Liverpool FC - Full Time 1st Team Physician

LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB - 1st Team Physician


Liverpool Football Club is seeking an experienced sports and exercise physician for a full time position as Team Physician. The successful applicant will report to Dr Peter Brukner, Head of Sports Medicine and Sports Science, and will be involved in the care of the first team squad including training and match days.

The successful applicant will have outstanding clinical assessment and treatment skills, outstanding communication skills, and will need to possess a very strong work ethic. They will need be familiar with and comfortable working in the unique environment of an elite professional sporting team. They will need honesty, directness and discretion and perhaps above all, they will need to be able to work well as part of a structured medical and sports science team.

The successful applicant must:

• Be of good standing on the GMC GP Register, or the GMC Specialist Register

• Hold a Postgraduate Diploma or MSc in Sport and Exercise Medicine

• Be a Member or Fellow of the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine

• Have at least two or more years experience as a team doctor at an elite level of sport, preferably football

• Be able to show evidence of ongoing CPD, in accordance with the FA Rules, and annual medical appraisal in the major speciality of their work portfolio

• Have passed a pitch-side immediate trauma care course in the last year (FA Resuscitation + Emergency Aid Certification or equivalent)

• Hold appropriate medical indemnity insurance including Sport and Exercise Medicine

• possess excellent communication as well as personal organisational skills.

All interested parties should submit a cover letter briefly explaining why you are suitable for this position and return electronically along with an electronic copy of your CV by 20 May 2010 to:

recruitment@liverpoolfc.tv - Please as the subject put in Team Physician.

Liverpool Football Club is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The club expects all staff to share this commitment.