Job Description

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Align department with strategy map and continually work to implement drivers in support of Independence Health System’s mission and vision.
• Act promptly to resolve problems and initiate better ways of doing things by acting as a catalyst for change.
• Establish and maintain a safe working environment and assure staff complies with safety, environmental, and infection control guidelines.
• Equitably apply policies and procedures by issuing corrective action in a fair and consistent manner.
• Assess customer’s needs, exceed customer expectations, and consider customers in decision making to improve customer satisfaction.
• Act on most urgent tasks, leverage available resources, review own workload, implement workable systems, and provide clear direction.
• This position has direct supervisory responsibilities and serves as a coach and mentor for other positions in the department.
• Management responsibilities include hiring, coaching, skills development, recognition and rewards, staff productivity and performance management.
• Delegates duties appropriately to ancillary staff and directs/supervises staff consistent with state laws in a safe and effective manner.
• Participates in departmental growth activities, program development, formal continuing education.
• Conduct staff performance appraisals.
• Applies cast and splints, removal of cast and splints, preventative taping, completion of all applicable forms, arranging for durable medical equipment, applying therapeutic modalities, exercise instruction (pre and post-operative) for home and therapy-based exercises and gait training. All of these functions are performed under the direction of the physician.
• Provides Athletic Training Services to student athletes under the direction of the team physician or referring physician in accordance with Pennsylvania State Athletic Training Practice Act which is governed by the Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine and State Board of Osteopathic Medicine for athletic event coverage for Seton Hill University
• Acts as a liaison between the school community, parent, attending physician or specialist in referring student athlete for injury treatment.
• Manages and provides care of injuries to a physically active person as defined in the state practice act with the direction of a licensed physician. The term includes the rendering of emergency care, development of injury prevention programs and providing appropriate preventative programs and protective devices for the physically active person.
• Other duties as assigned.

Competency and Experience [Knowledge, Skills and Abilities]

Required Qualifications/Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field and five (5) years of Athletic Training experience.
• Strong leadership ability, good organizational skills, independent and critical thinking skills, sound judgment, and knowledge of legal aspects and liability of functional area.
• Strong ability to communicate complex and/or controversial topics and concepts to a wide and diverse audience.

Preferred Qualifications/Experience

• Master’s degree in athletic training preferred.
• Two (2) to Four (4) years supervisory/management experience in [functional area].
• Previous outpatient/physician office experience

License, Certification & Clearances

• Current licensure to practice in the State of Pennsylvania
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) approved curriculum of the American Heart Association (CPR and AED) program.
• Act 33 with renewal
• Act 34 with renewal
• Act 73 FBI Clearance
• Valid Driver’s License (if out of state hire, the record report from applicable state driver’s license department is required)
• Certification by the National Athletic Trainers Association Board of Certification and be licensed/certified as an athletic trainer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

• Incumbent will be scheduled based on operational need (rotate shifts, standby, on-call, etc.).
• Travel may be expected locally between System locations.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Independence Health and its affiliated companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. It is their policy to prohibit discrimination of any type and to afford equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, or genetic information, or any other classification protected by law. Independence Health and its affiliated companies will comply with all applicable laws and regulations.

Disclaimer

This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Moreover, duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.