Athletic Trainer Specialist

You Belong Here.

At MultiCare, we strive to offer a true sense of belonging for all our employees. Across our health care network, you will find a dynamic range of meaningful careers, opportunities for growth, safe workplaces, and flexible schedules. We are connected by our mission - partnering and healing for a healthy future - and dedicated to the health and well-being of the communities we serve.

FTE: 1.0, Shift: Day, Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

Position Summary

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Assists in the formulation and oversees implementation of management policies related to the athletic trainer business model of the organization. Oversees guidelines and workflows working in collaboration with community schools to support the program.
2. Participate in department budgeting. Assists in audits and contract negotiation with the system level team.
3. Assists with planning long- or short-term business objectives related to his department.
4. Educates the assigned business partners and work towards achieving financial goals.
5. Provides sports event medical coverage to include pre-event taping, player preparation, assessment, immediate care and medical management during contests. Covers assigned related activities and events.
6. Demonstrates an ability to perform prevention, assessment, immediate care, basic injury treatment, reconditioning and rehabilitation of injuries as set forth by the NATA Board of Certification (BOC). This includes proper taping, strapping, bracing and fitting of athletic equipment techniques, as well as recognition of underlying trauma and athletic injuries/illnesses in patients.

7. Abides by all established policy and procedures specific to the hired healthcare facility and outreach program(s)/event(s). Carries out all prescribed treatments and recommendations as per standard of care guidelines and advanced guidelines (when appropriate) made by the medical director/provider or clinical therapist.
8. Prepares and maintains proper documentation of injury status and rehabilitation, including proper communication with athlete, coaches, family members, and healthcare providers of important aspects of patient's present condition and follow-up care plan.
9. Works with providers and other allied health professionals to deliver quality care to student athletes and refers athletes for appropriate diagnostic and follow-up procedures, including subsequent injury tracking.
10. Assists with case management. Schedules athlete treatment and/or other intervention as necessary.
11. Determines an athlete's physical readiness to participate in a given activity, based on normal anatomical structure and function, physiological demand and response to exercise, biomechanical demands of exercise, nutritional demands, and standards of care set forth by NATA-BOC standards/guidelines and State Licensure Laws.
12. Presents education programs for athletes.
13. Researches new athletic training techniques, procedures and equipment. Recommends new equipment and supplies to ensure optimum quality of athlete's care.
14. Assists with the development and implementation of operational policies and procedures for new programs/events related to the Athletic Training/Sports Medicine Advantage department as requested by the department manager.
15. Manages a flexible schedule based on the athletic training needs of contracts.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
Education: Bachelor's degree in Athletic Training required. Master's degree preferred.
Experience: Minimum of one year of athletic training experience required.
Licenses/Certificates/Registration: Washington State (DOH) Athletic Trainer licensure required. American Heart Association BLS required. BOC certified or certification-eligible required.

Our Values

As a MultiCare employee, we'll rely on you to reflect our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration, Kindness and Joy. Our values serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other.

Why MultiCare?

• Belonging: We work to create a true sense of belonging for all our employees
• Mission-driven: We are dedicated to our mission of partnering for healing and a healthy future and the patients and communities we serve
• Market leadership: Washington state's largest community-based, locally governed health system
• Employee-centric: Named Forbes "America's Best Employers by State" for several years running
• Technology: "Most Wired" health care system 15 years in a row
• Leading research: MultiCare Institute for Research & Innovation, 40 years of ground-breaking, clinical and health services research in our communities
• Lifestyle: Live and work in the Pacific Northwest - offering breathtaking water, mountains and forest at every turn

Pay and Benefit Expectations

Associated benefit information can be viewed here.