Job Description
Our Values are simply the things that are most important to us and will be demonstrated through the way in which we behave in achieving our business objectives. Our people are at the centre of the delivery of our Club Values.
As a Casual Academy Doctor you will be responsible for contribtuting towards the co-oridnation and co-leading for sports medicine services at the Academy. The successful applicant will be responsible for the assessment and management of injuries and illness sustained across the Academy age-groups as part of a multidisciplinary team during their hours of work. They will also have a role in contributing towards departmental continued professional development aimed at maximising player performance, enhancing recovery and retrun to play processes/protcols.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Be available to cover adhoc Academy fixtures on a session basis within the U18 and U21 squads as required and able.
- Work on a sessional basis with Academy medical staff in the assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries sustained within the Academy.
- Contribute to and lead matchday timeline for medical staff (e.g. medication and trauma bag check, medical team meeting, designate cardiac arrest or extrication roles, moulage/run through).
- Keep accurate up to date medical records of all clinical encounters with injures
players, and record them on the club medical database.
- Maintain excellent communication and inter-departmental collaboration with all
other facets of the Academy to ensure that the standards expected are upheld at
all times.
- Participate and deliver CPD sessions within the team, contributing to the research
and development aspect of paediatric sports medicine within FFC’s elite
development programme.
- Help review and ammend emergency guidelines, EAPs and protocol for the Academy.
- Take an active contributary role in clinical governance, including cardiac screening,
concussion management, medical screening, drug management (e.g. anti-doping,
prescribing) and emergency activities (e.g. defibrillator database and green bag
equipment).
- To liaise with the head of department, doctors, physiotherapists, sports scientist,
nutritionist, sports therapist, psychologists and other members of the medical
team, regarding player performance, assessment and rehabilitation of injury and
return to play
SAFEGUARDING
Fulham Football Club acknowledges that everyone has a responsibility for the wellbeing and safety of children, young people
and adults at risk who are under the Club’s care or utilising the Club’s facilities.
As part of Fulham Football Club’s commitment to providing a safe environment for children and adults at risk the Club
requires all staff in child, young person and ‘adult at risk’ facing roles:
• To be clear about the clubs responsibilities when running activities for these groups;
• Will have read and understood the suite of safeguarding policies including safeguarding children policy, adults at risk
policy, anti-bullying policy, whistleblowing and equality policy;
• Understand and promote staff and players code of conduct;
• Will understand how to refer a concern;
• To be consistent role models;
• To complete the Fulham safer Working Practice Workshop as part of induction and the FA Safeguarding Children
workshop; and
• To monitor repeated incidents of poor behaviour and liaise with their DSO or Head of Safeguarding.
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
We are committed to supporting an environment where all staff have a personal responsibility to uphold the Club’s Equal
Opportunities Policy by treating fellow employees, prospective employees, casual workers, prospective casual workers, players,
prospective players and customers fairly and impartially.
