Athletic Trainer Certified PRN

Athletic Trainer Certified PRN

Location:

US-TX-Temple

Position Type:
Per Diem

Position Category:
Therapy - Certified Athletic Trainer

Recruiter:
Alisa Cohen

Please note that this position is located in Taylor, TX.

Schedule:

16 hours per week.

Are you ready to take your career to new heights? At Concentra, you will be a vital member of our patient care team and play a crucial role in providing exceptional care to our patients. Our mission is to improve the health of America’s workforce, one patient at a time. Join us at Concentra and see how your clinical competency and compassion can make a meaningful difference in the lives of the patients you serve.

As an Onsite Athletic Trainer, you will promote and maintain health and well-being for client-based occupational medicine programs focusing on delivering exceptional patient care and reducing work‑related injuries. The Certified Athletic Trainer-Onsite (CAT-O) plays an important role in workers’ compensation case coordination, worker injury and illness management, providing health promotion and injury prevention services, emergency response services, and return to work job placement for an onsite client.

The CAT-O often works directly with the client’s Health and Safety Leader to create a healthier and safer workforce.

• 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 in order to receive the best care for their work-related injuries and illnesses.
• 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 Human Resources team and management on return to work (RTW) job placement.
• Track and communicate MSD-related statistics for client stakeholders.
• Manage pre-employment functional testing process and provide vision acuity testing.
• 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 job rotation plans for production areas and monitor compliance.
• Provide objective information about the physical requirements of jobs for: job descriptions, referral sources for the purpose of developing restrictions, and legal and case management for RTW, litigation and accommodation.
• For use in pre-employment and RTW functional testing.
• Create pre-shift preventative activity program and monitor compliance.
• For use in pre-employment and RTW functional testing.
• 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.
• Use innovation, creative solutions and employee empowerment to design and/or implement interventions.
• Administer drug and alcohol testing.
• Promote personal health and well-being in the workplace.
• Perform data analysis to measure direct and indirect costs of musculoskeletal disorders.
• Provide monthly and annual reports for rehab utilization, cost-savings, and cost avoidance.
• 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 regarding rehab and injury prevention activities.
• Attend meetings and serve on committees as requested.
• Author articles for various newsletters and the company Intranet site as requested.

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