Athletic Trainer Resident

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Job Summary

The Athletic Trainer Resident provides athletic training services to patients within the orthopedic clinic under the direction of the Athletic Training Residency Medical Director or other assigned physician preceptor in accordance with state athletic training practice act.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the attending physician on any related medical management of the physician's patient that fall under the athletic trainer's scope of practice.
• Comply with Residency guidelines to demonstrate progression towards the completion of residency didactic, clinical, and scholarly outcomes.
• Maintain accurate medical documentation within the Network electronic medical record system on par with established standards.
• Collaborate with the patient care team to ensure optimal patient care.
• Assist the collaborating physician with the collection and interpretation of patient reported data to guide the patient plan of care.
• Ensure that athletic training services are provided in a timely, accurate, effective, and cost-efficient manner and in compliance with established policies, procedures and practices.
• Assist the Athletic Training Residency Clinical Competency Committee in evaluating program effectiveness.
• Provide input and recommendations that evaluate and improve the St. Luke's orthopedic system of care for patients.
• Assist the Network with initiatives that improve health and wellness in the populations and communities we serve.
• Athletic Trainers shall have a plan of care or written protocol as required by their respective licensing board (PA and NJ).
• Take responsibility to understand and complete educational, professional and technical requirements and provide St. Luke's University Health Network with the necessary documentation on such requirements.
• Demonstrate competency in the assessment, range of treatment, knowledge of growth and development and communication appropriate to the age of the patient treated.
• Perform in depth, systematic assessment relative to chief complaint of the patient.

Physical and Sensory Requirements

Sit up to 2 hours per day; 1 hour at a time. Stand for up to 8 hours per day; 6 hours at a time. Walk 6 hours per day; 20 minutes at a time. Occasionally lift, carry, and push objects up to 30 pounds. Transport patients weighing up to 250 pounds via wheelchair. Frequently stoop and bend. Frequently reach above shoulder level. Must be able to perceive attributes of an object through touch. Must be able to hear as it relates to normal conversation, and high and low frequencies. Must be able to see as it relates to general, near, far, color, and peripheral vision.

Education