Sr. Athletic Trainer

TCH Medical Center; Bellaire (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

TCH Medical Center in Texas is seeking a Sr. Athletic Trainer to provide orthopedic and sports medicine services and liaise with community coaches, athletic trainers, and school nurses.

The role supports safe patient care and culturally competent family centered care. Requirements include a Bachelor's degree, Texas AT license, BLS, and at least 4 years of licensed athletic training experience (master's may substitute for two years).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is required.
• AT license from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation is required.
• BLS certification from the American Heart Association is required.
• 4 years of licensed athletic training experience required. A master’s degree may substitute for two years of the required experience.

Responsibilities

• Ensures assessment is systematic, considers patient condition, age, standards, and clinic scope.
• Documents patient/family assessment including injury, illness, treatment, rehab, and consults; performs measurements.
• Collaborates with patient, family, and health-care team to set outcomes and meet needs.
• Implements interventions ordered by physician/nurse/athletic trainer; manages home exercise programs.
• Educates patient/family on exercise behaviors including modality, intensity, frequency, duration, and progression.
• Evaluate missed appointments and non-compliance; determine readiness for return to play.
• Document patient responses to care and progress toward outcomes.
• Promotes continuity of care through patient and family education in self-care and prevention.

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Texas AT License

BLS Certification

Job description

We are searching for a Sr. Athletic Trainer -- someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will provide high quality Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Services and act as a liaison to the community coaches, athletic trainers, and school nurses. This role will proactively support efforts that ensure the delivery of safe patient care and services and promote a safe environment and provide family centered care to a culturally diverse population in a manner that is age and developmentally appropriate.

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Duties & Responsibilities:

• Ensures that the assessment includes a systematic approach, patient's condition, developmental age, current practice standards of the specialty unit, and adherence to clinic scope. Incorporates data from patient, family, laboratory, and other medical reports
• Documents the Patient/Family Assessment to include injury, illness, treatment, rehabilitation, and consultation. Able to perform physical measurements on patients including muscle circumference, limb length, and joint angle measurements
• Collaborates with the patient, family, and members of the health care team to establish desired outcomes and to meet immediate and future health care needs
• Implements therapeutic physician, Nurse, or Athletic Trainer initiated interventions. Responsible for Home exercise program for patients per Provider’s request
• Instructs/educates patient and family on appropriate exercise behaviors including modality, intensity frequency, duration, and progression
• Evaluates and communicates missed appointments per clinic practice, non-compliance with plan of care to supervising physician and other members of the health care team and determines readiness of return to play
• Evaluates and documents patient responses to care provided and recognizes the patient's progress towards meeting desired outcomes
• Promotes continuity of patient care throughout the education of patients, families and health care team in self-care, health promotion and disease prevention

As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Athletic Trainers License from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation required
• BLS certification from the American Heart Association required
• 4 years licensed athletic training experience required
  • A master’s degree may substitute for two years of the required experience.