Careers in SEM
Careers in Sport and Exercise Medicine can be varied in this broad-based specialty and SEM practitioners tend to work with in a multi-disciplinary team. SEM practitioners can work in a number of settings providing medical care across the NHS and sport and exercise at all levels.
SEM in the NHS
Sport and Exercise Medicine (SEM) services in the NHS are flexible and can be delivered in primary, secondary and intermediate care settings. SEM physicians and consultants work in the NHS delivering Exercise Medicine Services and providing SEM led Musculoskeletal Services.
Currently 19 NHS trusts in England employ SEM Consultants*. As growing numbers of medical professionals choose to specialise in the area. the Faculty is actively working to increase the number of Sport and Exercise Medicine positions in the NHS.
(*source Heath Education England Medical medical workforce planning programme for Sport and Exercise Medicine 2016)
Job Vacancies
Vacancies advertised on our website are provided by third parties; we have no control over the content of the advertisements and accept no responsibility for them. Vacancies listed on the Faculty website do not imply Faculty endorsement.
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Consultant in Sport and Exercise Medicine or Rheumatology or Rehabilitation Medicine at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre Stanford Hall.
The post is for an enthusiastic and dedicated consultant delivering 10 programmed activities (PAs) per week of musculoskeletal rehabilitation to injured service personnel.
Further details and an application process can be found on BMJ Careers.
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Locum GPs with Diploma in SEM required to work in MoD settings – vacancies nationwide
Locum GPs with Diploma in Sport and Exercise Medicine (SEM) required to cover part time posts at various MoD’s Regional Rehabilitation Units nationwide. The successful candidates will work as part of a multidisciplinary team looking after Military patients with complex musculoskeletal sport, exercise and training injuries and will provide a range of investigations and treatment interventions such as Musculoskeletal ultrasounds, Injections Therapy and Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy. Part time vacancies available at the following locations:
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
- Sleaford, Lincolnshire
- Colchester, Essex
- Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Prior MoD experience is not essential.
For further details, please call Sandra Needham on 0208 943 8235 or email Sandra.Needham@militarymedicalpersonnel.com
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Useful resources
NHS Job Plans and Service Description (explains SEM within the context of the NHS): download here
NHS Health Careers – Sport and Exercise Medicine overview
NHS medical careers events: view here
A Fresh Approach in Practice documents: promoting SEM in the NHS: download here
