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Certified Athletic Trainer NE - Lake High School

Cleveland Clinic, North Canton, Ohio, United States, 44720

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Certified Athletic Trainer Ne - Lake High School

Join Cleveland Clinic's Mercy Hospital Health Center of North Canton and become a part of one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world. Mercy Hospital Health Center of North Canton is part of Mercy Hospital, which officially became a full member of the Cleveland Clinic Health System in 2021. Athletic Trainers are educated as medical professionals and work with impairment, functional limitations, and disabilities. They work with emergency, acute, and chronic cases and are not only involved with diagnosing and aiding patients but also working preventatively to ensure the patient's future health and success. This Athletic Trainer will be supporting all sports programs at Lake High School, with the potential of working with one to two other schools, as needed. This role is vital for ensuring athlete health, safety, and peak performance throughout the school year. The trainer will typically begin work in the afternoon to coincide with practice sessions, attend all evening games and provide coverage for Saturday morning events. A caregiver in this position works varying shifts from 6:00AM

10:00 PM, including weekends. The schedule will be dependent on practices and games. A caregiver who excels in this role will: Recognize, manage, and rehabilitate injuries to professional, amateur, and recreational athletes. Provide techniques for preventing injuries. Prepare athletes for practice or competition. Evaluate and manage injuries and determine whether referral is necessary. Maintain a medical file on each athlete and act as a liaison between the physician and the athlete. Implement treatment and rehabilitation programs under the supervision of a physician. Develop conditioning programs for injured and non-injured athletes. For Athletic Trainers working in a clinical/ambulatory setting: perform a comprehensive health maintenance review, provide an oral report to the physician regarding patient history and chief complaint, scribe documentation of the visit into the medical record by remaining in the exam room with the physician as the patient is treated, review post-visit instructions with the patient, assist with gathering data under the supervision of the physician or nurse, and administer treatments under the direction of the physician. Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: Bachelor's Degree Completion of an Athletic Training Program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs Athletic Trainer Certification (ATC) certified by the National Athletic Trainers Board of Certification (NATBOC) State licensure as an Athletic Trainer (AT) if required by state law Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider certification Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: Participation in training programs related to the ATC field Physical Requirements: Requires full body motion including handling and lifting up to 75 pounds. Manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination. Requires standing, sitting, and walking for extended periods of time. Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range. May be required to drive to other locations. Personal Protective Equipment: Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required. The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our tobacco free and drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substance and nicotine. All new caregivers must clear a nicotine test within their 90-day new hire period. Candidates for employment who are impacted by Cleveland Clinic Health System's Smoking Policy will be permitted to reapply for open positions after one year. Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption. Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility. Cleveland Clinic Health System is pleased to be an equal employment employer: Women / Minorities / Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities.