314095 Athletic Trainer PRN

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Athletic Trainer PRN

Location: Ottawa

Job Description

The Athletic Trainer is responsible for providing quality evidence-based athletic health services, including the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of injuries and illnesses. This position develops and implements comprehensive health care programs. This role builds and maintains strategic relationships with physicians, office staff, hospital administration, athletic trainers, athletic directors, athletes, and parents. In addition, this position fulfills staff and medical requirements of contracts or partnership agreements for assigned areas and events. Additionally, this role promotes and markets existing Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation product lines to physicians and the community.

Key Responsibilities

• Performs clinical evaluations and diagnoses, and performs emergency care for injuries and illnesses. 

• Designs and implements comprehensive rehabilitation and therapeutic intervention programs.

• Maintains medical records in compliance with legal and regulatory standards.

• Other duties as assigned.

• Provides athletic training services for assigned events.

• Abides by federal, state, and local regulations for medication storage, transportation, dispensing, and documentation.

• Collaborates with contract leadership to define and execute policies and procedures.

• Participates in program and process changes as part of performance improvement activities.

• Acts as a liaison between stakeholders to resolve service or operational issues.

• Markets departmental programs within the hospital and community. Evaluates patient behavior, motor skills, and physiological norms based on age, and modifies approaches accordingly. 

• Educates patients, caregivers, and athletic training students as needed.

• Entry-level professional competency of Athletic Training theory, principles, and applications as defined in competencies departmental policy [Required]

• Basic computer skills to include Outlook, Microsoft Office and Windows [Required]

• Bachelor's [Required]

• Master's [Preferred]

• Athletic training or related field [Required] 

• Business or Healthcare Administration [Preferred]

• 1+ experience [Preferred]

• Athletic Trainer Certified (ATC) [Required]

• Basic Life Support - CPR Cert (BLS) [Required]

This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances.