Athletic Trainer Surgical Assistant, BHMG- Ortho

Overview

Baptist Health is the region’s largest not-for-profit healthcare organization, with 12 hospitals, over 28,000 employees, 4,500 physicians and 200 outpatient centers, urgent care facilities and physician practices across Miami-Dade, Monroe, Broward and Palm Beach counties. With internationally renowned centers of excellence in cancer, cardiovascular care, orthopedics and sports medicine, and neurosciences, Baptist Health is supported by philanthropy and driven by its faith-based mission of medical excellence.

For 25 years, we’ve been named one of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For, and in the  U.S. News & World Report Best Hospital Rankings, Baptist Health was the most awarded healthcare system in South Florida, earning 45 high-performing honors.

What truly sets us apart is our people. At Baptist Health, we create personal connections with our colleagues that go beyond the workplace, and we form meaningful relationships with patients and their families that extend beyond delivering care. Many of us have walked in our patients’ shoes ourselves and that shared experience fuels out commitment to compassion and quality. Our culture is rooted in purpose, and every team member plays a part in making a positive impact – because when it comes to caring for people, we’re all in.

The Surgical Athletic Trainer (ATC) provides patient care in collaboration with the orthopedic surgeon. The ATC supports and assists the surgical teams in the operating room under the direct supervision of the surgeon. The ATC also assists in the outpatient clinic setting under direct and indirect supervision of the surgeon as a liaison for patients. The ATC is to show exemplary teamwork and overall knowledge of the clinical aspect of patient care and documentation of such care.

• Bachelors.
• Licensed Athletic Trainer.
• NATA Certified Athletic Trainer.
• Basic Life Support.
• NAOT Certified Orthopedic Technician.

• Master‘s degree preferred.
• State of Florida Department of Health license in Athletic Training, certified by National Athletic Trainer’s Association Board of Certification, Inc.
• in Athletic Training, Orthopaedic Technologist Certification (OTC) from the National Board for Certification of Orthopaedic Technologists (NBCOT), BLS certified, successful completion and graduation from an Athletic Training Residency Program with surgical curriculum and minimum 1 year of surgical training, or previous experience in the operating room with minimum 1 year of surgical training.
• Demonstrates proper surgical and sterile technique.
• Professional, detail-oriented team player with effective interpersonal communication skills.
• Experience with electronic medical records system preferred.
• Bilingual preferred.
• High ethical standards, HIPAA/OSHA compliance required.

Minimum

Required Experience:

1 Year

EOE, including disability/vets