Description:
Our client, a prominent and world renowned specialty hospital, based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, is currently looking to employ a Board Certified Consultant Sports Medicine doctor to join their growing team. This hospital is closely affiliated with one of the worlds best regarded rehabilitation hospitals, based in Chicago, United States.
The primary role of the sports medicine physician in competitive sport is the comprehensive health management of the elite athlete to facilitate optimal performance – the diagnosis and treatment of injuries and illnesses associated with exercise to improve athlete performance.
To ensure success, sports medicine physicians should be critical thinkers with the ability to completely rehabilitate an injured athlete through accurate diagnoses and effective treatment. Top candidates will have incredible problem-solving skills, exhibit confidence when instructing injured athletes, and have the ability to closely monitor the entire rehabilitation process.
Sports Medicine Physician Responsibilities:
- Providing comprehensive diagnoses and treatments of sports or activity-related injuries
- Using manual techniques to prevent and treat muscular and skeletal conditions.
- Providing athletes and non-athlete patients with education and counseling related to their injury.
- Implementing mental strategies that enable athletes to cope with and overcome setbacks or injuries.
- Providing nutritional guidance to assist with the rehabilitation process.
- Ordering and interpreting results of diagnostic imaging procedures.
- Recording all medical care information and maintaining medical records.
- Evaluating athletes prior to sports participation to determine predisposition to injury.
- Coordinating sports care activities with other medical experts.
- Informing and counseling coaches and trainers on the medical condition of athletes.
- Supervising the entire rehabilitation process.
- Developing and implementing procedures for dealing with emergency injury situations.
- Conducting research into the prevention and treatment of injuries or medical conditions.
- Developing and prescribing exercise programs to condition rehabilitated athletes.
· Sports medicine physicians are expected to have remarkable listening and decision-making skills and must display sound judgment.
Sports Medicine Physician Requirements:
- Thorough understanding of sports culture and the ability to display sound judgment.
- Ability to communicate and interact closely with all patients.
- Tailor strategies that assist athletes in overcoming difficulties, improving performance, and preparing for competition.
- Work with a multidisciplinary team including Physical Medicine and rehabilitation doctors, Neurologists, psychologists, nutritionists, GPs, coaches, and physiologists.
- Equip athletes with mental strategies to cope with and overcome setbacks or injuries.
- Innovative thinker with strong conceptual and problem-solving skills.
- Superb research and counseling skills.
- Profound listening and planning skills.
- Passionate about enhancing the self-efficacy of athletes.