Athletic Trainer, Onsite

Industrial Athletic Trainer

Onsite Innovations has an immediate need for an experienced and passionate part time Industrial Athletic Trainer at our client's site in Sterling Heights, MI. This position offers an opportunity to work at a dynamic worksite and make an impact on employee health, wellness, and safety! Must be comfortable to rove to Plymouth and Southgate MI.

Promote and maintain health and wellbeing for client based occupational medicine program focusing on reducing work-related injuries and delivering exceptional patient care. The Athletic Trainer-Onsite (AT-O) plays an important role in providing health promotion and injury prevention services, workers' compensation case coordination, worker injury and illness management, emergency response services, and return to work job placement for an onsite client. The AT-O often works directly with the client's site, floor and safety leadership Health and Safety Leader to create a healthier and safer workforce.

Coordinate injury prevention programs, as well as ergonomic training and evaluation

• Perform comprehensive ergonomic job analyses, including task analyses, risk factor identification and quantification, posture analysis and body mechanics analysis and support administrative and ergonomic changes to the work environment
• Create pre-shift preventative activity program and monitor compliance
• Use innovation, creative solutions and employee empowerment to design and/or implement interventions
• Create job rotation plans for production areas and monitor compliance
• Provide basic first aid treatment for musculoskeletal and non-musculoskeletal injuries and illnesses as specified in Physician Standing Orders, testing such items as range of motion and strength, reflex and sensory integrity, and functional status
• Identify, evaluate and refer injured associates to the appropriate clinicians ensuring employees receive the best care for their work-related injuries and illnesses
• During rehabilitation, implement treatment plans that incorporate therapeutic exercise, modalities and work conditioning as necessary (State-specific regulations apply) as specified in Physician Standing Orders
• Follow appropriate action plan and standing orders to respond to onsite medical emergencies
• Assist in managing Workers' Compensation cases through claim capture and follow-up
• Collaborate with client's Leave Team, Human Resources team and Management on return to work (RTW) job placement
• Track and communicate MSD-related statistics for client stakeholders
• Perform or obtain data analysis to measure direct and indirect costs of musculoskeletal disorders. Provide biannual reports for rehab utilization, cost-savings, and cost avoidance
• Provide objective information about the physical requirements of jobs for:
  Job descriptions, Referral sources for the purpose of developing restrictions, Legal and case management for RTW, litigation, and accommodation For use in pre-employment and RTW functional testing
• Promote personal health and wellbeing in the workplace
• Perform administrative requirements such as completing necessary forms, reports, etc. in a timely manner. Documentation may include patient files, invoices, monthly reports, budgets, expense and outcome tools
• Create an environment of trust and caring, which allows workers to take responsibility to reduce or eliminate actions or behaviors under their control that contribute to injury and illness
• Communicate regularly with safety personnel injury prevention activities
• Attend meetings and serve on committees as requested

Education Level: Bachelor's Degree Major:
Athletic Training

Degree must be from an accredited college or university.

Education Details:
Current First Aid and…