Clinical Athletic Trainer - Part Time

We are searching for an 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. Think you’ve got what it takes? **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. 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. **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