Athletic Trainer Nampa Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Clinic Full-Time Days
Company: Saint Alphonsus Health System
Location: Nampa
Posted on: September 18, 2023
Job Description:
Employment Type:Full timeShift:Day ShiftDescription:At Saint
Alphonsus Health System, we are looking for people who are living
out their calling. We want you to be passionate about coming to
work, and challenged to achieve your potential. Living by these
virtues, we pride ourselves on exceptional service and the highest
quality of care.The Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Program is
looking for a passionate and motivated Certified Athletic Trainer
to work at our clinic near the Nampa Medical Center!Position
Details:This position will work with a Sports Medicine physician.
As the Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC), your function in the
clinic is an extremely important role in patient care.Duties will
include clerical and surgery scheduling, rooming patients,
obtaining information regarding presentation/injury, assisting in
the application of splints/braces/casts, and counseling patients on
injury prevention/treatment.The ATC will work with other team
members including Medical Assistants, Nurses, NPs, PAs, and
Physicians.The Sports Medicine program at Saint Alphonsus also
supports various community activitieslike area High Schools
athletic programs, the Far West Regional soccer tournament,
Optimist Football, various races, and other events, which this
position will help support as well!Work Schedule:This position will
typically work Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm with rotating
weekend shifts facilitating community outreach events. This
position may occasionally support the Ortho Urgent Care clinic,
which may require some evening hours.Work Locations:This position
will primarily work at our Nampa Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
clinic (near the Nampa Medical Center campus), but may occasionally
support the Boise clinic as needed. The Boise clinic is located on
Emerald Street, near the Boise Regional Medical Center.About Sports
Medicine and Orthopedics at Saint Alphonsus: for whatever you may
need. From problems with your shoulder and elbows to hips, knees
and sports medicine we have both non-surgical and surgical
specialists; as well as physical therapists, nutritionists and
athletic trainers who coordinate their focus on you. Sports
medicine deals with active people regardless of age.Our sports
medicine specialists can help to: Identify the source of pain or
acute injuries and present treatment options that will fit your
personal health goals, Diagnose and treat overuse injuries, Design
rehabilitation programs aimed at building strength and flexibility,
which can minimize your risk of injury, Analyze your body mechanics
to prepare athletes to compete at an optimal level, and Educate
patients on injury prevention.Learn more about Sports Medicine and
Orthopedics at Saint Alphonsus:License/Certification
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree required
- Certified as an Athletic Trainer
- Licensed as an Athletic Trainer in the state they work (Idaho
or Oregon)
- Basic Life Support for Healthcare providers certification from
either AHA, ARC or the Military Training Network is required at
hire in all units, unless currently certified in ACLS and/or
PALSGeneral Requirements:
- Demonstrates knowledge and skills to competently care for all
assigned age groups.
- Demonstrates a basic working knowledge of intervention
techniques for use with injured athletes.
- Appropriately applies braces, splints, and casting
material.
- Demonstrates working clinical knowledge of varied athletic
injuries and diagnoses.
- Demonstrates ability to educate, instruct, apply and monitor
the facts and circumstances required to protect the athlete from
injury.
- Demonstrates ability to identify, through physical exam or
screening processes, conditions that may pose a risk of injury,
illness or disease to an athlete.
- Demonstrates ability to recognize/triage, evaluate and care for
injuries and illness occurring during athletic events or in the
practice for athletic events.
- Demonstrates ability to determine the level of functional
capacity of an injured athlete in order to establish the extent of
an injury and ability of the athlete to participate.
- Demonstrates ability to gather and accurately record all
information required in the assessment of athletic injuries.
- Demonstrates ability to develop and implement an appropriate
course of rehabilitation or reconditioning to restore athletic
function or performance.
- Coordinates referral of an athlete to appropriate health care
provider as needed.
- Demonstrates ability to organize a medical care service
delivery system for athletes when needed.
- Demonstrates ability to develop plans to manage an athlete's
medical emergencies
- Demonstrates ability to provide athletic training guidance to
athletes for the purpose of facilitating recovery, function and
performance of the athlete.
- Demonstrates ability to efficiently and effectively apply
splints, braces, and/or casts.
Colleagues of Saint Alphonsus Health
System enjoy competitive compensation with a full benefits package
and opportunity for growth throughout SAHS and Trinity Health.Visit
to learn more about the benefits, culture and career development
opportunities available to you at Saint Alphonsus Health
System.Visit Saint Alphonsus on , , , , and !Saint Alphonsus and
Trinity Health are committed to promoting diversity in its
workforce and to providing an inclusive work environment where
everyone is treated with fairness, dignity and respect. We are
committed to recruit and retain a diverse staff reflective of the
communities we serve. Saint Alphonsus and Trinity Health are equal
opportunity employers and prohibit discrimination against any
individual with regard to race, color, religion, gender, marital
status, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or
any other characteristic protected by law.Our Commitment to
Diversity and InclusionTrinity Health is a family of 115,000
colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25
states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are
trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions,
language preferences, and health practices of the communities that
we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health
outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of
thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often
lead to innovative solutions.Our dedication to diversity includes a
unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment,
retention, and development), commitment and accountability,
communication, community partnerships, and supplier
diversity.
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