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Job Description
Job Summary:
Provides professional assistance and clinical support to health care professionals to ensure the delivery of quality, evidence based health care services. Develops, implements, and maintains comprehensive health care programs for patients, clients, and athletes. The practice of athletic training includes injury/illness prevention and wellness protection, clinical assessment and impression, immediate and emergency care, treatment and rehabilitation, and organizational and professional health and well-being of individuals under the direction of a physician. Travel may be required.
Essential Functions:
Triage patients as directed by physicians, and other providers.
Facilitates efficient and effective patient flow through the clinic utilizing professional ability and independent judgement.
Evaluates patients' physical condition, response and progress to treatment, and discusses with appropriate physician and/or physician extender.
Documents care consistent with documentation guidelines, and patient chargeable items/ services according to standards. Administers medication, and injections to patients in accordance with licensure and policy.
Interfaces with student athletes, parents, physicians, athletic trainers, and auxiliary medical personnel to analyze, interpret, or make deductions from varying facts and circumstances of athletes' condition status exercising discretion and independent judgement when appropriate.
Provides patient instruction in conjunction with physicians, and other providers. Develop and review patient home exercise programs.
Maintain clean and safe patient environment, work area, equipment, and communicates any equipment malfunctions to appropriate department/unit personnel.
Reads pertinent literature, attend meetings and educational classes, and participate in professional associations as appropriate.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Athletic Training or related field required (on or before January 1, 2022)
Master's degree or equivalent, completion of a CAATE approved athletic training education program required (on or after January 1, 2022)
2 years of relevant experience related and progressively more responsible experience in all aspects of athletic training required
Certified Athletic Trainer license through BOC (Board of Certification and Accreditation) upon hire
Athletic Trainer license through state of Michigan upon hire
Basic Life Support (BLS) required within 90 days
Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) preferred
Certified Performance Enhancement Specialization (PES) preferred
Certified Functional Movement Screen (FMS) preferred
Certified Kinesio Taping Practitioner (CKTP) preferred
Certified Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) preferred
Primary Location
SITE - Blodgett Professional Office Building - 1900 Wealthy - Grand Rapids
Department Name
Neuroscience Shared Services - 1900 Wealthy
Employment Type
Full time
Shift
Day (United States of America)
Weekly Scheduled Hours
40
Hours of Work
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Days Worked
Monday to Friday
Weekend Frequency
Variable weekends
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Spectrum Health requires all team members to receive the COVID-19 vaccinations subject to certain exclusions based on the team member's job category. Spectrum Health is committed to granting reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws.
Who We Are
Spectrum Health is a nationally recognized not-for-profit health system, offering a full continuum of health services through our health plan, medical group and hospital group. As an integrated health system, we are able to work together across all facilities, employees and providers to create exceptional, consumer-focused interactions.
Spectrum Health is redefining what it takes to improve the health of our communities and introducing new and innovative ways for consumers to access high-quality, low-cost care so that they can connect with us for a lifetime of health.
We strive to provide one Spectrum Health experience: a consistent, high-quality, seamless health journey for consumers; no matter where, when or how they interact with us. The result is better health outcomes for the thousands of individuals, families and communities we serve.
We are the region's largest employer, with corporate offices located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Spectrum Health Hospital Group and Spectrum Health Medical Group are consistently recognized for the exceptional care they provide. Priority Health is among the largest health system-sponsored health plans in the U.S. and offers extensive experience serving large and small employer groups, individuals, Medicare Advantage, Healthy Michigan Plan and Medicaid populations.
Since 2010, Spectrum Health has been listed five times among the 15 Top Health Systems in the U.S. by Truven Analytics™. Click here (https://www.spectrumhealth.org/about-us/quality-safety-and-patient-experience/awards) to see a complete list of our safety, quality and patient experience awards.