Athletic Trainer
Location: Denver Colorado
Pay rate: $37.08 - $63.60
Shift: Monday through Friday
Hours: Days
At Uptown Community Health Center we improve the health of our community and provide care that respects the dignity of each person, especially those that are underserved. We teach tomorrow's physicians and healthcare professionals to provide excellent medical care with compassion and kindness.
Summary:
A Physician Extender Athletic Trainer (AT) is a clinical support professional who partners with supervising physicians to enhance patient care and clinic efficiency. They typically conduct initial injury evaluations, facilitate patient rehabilitation, fit braces, and manage clinic documentation within orthopedic and sports medicine settings.
Functions:
Maintains a safe, secure, and healthy environment by adhering to organization standards, policies, and procedures, and to legal regulations; alerting others with potential concerns.
Communicates in a professional, clear, effective, and compassionate way with patients, visitors, and coworkers. Both in person, on the telephone, and with written communication.
Available to work in person as scheduled and report to work on time regularly and reliably.
Documents properly and accurately within the electronic medical record: recording patient examination, treatment, and test results.
Maintains patient confidentiality and protects medical office operations by keeping information confidential; cautioning others regarding potential breaches.
Other duties as assigned
Risk Education, Wellness and Health Literacy:
Identify risk factors by administering assessment, pre-participation exam and other screening instruments
Implement plans to aid in risk reduction
Promote health literacy
Assessment, Evaluation and Diagnosis
Obtain a thorough and individualized history
Perform a physical exam using appropriate diagnostic techniques
Formulate a clinical diagnosis
Establish a plan of care based on the clinical diagnosis
Triage the severity of health conditions
Therapeutic Interventions
Optimize patient outcomes by developing, evaluating, and updating the plan of care
Educate patients on plan of care to optimize patient engagement
Review therapeutic exercises to address impairments and enhance activity level
Administer therapeutic modalities and devices
Administer manual therapy techniques
Determine patients' functional status using appropriate techniques and standards to inform decisions about returning to optimal activity
Manage general medical conditions to optimize activity and participation
Clinical Procedures:
Fitting and applying casts
Braces, splints, and crutches
Assisting with minor in-office procedures or wound care
DiagnosticTreatment Facilitation:
Educating patients on care and surgical plans
Instructing patients on home exercise programs
Processing orders for imaging (X-rays, MRIs)
Rehabilitation:
Managing and monitoring ongoing therapeutic and rehabilitation programs
Licensure / Certification:
Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
BOC Certification by the Board of Certification for Athletic Trainers
Valid state Athletic Trainer License
Qualifications and Experience
Required:
Bachelor's degree in athletic training from an accredited program
Two years' experience in a healthcare organization
Preferred:
Master's degree in athletic training
Five years' experience in a healthcare organization
Experience with Epic application and health record
Experience working with and sensitivity toward special populations, including those with limited income, limited education, and non-English speaking individuals
Bilingual English / Spanish - complete comprehension, literacy, and fluency in both languages
