Combined Outreach Athletic Trainer

The primary responsibilities of the outreach ATC are to provide superior rehabilitative
care to injured athletes and patients; to educate the public on injury prevention,
rehabilitation, wellness and other health-related issues; and to maintain the highest
standards of care and integrity.

Applicants for the outreach athletic trainer position must be BOC-certified or
certification-eligible with a bachelor’s of science degree in a related field.
The outreach athletic training position is full-time. The ATC will work five (5) days per week,
including thirty (30) hours at the primary facility/clinic and an average of twenty (20) hours at
a local, contracted school. Some components of the day-to-day responsibilities associated with
this aspect of the position are:

• Promoting excellent patent care.
• Communicating with physical therapists and physicians regarding patients’ conditions,
  treatments and protocols.
• Devising a rehabilitation and treatment regimen in conjunction with physical therapists.
• Setting up and breaking down patient modalities.
• Maintaining charts and relevant paperwork.
• Tracking invoices and insurance benefits in conjunction with billing personnel.
• Conducting injury screenings for student-athletes.
• Generating and implementing in-home exercise programs.
• Assisting with day-to-day operations of the clinic (e.g. stocking supplies, cleaning,
  equipment maintenance, answering phones, etc.).
• Completing school visitation(s). All outreach and clinical ATCs will contact a local high
  school and arrange a weekly visitation schedule. These visits will occur once per week
  and last approximately one hour. These hours are included in the full-time workweek.
• Providing event coverage. All outreach and clinical ATCs will occasionally be asked to
  provide medical coverage at outside games, practices and/or tournaments. These events
  will be scheduled with the clinical athletic trainer coordinator, who will handle the
  payment arrangement.
• Assisting with the clinic’s injury hotline. Each ATC will be responsible for after-hours
  injury hotline calls on a rotational basis.

The outreach ATC has the added responsibility of working daily in the athletic training room of a
local school with which the clinic has a current contract for medical coverage. Coverage may be
given at high schools, elementary/middle schools or community colleges. As in any athletic
training room, the ATC is the primary and often sole caregiver and works under the supervision
of a team physician. Some of the specific responsibilities of the outreach portion of this position
are:

• Prevention, recognition, evaluation and immediate care, rehabilitation and reconditioning
  of athletic injuries.
• Pre-game/practice taping and preparation.
• Communicating with athletes, parents, athletic director(s), coaches and physicians
  regarding athletes’ playing status and ability to return to competition. All communication
  must be conducted within the bounds of confidentiality.
• Coverage of home-scheduled athletic events. Depending on the institution, this may
  include weekend and/or evening contests.
• Maintaining charts and relevant paperwork.
• Referring athletes for appropriate diagnostic and follow-up procedures and subsequent
  injury tracking.