Athletic Trainer

Athletic Trainer

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized.

Job Summary and Qualifications

Role Summary: The Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) is an ancillary health care provider, principle member of the sports medicine team, and provides direct clinical care, to include evaluation, treatment, prevention, rehabilitation, and therapeutic intervention of emergent, acute, and chronic athletic injuries and illnesses, and is qualified to make return-to-play decisions. The ATC serves as a medical liaison to coordinate and facilitate care with Providers and other clinicians, parents, coaches, school administration, co-workers, and hospital administration. The Athletic Trainer aligns with Mission Sports Medicine Physicians and maintains a clinical protocol on file with the NC Board of Athletic Trainer Examiners. Sports Medicine care is provided to professional and non-professional school age, adolescence, and early, middle, and late adult athletes participating in athletic events at off-site locations, to include schools and community events, at the discretion of the Supervisor, Medical Director, and/or Athletic Director. For Schools: The Athletic Trainer will be responsible for the medical care of the athlete for the entire calendar year, to include pre-season, mid season, and post –season. When the assigned school is hosting away teams, the Athletic Trainer will also be responsible for the medical care of the away athletes. Depending on the school, the Athletic Trainer will be responsible for multiple athletes at any given time:

• Private Schools: 150+ student athletes
• Middle Schools: 165+ student athletes
• High Schools: varies depending on classification (1A, 2A, 3A, or 4A), but could be 300+ student athletes

What Qualifications You Will Need:

• Required Education: Bachelor's degree in Athletic Training or related field
• Preferred Education: Master's degree in Athletic Training or related field
• Required License: North Carolina Athletic Training License (LAT) or eligible National Athletic Trainer's Association Board of Certification (ATC) or eligible Current CPR/AED certification or obtained by 1st day of employment Current, valid NC driver's license or obtain one within 30 days of employment Must by at least 21 years of age to meet Mission Health established insurance guidelines
• Preferred License: American Heart Association CPR Instructor
• Required Experience: Direct athletic training care in a collegiate or secondary school setting. Must be able to effectively and clearly communicate. Microsoft Office, Internet proficiency.
• Preferred Experience: Clinical affiliations in NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA, or professional athletics; injury tracking surveillance system and neurocognitive testing.

Benefits

Mission Hospital McDowell, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Mission Hospital McDowell, a member of Mission Health, an operating division of HCA Healthcare, is a community hospital serving McDowell, Burke and Rutherford counties. Located in Marion, North Carolina, Mission Hospital McDowell operates 30 beds, including 5 labor and delivery suites. Medical specialties offered include family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, emergency medicine, general surgery, orthopedics, urology, obstetrics and gynecology, and walk-in, non-emergency care at Mission My Care Now McDowell. Five of Mission Hospital McDowell's primary care practices have been recognized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services as Rural Health Clinics.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Athletic Trainer opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing - apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.