Athletic Trainer I- Woodstock/Etowah High School

Source Fitness Management: Sports Medicine, in partnership with Northside Hospital Orthopedic Institute, is seeking a Certified Athletic Trainer for a full-time position. The position is assigned to Woodstock and Etowah High Schools, both AAAAAA high schools located in Cherokee County, Georgia, with an overall student populations of approximately 2,500. There are two athletic training facilities on both campuses: one adjacent to the gymnasium and one in the field house. A $3,000 annual supply budget is provided, complementing school support for equipment and supplies.

Source maintains a forward-thinking, fast-paced environment to ensure the health and safety of the student-athletes in our care while working alongside Northside Hospital Physicians and resources, providing a comprehensive care team for the athlete. Building and maintaining a structure that allocates time and energies in utilizing the healthcare team around the athlete is essential to success.

SUMMARY: This position is responsible for providing high-quality sports medicine services; functioning effectively as a member of the sports medicine team; supporting Source's mission and vision; proactively leading and supporting local efforts that ensure delivery of safe patient care and services, and promoting a safe environment.

WORKSITE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Documentation
  • High-quality and thorough documentation is essential to protect your patients' safety and ensure care quality. Complete and accurate medical recordkeeping helps ensure that your patients get the proper care at the right time. Additionally, comprehensive documentation in every workplace setting helps reduce risk to the athletic trainer, the employer, and the profession.
• Clinical Competence
  • Demonstrates clinical competence in the provision of effective service delivery appropriate to the patient's specific needs and diagnosis by:
    • Understanding medical diagnosis and treatment interventions.
    • Following established rehabilitation protocols based on a diagnosis.
    • Providing education to parents and patients in an ongoing fashion.
    • Operating within Source Written Protocols and Standard Operating Procedures
  • Delivering competent age-appropriate patient care, integrating infection control and body substance precautions, patient safety, body mechanics, and knowledge of growth and development
  • Evaluate all athletes, coaches, school staff, or teachers requesting to see the Athletic Trainer or physician
• Communication
  • Effectively communicates healthcare structure across stakeholders at the worksite, including Athletic Directors, Coaches, Parents, Student-Athletes, and Healthcare Providers.
  • Communicating with Source administration regularly regarding operations at the worksite
• Structured Healthcare
  • Maintaining an environment and structure equally available to the entire population is regularly scheduled.
  • Maintain and periodically update an Emergency Action Plan at your school/site for each venue
  • Work contracted time allotments
  • Attendance at all scheduled varsity and sub-varsity events involving their teams
    • Check-in with School/Site daily to assess needs of teams
    • Must identify yourself as a certified AT with visiting teams
    • Provide support based on needs
• Budgeting and Inventory
  • Responsible for budgeting funds for sports medicine services on campus, maintaining inventory for sports medicine, allocating funds according to company policy and procedures
• Assists in and follow the directives of the concussion management program as medical personnel dictates and outlined in the Policy and Procedure Manual.
• Provides functional body and movement screenings
• Demonstrates commitment to continuous professional growth and improvement through continuing education opportunities.
• Develop and administer a student athletic training program as outlined in the Policy and Procedure Manual
• Follows guidelines laid out within the Policy and Procedure Manual
• Follows and assumes responsibilities deemed appropriate by administration; this above list of duties is not meant to be comprehensive and may be adjusted from time to time as department goals and needs evolve.

• Demonstrates competence as described in the Source Fitness Management Employee Manual and Policy and Procedures Manual.
• Practices proper safety techniques by Source and school/county policies and procedures.
• Cover a minimum of 16 total hours per contract year outside of the primary worksite in outreach services.
• Travels for coverage needs and transportation of supplies, marketing materials, and other essential items are deemed by the Source Fitness Management Administration.
• Attends mandatory staff meetings, system-wide training, parent and booster club meetings, and othernecessary events or functions by Source Fitness Management Administration.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by management, including but not limited to supporting customers' needs outside of the secondary school setting