Our vacancies
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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Medical Research Assistant- Liverpool FC
Liverpool Football Club are seeking a Medical Research Assistant on a one year fixed term contract commencing in August. For further details can be found on their website with the Closing Date being Wednesday 19 June 2019
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Assistant SEM/MSK specialist
Consultant SEM/MSK physician in a private hospital practice in central London, looking for an assistant 1 to 2 sessions per week. Applicants must be on the specialist register and also be recognised by the major medical insurance companies.
Please send cv to: info@sports-injury-diagnosis.co.uk
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Assistant Professor in Sports and Exercise Medicine
The University of Nottingham is recruiting for the above teaching post in their Department of Rheumatology, Orthopaedics and Dermatology. .
Closing date: Monday 10th June.
Interview date: Monday 17th June
Salary: £36261 to £48677 per annum (pro-rata if applicable) depending on skills and experience. Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance.
More information: Assistant Professor in Sports and Exercise Medicine
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Audit Role for Rugby Medical Standards
CSM, the major sport and entertainment company, is seeking to appoint a Medical Standards Auditor to assist with the delivery of its contract. If you are interested and wish to find out more information, full details along with contact of James Bunbury, Senior Account Manager are on the attached advert.
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SEM/MSK Consultant Physician
The Blackberry Clinic Group is currently recruiting for full and part-time salaried Musculoskeletal and Sports Physicians in its 10 clinics across England and Scotland. These are Milton Keynes, Guildford, Oxford, Brighton, Croydon, Aberdeen, Havant, Ipswich, Exeter and Lichfield.
The applicants must be a SEM/ MSK Physician on the specialist register. However they can be A+E specialists, Orthopaedic surgeons, Rehab physicians or rheumatologists.The Blackberry Clinic Group is looking to employ specialists to undertake clinical sessions on a regular basis as well as further training and clinical development in the field of MSK and SEM medicine. They will be based in a single clinic or geographical cluster of clinics but may be asked to cover absence or holiday in any of the Blackberry Group Clinics.
The applicants will be expected to have good clinical MSK skills including being competent to inject peripheral joints and ideally experience in guided injections either with ultrasound or fluoroscopy. These skills will be developed through in-house training and appropriate clinical courses to allow the doctor to undertake a wide range of peripheral and spinal injections under fluoroscopic and ultrasound guidance in due course. The clinical training courses will be through individual mentoring, the Blackberry Education program and the Spine Intervention Society.
The applicant will be expected to partake in regular clinical sessions seeing appropriate patients as well as observing other physicians in the team and having supervised treatment lists while training. They will be expected to work with other practitioners to both learn and teach new skills and provide CPD sessions for their clinic and the wider Blackberry Group CPD programme.
They will also be expected to present at appropriate teaching sessions both locally and nationally while working with the Blackberry Clinic. Training and education are key aspects of the Blackberry Group’s work with provision of national and international teaching and presentations. The applicant would be expected to take part in these opportunities for the Group. A generous study leave budget and protected time to encourage professional development is included, this will be extra to training in spinal injections either through the Blackberry Education courses or via the International Spine Intervention Society as part of their ongoing training.
Salary is commensurate with experience starting at £85 – £110,000 FTE, (self-employment with fee share is also an option).There is also a significant bonus related to key performance indicators linked to improved clinical activity with more information available on request.
- Full registration with GMC
- On the specialist register
Desirable criteria:
- Diploma or MSc in Sports and Exercise Medicine or Musculoskeletal Medicine
- Experience in either ultrasound or fluoroscopically guided injections
- Previous research and/or lecturing experience
To apply please submit your CV and a covering letter to Dr Simon Petrides
simonp@blackberryclinic.co.uk including current salary and notice period.
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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
