The Medical Lead will lead a team of practitioners, establish and maintain world-class standards of medical provision, and work closely with coaches and multidisciplinary performance staff to minimise injury and illness risk and maximise athlete health, availability and performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and implement a performance medicine strategy centred on athlete education, proactive self-management and effective response to serious injury or illness.
- Lead the planning and management of medical services across the multi-sport programme, encompassing the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of injury and illness.
- Ensure programme athletes receive the highest standards of injury and illness prevention, treatment and medical care.
- Work collaboratively with coaches and performance support staff to minimise injury risk and maximise competitive performance through an individualised, performance-focused approach.
- Act as Team Doctor at agreed Al Qadsiah events and competitions.
- Maintain the highest standards of evidence-based clinical practice while encouraging innovation in support of athlete performance.
- Ensure medico-legal requirements are consistently maintained across the multi-sport medical department.
- Oversee the delivery of anti-doping policies, procedures and education across the multi-sport programme.
- Lead an appropriate Continuing Professional Development programme for members of the Al Qadsiah multi-sport medical team.
Knowledge & Experience
The successful candidate will bring significant experience operating within elite and high-performance sport, alongside the clinical expertise and leadership capability required to oversee medical provision across a multi-sport environment.
We are particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate:
- Extensive experience providing medical services to elite athletes and coaches.
- A strong track record of working within multidisciplinary high-performance teams.
- Experience developing and implementing medical education programmes and world-class standards of practice.
- The ability to appropriately modify training and rehabilitation programmes according to clinical need, working alongside coaches and other performance staff.
- Advanced competency in clinical examination, functional assessment and the medical management of sports injury and illness.
- The ability to evaluate musculoskeletal imaging, scientific data and relevant sports medicine and sports science literature.
- Experience in effective clinical interventions, including injection techniques and allied therapies.
- Experience travelling with teams to major senior international competitions, such as the Olympic or Paralympic Games, World or Continental Championships, or Commonwealth Games.
- Detailed MSK ultrasound knowledge and experience interpreting radiological imaging.
- Comprehensive knowledge and direct experience of anti-doping.
- An understanding of the cost-benefit considerations associated with medical service provision.
- Strong Arabic speaking skills.
Education & Qualifications
Candidates should have:
- Higher specialist training recognised by the GMC, or equivalent, in Sport & Exercise Medicine or Rheumatology & Rehabilitation, or be within six months of Specialist registration.
- A postgraduate qualification in Sports (and Exercise) Medicine at Diploma level, or equivalent, with verifiable clinical training in sports medicine.
About the Appointment
This is an opportunity to take a senior medical leadership position within an ambitious high-performance sporting environment and contribute directly to the development of Al Qadsiah’s multi-sport programmes and long-term competitive objectives.
Sporting Jobs are working exclusively with Al Qadsiah on this appointment.
For further information about the opportunity, please contact Harry Lynch at Sporting Jobs directly. All enquiries will be treated in the strictest confidence.
