotations and/or athletic training aides as assigned.
• Annual creation and execution of a continuing education plan

Administrative:

• Completion of administrative responsibilities that may include assisting with: (15%)Annual program strategic planning
• Annual program goal creation and execution
• Annual analysis of program staffing model
• Periodic analysis of injury rates and trends including strategic planning with coaches, sport performance coaches, physicians and sub-specialists for future programming adjustments.
• Analysis of sport science programming and effectiveness
• Participate in scholarly activities through own creativity or as assigned

Maintain knowledge of Health System, departmental activities, sports schedules and procedures;

• Foster cooperative working relationships with all athletic training staff members.
• Maintain a positive attitude toward performing job duties and in working with other staff members.
• Exhibit professional decorum at all times.

Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.

These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your de