Athletic Trainer
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Cahaba Medical Care Foundation
Centreville, AL, US
Summary
Provide direct care for athletic injuries during practices and games while maintaining accurate medical records. Act as a liaison between families, physicians, and school staff to coordinate athlete care and return-to-play status.
Job Description
Responsibilities & Duties
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Provide direct care of athletic injuries during practices, assigned games, and scrimmages.
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Maintain appropriate general treatment orders to be reviewed annually and approved by the team physician.
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Provide athletic training services for all home athletic contests and away varsity football games. If a conflict arises between an away varsity football game and a home contest, the varsity football event will supersede.
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Refer needed treatments to appropriate facilities.
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Act as liaison between family physicians and specialists, the school district, athletes and their parents.
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Document all reported injuries in appropriate records.
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Schedule and be present for pre-participation sports physicals.
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Communicate with coaches, parents, Athletic Director, and other health care professionals regarding status of injured athletes and expected date of return to competition.
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Assist the athletic director as requested.
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Ability to maintain friendly, cordial relations with Coaching staff, Athletic Director, and relationships with in the community.
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Maintain BOC certification by attending Continuing Education courses
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During time not providing athletic training services (about half the week, perform tasks as assigned by the Chief Quality Officer)
Qualifications:
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Education: Must possess at least a bachelors degree in a health related field.
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Experience: At least 5 years experience providing Athletic Training Services to student athletes.
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Certificate/License: Must be BOC certified and possess or be in the process of acquiring licensure, certification or registration from the state.
Travel Required
We are a local community-based health organization that aims to be an incarnation of love, peace and justice by guiding our patients through their journey toward physical, mental and social well-being, and to be a center for transformational medical education and primary care training in a rural and international context, modeling and exhorting the next generation of medical professionals in a career of excellence, conscientiousness and compassion.
Our mission statement flows from our affirmation that our purpose is to love God and show His glory by walking in the steps of Jesus and ministering the love of Christ.
Cahaba Medical Care is a Community Health Center (FQHC), accredited as a Patient-centered Medical Home (PCMH) by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and Joint Commission. We currently have ten sites in Central Alabama serving Bibb, Perry, Chilton, Dallas, Autauga and Jefferson Counties. Our health centers provide comprehensive primary care services, including treatment and management of chronic and acute diseases; preventative care and cancer screenings; pediatric care; women’s health services; prenatal care and obstetrics; dermatological services; geriatrics; sports medicine services; mental healthcare; dental services and much more.
Cahaba Medical Care provides high-quality health services regardless of a patient’s ability to pay by offering a discounted, sliding fee schedule based on income and family size. While this has been the mission of the clinic since its founding, our capabilities have continued to develop and grow through our designation as a nonprofit, Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). As an FQHC, we are stewards of annual federal funding that allows us to enhance our services to those without insurance and to those facing hardship - whether medical, social, financial or emotional.
Founded
2004
Company size
501-1,000 employees
Industry
Medical Practices
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Centreville, Alabama
We are a local community-based health organization that aims to be an incarnation of love, peace and justice by guiding our patients through their journey toward physical, mental and social well-being, and to be a center for transformational medical education and primary care training in a rural and international context, modeling and exhorting the next generation of medical professionals in a career of excellence, conscientiousness and compassion.
Our mission statement flows from our affirmation that our purpose is to love God and show His glory by walking in the steps of Jesus and ministering the love of Christ.
Cahaba Medical Care is a Community Health Center (FQHC), accredited as a Patient-centered Medical Home (PCMH) by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and Joint Commission. We currently have ten sites in Central Alabama serving Bibb, Perry, Chilton, Dallas, Autauga and Jefferson Counties. Our health centers provide comprehensive primary care services, including treatment and management of chronic and acute diseases; preventative care and cancer screenings; pediatric care; women’s health services; prenatal care and obstetrics; dermatological services; geriatrics; sports medicine services; mental healthcare; dental services and much more.
Cahaba Medical Care provides high-quality health services regardless of a patient’s ability to pay by offering a discounted, sliding fee schedule based on income and family size. While this has been the mission of the clinic since its founding, our capabilities have continued to develop and grow through our designation as a nonprofit, Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). As an FQHC, we are stewards of annual federal funding that allows us to enhance our services to those without insurance and to those facing hardship - whether medical, social, financial or emotional.
Founded
2004
Company size
501-1,000 employees
Industry
Medical Practices
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Centreville, Alabama
