Athletic Trainer Sports Medicine

Intermountain Healthcare Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 34,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

40-hour work week

Job summary

Intermountain Healthcare Inc. seeks an Athletic Trainer to provide high-quality patient care at American Fork and Saratoga Springs clinics in Utah. You will assess, treat, and educate patients under physician guidance, develop rehab plans, and assist with documentation and procedures.

Required licenses include state Athletic Trainer and national certification, plus BLS. Proficiency with healthcare software and strong communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Current license as an Athletic Trainer in state of practice.
• National athletic trainer certification.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers.
• Experience with various computer programs including databases, word processing, and internet.

Responsibilities

• Practices as physician extender under a directing physician in accordance with state act.
• Assesses patients to determine therapy modifications in consultation with physician.
• Develops rehabilitation programs addressing short and long-term goals.
• Demonstrates and guides patients through prescribed therapeutic exercises.
• Monitors patient response to treatment.
• Educates patients on rehabilitation, health needs, injuries, prognosis, and risks.
• Coordinates care with other providers as appropriate.
• Completes documentation including reports, treatments, intake forms, and logs.
• Maintains and inspects equipment; reports repairs.
• Engages in marketing and community educational programs.
• Attend to patient questions/messages for physician.
• Perform duties: casting, splinting, brace fitting, wound care, vitals, and basic testing.
• Assist with procedures and concussion treatments.
• Assist with prior authorizations for procedures, imaging, or medications.
• Support outreach ATCs with supervising physician documentation for Intermountain system.

Skills

Postoperative Care

Injury Treatment

Communication

Rehabilitation

Patient Care

Therapy

Documentations

Consulting

Assist with Procedures

Sports Medicine

Job description

Essential Functions

• Practices as physician extender under a directing physician in accordance with state practice act.
• Assesses patients to determine modifications of therapy and treatment needs in consultation with physician or other clinicians.
• Develops rehabilitation programs that appropriately addresses patient's short and long term goals.
• Demonstrate and help patients execute prescribed therapeutic exercises per physician protocols
• Monitors patient's response to treatment.
• Educates patients regarding rehabilitation programs, health needs, injuries, diagnosis, prognosis and risks.
• Coordinates care with other patient care providers as appropriate.
• Completes appropriate documentation including reports, treatments, intake forms, message logs etc.
• Cleans, maintains, and inspects all necessary (can include room, ultrasound machine, ECG, PRP, exercise) equipment. Reports repair and maintenance needs.
• Actively engages in marketing and community educational programs.
• Attend to patient questions/messages for physician.
• Perform the following duties for patients: Casting, Splinting, Brace fitting, Wound care and bandaging, taking vitals, drawing up medications, perform testing for illnesses such as flu, strep etc.
• Assist with procedures and concussion treatments.
• File paperwork correctly and assist with obtaining prior authorizations when needed for procedures, imaging, or medications.
• Assist outreach ATCs as needed when proper documentation of supervising/directing physician for the Intermountain system is in place.

Skills

• Postoperative Care
• Injury Treatment
• Communication
• Rehabilitation
• Patient Care
• Therapy
• Documentations
• Consulting
• Assist with Procedures
• Sports Medicine

Minimum Qualifications

• Current license as an Athletic Trainer in state of practice
• National athletic trainer certification.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers.
• Experience in a variety of computer programs including data bases, word processing, and internet.
• Related working experience, preferred.

Physical Requirements

Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies. Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations. Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc. Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items. Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc.) May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time. For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

Location

American Fork Specialty Clinic, Intermountain Health Saratoga Springs Specialty Clinic

Work City

American Fork

Work State

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$26.74 - $41.28

We care about your well-being - mind, body, and spirit - which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

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Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will