Michigan State University
Location
East Lansing, MI | United States
Job description
MSU Health Care Athletic Trainer I
Job duties:
• Provide sideline and training room game coverage at various high school sporting events to address acute injuries.
• Provide preventative care services, education, and instruction on the prevention of injuries, such as stretching, strengthening, and healthy eating.
• Assist athletes on a sports performance level.
• Provide prescribed treatment to patients in clinic after initial physician referral and/or evaluation by a Physical Therapist.
• Document patient treatment in medical record.
• Design, educate, and instruct patients and caregivers on therapeutic exercise programs.
• Administer modalities, casts, braces, splints, tapes, and fits orthotic and compression garments as directed.
• Participate in team meetings and patient conferences as scheduled.
• Work with Patient Care Coordinator, Business Manager, and support staff to maintain a consistent schedule and adhere to requirements and limitations imposed by insurance companies to ensure compliance with regulations and financial viability.
• Other duties as assigned.
Knowledge equivalent to that which normally would be acquired by completing one or two years of post- bachelor degree work, such as a Masters in Physical Education with relevant coursework in athletic training; three to five years of related and progressively more responsible or expansive work experience in all aspects of athletic training or an equivalent combination of education and experience; and certification by the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA).
Field ATC experience and experience working in a Sports Medicine Clinic.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.
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National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) certification
Work hours vary as necessary to accommodate clinic operations and sporting event schedules.
The job requires significant physical effort and involves demonstrating exercises or body mechanics, assisting with exercise programs and transferring patients up to 25% of the time.
Exposure to human blood, serum, and other body fluids; and materials covered under Universal Precautions; TB risk or work within three (3) feet of patients in a health care setting; wear a respirator.
About Michigan State University
Spartans work every day to advance the common good in uncommon ways.Together, we tackle some of the world?s toughest problems to find solutions that make life better?from alternative energy to better food safety to breakthrough medical and environmental applications achieved through rare isotope research.We teach. We explore and we discover. We collaborate and lead. We innovate, inspire, and empower. We achieve our potential and create circumstances that help our students and others achieve theirs.We're good at it, and we've been at it for more than 150 years.The nation?s pioneer land-grant university, MSU began as a bold experiment that democratized higher education and helped bring science and innovation into everyday life. The revolutionary concept became a model for the nation.Today, MSU is one of the top research universities in the world?on one of the biggest, greenest campuses in the nation. Home to nationally ranked and recognized academic, residential college, and service-learning programs, we?re a diverse community of dedicated students and scholars, athletes and artists, scientists and leaders.In ways both practical and profound, we work to create a stronger, more sustainable, and more hopeful future for all.
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