Athletic Trainer - School District of Lancaster (Full Time, Day/Evening)

Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System; Lititz (Lancaster County); On-site; USD 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health seeks an Athletic Trainer to provide injury prevention, evaluation, and emergency care within a clinical or outreach setting. You will work under a physician, promoting patient health and well-being while upholding professional standards.

The role requires CAATE accreditation, BOC certification, PA state AT license, and CPR/BLS. Strong communication and ability to collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams are essential.

Qualifications

• Graduate of CAATE approved Athletic Training Program.
• Master's degree required unless graduated prior to 2022.
• BOC Certification.
• Maintains PA State Athletic Training license.
• Maintains CPR Healthcare BLS certification.
• Maintains CEU requirements to stay in compliance with BOC requirements.
• Maintains valid Driver's License.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide injury prevention, clinical evaluation and diagnosis, immediate and emergency care, treatment and rehabilitation.
• Act as liaison between customers, patients, support staff and physicians.
• Responsible for wound care and wound dressing.
• Help maintain a clean, safe working environment.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Communication

Concentration

Problem solving

Autonomy

Team collaboration

Education

CAATE-accredited AT program

Master's degree

BOC Certification

PA State AT License

CPR/HLT BLS certification

Job description

Description
Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

Description
Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.
Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life\'s work?
Summary:

• Position Summary:
• Athletic Trainers ATs work under the supervision of a physician to provide injury prevention, clinical evaluation and diagnosis, immediate and emergency care, treatment and rehabilitation, while demonstrating professional and organizational skills to promote the health and well-being to the patients they serve. They may work in the clinic or outreach setting at the highest level of their licensure and conduct themselves in accordance with the professional standards set forth by the BOC and Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health Physicians.
• Physician Relations - Ensures staff appropriately interact with physicians. As appropriate, seeks physician input on necessary clinical matters.
• Will help identify opportunities, build relationships with, and help secure additional secondary school, college, youth program, and or event contracts.
• Review quality and appropriateness of services delivered for effectiveness and efficiency using predetermined quality assurance criteria.
• Act as liaison between customers, patients, support staff and or physicians.
• Responsible for wound care and wound dressing.
• Help maintain a clean, comfortable, orderly and safe working environment.
• Other duties as assigned.
• :
• Graduate of CAATE approved Athletic Training Program.
• Master\'s Degree required; unless employee graduated prior to 2022
• BOC Certified
• Maintains valid PA State Athletic Training license
• Maintains CPR Healthcare BLS certification.
• Maintains CEU requirements to stay in compliance with BOC requirements
• Maintains valid Driver\’s License
• Demonstrates excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills. Able to effectively communicate with peers and leaders within the practice, health system, and community.
• PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
• One 1 year of experience in traditional setting.
• Clinical experience in outpatient office.
• COGNITIVE REQUIREMENTS
• ATTENTION CONCENTRATION - The following level of ability is essential for the jobholder to focus on certain aspects of current experience and reject others:
• The position requires the ability to attend to more than one aspect of a situation simultaneously. It is highly likely that multiple task demands are going to be required of the individual at the same time.
• NEW LEARNING AND MEMORY - The following level of ability is essential for the jobholder to learn and retain material:
• A large portion of this position requires reliance on verbal memory and new learning. Efficiency in processing of verbal information, either in written or spoken form, is a major requirement and prerequisite of the job. The individual must be able to attend to and process multiple bits of information simultaneously. The individual must be able to organize and categorize this information effectively so that later recall is feasible.
• PROBLEM SOLVING, REASONING AND CREATIVE THINKING - The following level of ability that is essential for the jobholder to think in order to solve a problem by combining two or more elements from past experience or imaginative thought:
• The position requires much autonomy of thought and problem solving. The individual must be able to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems. The individual must be able to think abstractly, which is manifested in the ability to form concepts, use categories, generalize from single instances, apply procedural rules and general principles, and be aware of subtle or intrinsic aspects of a problem. The development of hypothesis and potential solutions to problems involves careful interpretation, analysis and diagnosis. The individual must be able to collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. The individual must be able to think creatively with a degree of inventiveness, experimentation and intuition. They must be able to deal with a variety of concrete and abstract variables.
• APTITUDES: The following are essential requirements of the position in relation to job-worker situations. These items describe how a worker must adapt, adjust, conform or act:
• Performing under stressful conditions: Ability to perform under stress when confronted with emergency, critical, unusual, or dangerous situations, or in situations in which working speed and sustained attention are critical aspects of the job; to be subject to danger or risk, or to tension as a regular, consistent part of the job.
• Variety and change: Ability to perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure involving significant differences in technologies, techniques, procedures, environmental factors, physical demands, or work situations.
• Communication: Ability to exchange information with others clearly and concisely; to present ideas, facts and technical information.
• Planning and control: Ability to identify task requirements and monitor progress toward accomplishment.
• Interpersonal relations: Ability to maintain relationships that facilitate task accomplishment; to cooperate and resolve conflicts; to recognize needs and be sensitive of others.
  

Credentials:

• Basic Cardiac Life Support (Required)
• Cert Athletic Trainer License
• Cert Athletic Trainer (Required)
  
  

Education or Equivalent Experience:

• Vocational/Trade Diploma (Required)
  
  

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

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We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.