What are the responsibilities and job description for the Athletic Trainer position at Pivot?
Pivot Onsite Innovations has an immediate need for an experienced and passionate Industrial Athletic Trainer at our client’s site in Kathleen, Georgia distribution center. This position offers an opportunity to work at a dynamic work-site healthcare clinic and make an impact on employee health, wellness and safety!
Schedule: 10 hour shift, 4 days weekly: Monday - Friday 6am - 7pm!
Job Summary:
The Industrial Athletic Trainer will plan, coordinate, and supervise all components of a work-site injury management and health improvement program for employees. Unique skills of an industrial athletic trainer include a focus on injury prevention and evaluation, ergonomic risk assessments and corrective action planning, OSHA emergency/first aid treatment, health education, and work-site health promotion and marketing activities.
Position Responsibilities:
- Perform comprehensive wellness assessments and ergonomic risk analyses
- Develop and implement site-specific wellness initiatives and programs
- Use innovative, creative solutions and employee empowerment to design and implement ergonomic interventions
- Provide first-aid treatment and management for musculoskeletal complaints including the use of ice, heat, wellness stretches, massage, tape techniques, and non-rigid bracing
- Provide orthopedic injury assessments. As per state practice act, this position Does not provide rehabilitation services but will participate in education and injury prevention
- Coordinate and implement treatment plans that incorporate therapeutic exercise, modalities and work conditioning as necessary
- Perform data analysis and execute administrative tasks including, but not limited to, collection of data, completion of forms, documenting patient files, and generating reports for return on investment and budgets
- Create an environment of trust and care, allowing workers to take responsibility to reduce or eliminate actions under their control that contribute to injury and illness
- Communicate regularly with safety personnel regarding rehab and injury prevention activities and be a patient advocate for non-occupational injuries
- Attend meetings and serve on committees as requested by client
- Opportunity to author articles for various newsletters and the company Intranet site as needed
- Position may require proof of COVID-19 vaccination
Position Qualifications:
Required:
- Minimum of 2 years of athletic training experience
- Bachelor’s degree in related field
- Board of Certification (BOC) certified
- State licensure/certification
- Current First Aid/CPR/AED certification
- Willing to travel to various client locations
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships with client and employees
Preferred:
- Knowledge of OSHA Recordability and worker’s compensation
- Proficient with MS Office
- Previous ergonomic and/or occupational health experience
- CEAS and/or OSHA10 certification
Benefits:
- $1000 continuing education reimbursement
- All access membership to MedBridge for online CEUs
- All AT necessary re-certification and licensing fees reimbursed
- Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), PTO and holidays
- Career growth opportunities – Clinic/Site Lead, Team Lead, Division Manager, Division Sr. Manager.
- Pivot Onsite is growing – there could be other opportunities as we gain more contracts
- Mentorship Program – New employees will be automatically enrolled in our 10 week mentoring program to help with a seamless transition to our occupational health setting