Clinical Athletic Trainer

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Organization:

Vanderbilt Ortho Franklin-NLic

Job Summary:

JOB SUMMARY

Delivers care under the direction of a physician and functions as an integral member of the Orthopaedic Clinic patient care team. The trainer works closely with the supervising physician by assisting in maintaining clinic flow, patient education, and assisting with office procedures. The athletic trainer is also responsible for carrying out other clinic duties and clerical responsibilities as detailed below, supporting clinic operations and delivering high-quality, safe, patient-centered care in collaboration with a supervising physician and the clinical care team.

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Educate the patients about risks associated with participation and specific activities using effective communication techniques to minimize the risk of injury and illness.
• Performs assessment of patient’s injury, illness, or condition, performs appropriate evaluation in accordance with accepted procedures and shares assessment findings with the supervising physician.
• Administers therapeutic and conditioning exercise(s) using standard techniques and procedures to facilitate recovery, function and/or performance.
• Educate patients in the treatment, rehabilitation, and reconditioning of injuries, illness, and/or conditions using applicable methods and materials to facilitate recovery, function, and/or performance.
• Perform patient intake including, where appropriate, obtaining/documenting the following prior to the physician’s examination.
• Provide assistance to the physician, per the physician’s directions, with joint aspirations/injections, wound care, and home exercise instruction.
• Perform durable medical equipment (DME) fittings and application and cast removal and application.
• Perform other specified tasks within the athletic training scope of practice as directed by the physician.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

• PATIENT DOCUMENTATION: Demonstrates understanding of patient documentation in practical applications of a difficult nature. Possesses sufficient knowledge, training, and experience to be capable of successfully delivering patient documentation services.
• PATIENT EVALUATION: Demonstrates knowledge of performing patient evaluations. Demonstrates experience in the evaluation process. Demonstrates a solid understanding of internal control concepts and experience in applying them to the diagnosis. Possesses sufficient knowledge, training, and experience to be capable of successfully delivering patient evaluations.
• ATHLETIC TRAINING: Possesses sufficient knowledge, training, and experience to be capable of successfully delivering results without requiring support and instruction from others.
• TREATMENT IMPLEMENTATION: Demonstrates understanding in providing treatment consistent with physician prescription and established plan of care. Able to modify treatment plan as needed to demonstrate provision of skilled therapy services including progression of treatment throughout course of care, and revision of treatment interventions of goals not met.
• PATIENT EDUCATION: Demonstrates comprehension of health education. Possesses sufficient knowledge, training, and experience to be capable of providing patient health education services.

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