Date posted:   11/17/2020

Location:  Medical Arts and Research Building, surrounding hospitals, 8300 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio TX 78229

Closing Date:  open until filled

Position Purpose: To assist Dr. Bartush with all aspects of care including evaluating patients in the clinic setting, scrubbing in the OR, facilitating pre and post-operative care, and providing access for local sports teams to UTHealth Sports Medicine.

Essential Functions:  Facilitate seeing patient in clinic with activities to include:

• suture removal
• fitting of durable medical equipment
• dictation/documentation in the medial record
• peer to peer phone calls, scheduling, drawing up injections
• answering medically-related questions from patients, pharmacies, parents, and coaches and local ATCs

Facilitate OR cases with activities to include:

• Pre-operative patient optimization
• Intra-operative prepping, draping, suturing, graft prep, graft passage, suturing, and splinting

Qualifications:   Bachelor’s degree, Licensed ATC by Texas Department of Health

• Must have or obtain the MBCOT OTC certification*
• Basic principles of athletic training, kinesiology, & first aid
• General principles of supervision and training
• Interpersonal skills including courteous, timely communication
• Composure under pressure
• Willingness to learn medical record keeping
• Willingness to learn basic suturing, splinting, and graft preparation

Time Requirements:  8a-5p M/W/F, 7-4 T/Th

Contact:   Katherine C Bartush, MD  bartush@uthscsa.edu