Updated: Aug 3, 2024 - The Certified Athletic Trainer actively engages in teamwork, demonstrating respect and appreciation for diversity, while prioritizing patient needs and advocating for enhanced patient experiences. This role is committed to continuous improvement, regularly participating in process enhancements, and adhering to safety and quality standards to exceed customer expectations. Additionally, this position maintains professional standards through regular training and certification updates, along with a methodical approach to problem-solving and error reporting.
Tips for Certified Athletic Trainer Skills and Responsibilities on a Resume
1. Certified Athletic Trainer, ABC Sports Medicine Clinic, Dallas, TX
Job Summary:
- Assist providers in providing quality medical care.
- Meet and greet patients while escorting to exam room.
- Complete triage process, HPI, and ensure all information is documented in EHR, Epic.
- Perform physical exam
- Apply and remove casts as ordered by provider.
- Fit patient with DME as ordered by provider and educate patient on use.
- Facilitate advanced imaging, labs, surgery and other outside tests as ordered by provider.
- Coordinate with insurance to ensure reimbursement of scheduled procedures or tests.
- Follow all state and federal regulations including HIPAA and OSHA.
- Oversee school’s sports physicals and participate in 75% of other school’s sports physicals.
- Cover at least three community events per calendar year (outside of school)
Skills on Resume:
- Medical Assisting Skills (Hard Skills)
- Patient Care and Communication (Soft Skills)
- Documentation and Electronic Health Records (EHR) (Hard Skills)
- Triage and Patient Assessment (Hard Skills)
- Coordination and Facilitation (Hard Skills)
- Insurance Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Regulatory Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Community Engagement (Soft Skills)
2. Certified Athletic Trainer, High Performance Fitness, San Francisco, CA
Job Summary:
- Maintain a clean and safe athletic training room, including appropriate inventory of supplies.
- Communicate with athletes, parents, and appropriate medical providers regarding plan of care for the athlete including participation clearance
- Collaborate with coaches and Athletic directors regarding athletes’ participation while maintaining and assuring compliance with HIPAA privacy and confidentiality regulations.
- Document all interactions with athletes in required software
- Triage injury and illness during practices or events per established protocols
- Follow all established protocols.
- Administer IMPACT pre and post-testing
- Expedite referrals with guidance from Medical Director of Sports Medicine.
- Facilitate and conduct CPR training for school coaches one time per year.
- Start a student athletic training programby school.
Skills on Resume:
- Inventory Management (Hard Skills)
- Communication Skills (Soft Skills)
- HIPAA Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Documentation (Hard Skills)
- Injury Triage (Hard Skills)
- Protocol Adherence (Hard Skills)
- Testing Administration (Hard Skills)
- Referral Coordination (Hard Skills)
3. Certified Athletic Trainer, Wellness & Sports Center, Miami, FL
Job Summary:
- Works as part of a team with others and shows respect and values diversity toward others.
- Demonstrates efforts to discovering, meeting and advocating for the customer's needs
- Actively participates to improve the patient experience.
- Takes actions to continually improve quality and safety in daily work
- Actively participates in improving work processes to meet and exceed customer requirements
- Identifies opportunities for improvement based on process observation, outcome measures, and feedback from patients and other customers
- Reports errors in a timely and appropriate manner
- Takes initiative and is accountable for areas of responsibility meeting regulatory requirements
- Maintaining annual TB testing, completing annual mandatories, and maintaining current registration/certification/licensures as appropriate to position requirements.
- Understand a situation by breaking it apart into smaller pieces or tracing the implications in a step-by-step way
Skills on Resume:
- Team Collaboration and Diversity (Soft Skills)
- Customer Advocacy (Soft Skills)
- Patient Experience Improvement (Soft Skills)
- Quality and Safety Focus (Hard Skills)
- Process Improvement (Hard Skills)
- Error Reporting and Accountability (Hard Skills)
- Initiative and Accountability (Soft Skills)
- Analytical Thinking (Hard Skills)
4. Certified Athletic Trainer, Peak Athletic Training Solutions, Chicago, IL
Job Summary:
- Follows department policies and procedures.
- Coordinates the school-based traditional athletic training program and as consistent with the hospital contractual agreement, to ensure quality services and excellent communication with school officials, coaches, athletes and parents.
- Keeps the director and supervisor apprised of key issues and concerns.
- Assures proper function of modalities and equipment and follows appropriate procedure for correction of malfunctioning equipment
- Participates in annual budget process by recommending appropriate equipment and supply needs for patient care.
- Works with other staff to ensure adequate stock of appropraite supplies.
- Follows hospital policy in dealing with outside vendors and salespeople regarding new product consideration and inservices.
- Participates in and documents multidisciplinary meetings and conferences
- Communicates appropriately with the care team between meetings to maintain continuity of care.
- Upon physician referral performs comprehensive clinic patient evaluation and treatment for assigned patients including all elements of required evaluation, time-specific goal setting and program planning including frequency and duration.
- Established in accordance with policy and regulatory standards.
Skills on Resume:
- Adherence to Policies and Procedures (Hard Skills)
- Coordination of Athletic Training Program (Hard Skills)
- Communication with Stakeholders (Soft Skills)
- Equipment Maintenance (Hard Skills)
- Budget Management (Hard Skills)
- Vendor and Sales Interaction (Hard Skills)
- Documentation and Participation (Hard Skills)
- Patient Evaluation and Treatment (Hard Skills)
5. Certified Athletic Trainer, City Sports Therapy, New York, NY
Job Summary:
- Incorporates patient/family goals, patient educational needs and home exercise program planning.
- Utilizes all appropriate and available medical record information and patient history to complete the assessment, including ongoing contacts with referring providers
- Incorporates appropriate communication with family as indicated by patient age and needs.
- Performs appropriate and safe clinical patient treatment including all necessary modalities and therapeutic activities as indicated by patient status.
- Modifies the therapeutic program based upon patient assessment and goals, and physician directive referral as indicated
- Completes all required documentation including initial assessment, daily and progress notes, re-evaluations, patient home exercise programs and communications with providers and payers.
- Documents in accordance with hospital policy and regulatory requirements.
- Completes documentation in electronic and paper format as appropriate, in accordance with policy for timeliness, accuracy, completeness and compliance.
- Contributes to the departmental Performance Improvement Program.
- Enters patient medical history information into the computerized system
- Triage urgent clinical calls and messages
Skills on Resume:
- Patient-Centered Care (Hard Skills)
- Medical Record Utilization (Hard Skills)
- Clinical Treatment (Hard Skills)
- Therapeutic Program Modification (Hard Skills)
- Documentation Proficiency (Hard Skills)
- Effective Communication (Soft Skills)
- Compliance and Regulatory Adherence (Soft Skills)
- Performance Improvement (Soft Skills)
6. Certified Athletic Trainer, Elite Athletes Rehab, Las Vegas, NV
Job Summary:
- Completes required logs for daily and weekly billing and productivity measurement in accordance with policy, on time.
- Participates in department staff meetings, in-services and quality improvement activities.
- Responds promptly and appropriately to changes in policies and procedures announced at department meetings and via verbal and written communications.
- Proactively discusses procedural issues and opportunities with management in a professional and constructive manner.
- Participates in educating students interested in healthcare careers by interacting with and overseeing shadowing volunteers and other pre-professional students.
- Participate in professional clinical education programs by functioning as a clinical instructor for appropriate-level students.
- Participates in orientation and training of employees.
- Documents these services in accordance with policy and contract
- Completes and submits appropriate documentation and invoicing to ensure timely reimbursement from the schools for services provided.
- Providing triage of new referrals and ongoing scheduling guidance for other Rehabilitation staff and schedulers, in order to assist in the appropriate and efficient use of staff and patient schedules.
Skills on Resume:
- Attention to Detail and Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Communication Skills (Soft Skills)
- Proactive Problem Solving (Soft Skills)
- Education and Mentorship (Soft Skills)
- Clinical Instruction (Hard Skills)
- Training and Orientation (Hard Skills)
- Documentation and Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Patient Scheduling and Triage (Hard Skills)
7. Certified Athletic Trainer, Victory Sports Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Job Summary:
- Performing peer review, data collection and analysis.
- Reviewing and recommending program, protocol and procedures
- Participating in policy development and implementation
- Updating EHR or other assessment and documentaton tools.
- Functioning as CCCE and representing the department in mulit disciplinary teams and committees, and other projects and tasks that require the knowledge and training of the clinician.
- Meets productivity standards as established for the clinical services.
- Initiates timely communications with supervisor when circumstances may impact the clinician's ability to meet expectations.
- Participates in the development and monitoring of a clinical schedule that balances patient needs, productivity expectations and practice preferences
- Proactive in managing patient schedules in order to achieve productitvity expectations.
- Establishes an annual plan for professional improvement in consultation with the supervisor and participates in appropriate ongoing continuing education.
- Provides peers with inservice training.
Skills on Resume:
- Peer Review and Quality Control (Soft Skills)
- Data Collection and Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Program and Protocol Review (Hard Skills)
- Policy Development and Implementation (Soft Skills)
- Electronic Health Records (EHR) Management (Hard Skills)
- Multidisciplinary Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Productivity and Schedule Management (Soft Skills)
- Professional Development and Training (Soft Skills)
8. Certified Athletic Trainer, Pioneer Health Services, Seattle, WA
Job Summary:
- Maintains up-to-date patient medical records, checks patient charts and concludes intake to indicate patient ready for provider.
- Help maintain inventory, collect procedure consents and correct billing documentation.
- Teach and mentor pre-med/ pre- PA school students.
- Greets patients and escorts them from the waiting room to exam rooms
- Prepares patients for exam or treatment
- Prepares exam and treatment rooms with necessary instruments
- Assist physicians in preparing for examinations and procedures
- Daily communication with providers about patient medical history, clinical concerns, prescriptions, patient status, etc
- Removes sutures from patients, applies DME (durable medical equipment) or casts as prescribed by provider
- Performs patient education when appropriate
- Post-operative counseling, correct use of DME, wound care and dressing changes
- Observe surgery once a month, optional
Skills on Resume:
- Medical Record Management (Hard Skills)
- Patient Intake and Preparation (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Management (Hard Skills)
- Patient Interaction and Escort (Soft Skills)
- Room Preparation (Hard Skills)
- Assistance to Physicians (Hard Skills)
- Communication Skills (Soft Skills)
- Patient Education and Support (Hard Skills)
9. Certified Athletic Trainer, Sports Recovery Lab, Denver, CO
Job Summary:
- Replenishes exam room stock and takes medical stock inventory and communicates supply shortages to clinical manager
- Monitors logs of specimens collected and sent to reference lab - ensures reports are returned from the reference lab in a timely manner
- Directs lab results to physician for review and treatment plan
- Maintains patient confidentiality and complies with HIPAA and compliance guidelines established by the practice
- Maintains detailed knowledge of practice management and other computer software as it relates to job functions
- Attends regular staff meetings
- Contributes to the development and implementation of systems and processes ensuring strategic goal attainment
- Actively participates, models and supports work aligned with the five pillars (Quality, Service, People, Finance, and Growth).
- Actively participates, models, and supports positive behaviors and transparent communications.
- Takes action to continue to develop and acquire new expertise that is of increasing value to the organization
Skills on Resume:
- Medical Stock Inventory Management (Hard Skills)
- Specimen Handling and Tracking (Hard Skills)
- Lab Results Coordination (Hard Skills)
- HIPAA Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Practice Management Software Proficiency (Hard Skills)
- Meeting Participation (Soft Skills)
- Process Development and Implementation (Hard Skills)
- Continuous Learning and Development (Soft Skills)