In Association with:

The Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (FSEM)

European College of Sports and Exercise Physicians (ECOSEP)

The Society of Sports Therapists (SST)

British Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine (BIMM)

Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sport and Exercise Medicine (ACPSM)

Undergraduate Sports and Exercise Medicine Society (USEMS)

Click here to view the conference programme.

The Singapore Sports Institute (SSI) develops Singapore’s sporting talents by integrating Sports Science and Medicine to transform Singapore’s sporting talents into champions.

The SSI is seeking to employ a Sports Medicine Physician cum Medical Director to support our athletes in the following roles:-

Provide patient care and injury management in a multi-disciplinary team including physiotherapists, trainers and sports scientists;
Lead in the training and development of SSI medical and allied health staffs;
Lead in the development of Sports Medicine in SSI and in Singapore;
Organise and operate medical coverage for local and overseas sports events e.g. Asian Games and Olympic Games.

Requirements:

Basic medical degree and relevant post-graduate qualifications;
Specialist training in Sports Medicine and registered with the national governing body for medical specialists;
Suitable for registration with the Ministry of Health and Specialists Accredition Board in Singapore;
Active clinical practice for at least 5 years as a Sports Medicine specialist;
Experience managing elite athletes will be an advantage.

To learn more about our organisation, please visit our website: www.ssc.gov.sg

Please submit your application at http://career.ssc.gov.sg

A Match Doctor providing shared duties is required from August 2013. This is a good opportunity for Doctors new to Sports Medicine or a GP with a special interest in SEM

Role: Provide match cover for Home games (shared/liaison with Dr G Davies, probably 20+ matches per season. Games last 3 – 4 hours (both teams). There will be no crowd duties.

Fee: Negotiable (approx. £135 per match)

Qualifications Required: Medical Degree; Interest in Sports Medicine; Resusciation certificate (preferably REMO, AREA or similar).

General Information:

The Steelers are a Professional Ice Hockey Team in the UK Elite League. They play 2 matches each weekend (usually 1 home/1 away), either Saturday evening/Sunday afternoon and some cup matches (usually Wednesday) in season from September to April.

Home matches are played at the Sheffield Arena, South Yorkshire, >5000 crowds.

Dr Gawain Davies, Medical Officer invites expressions of interest to be received by 14th June 2013.
Please email: gawain.davies@nhs.net

A three and a half day residential clinical skills course aimed at enhancing delegates skills in the assessment of musculoskeletal injury. The course is an amalgamation of BASEM’s previous upper and lower limb courses and is aimed at General Practitioners, GP registrars and Specialist Registrars with an interest in sport and musculoskeletal medicine.

The BASEM Clinical Skills Course is intended for delegates wishing to increase their knowledge and clinical skills in Sport and Exercise Medicine. It would be suitable for those progressing beyond the Foundation stage, those already involved with sports teams or individual athletes, but whom wish to enhance their knowledge and skill base and those who are working towards the Diploma in Sport and Exercise Medicine or considering applying for a Consultant in SEM training course.

The course is open to any Doctor. It is also open to Allied Medical Professionals and Medical Students, provided they have background knowledge at a level suitable to benefit from this course. This will depend on the individuals CV.

It is essential that the attendee already has a good understanding of anatomy and has good musculoskeletal examination skills.

Further information and online booking available by clicking on Education from the BASEM website home page.

Post: 0.1 FTE Hours Split over 2 Days + Match-Day Cover
Interview Date: TBC

Gloucester Rugby seek to appoint an SEM Physician to service the sports and exercise medicine needs of its full-time senior and academy squads on a part-time basis. The successful applicant will report to the Head of Medical Services and Director of Rugby.

Key tasks will include involvement in Acute Injury Diagnosis and Management, Injury and Illness Prevention, Rehabilitation and Performance Medicine. There will be a clinical governance and management role within the post. The successful candidate will hold a Diploma in Sports and Exercise Medicine or equivalent and be on the GMC’s Specialist Register for SEM. Essential is previous contact sport experience which would ideally have been within an elite, multi-disciplinary team environment. It would be desirable for applicants to have a GP Background, sound MSK USS skills and the RFU’s ICIS Pitch-Side Qualification (or suitable equivalent to allow application for exemption until RFU Course completed).

The role will be part-time, ideally 2 mornings per week plus match-day cover for the majority of Premiership, Anglo-Welsh and European Competitions.

Start Date: 1st July 2013
Salary Bracket: £40 – 45K Dependent on Experience

To apply for this position, please email a covering letter and CV to Bob Stewart, Head of Medical Services at bobstewart@gloucesterrugby.co.uk

Gloucester Rugby Ltd
Kingsholm Stadium
Kingsholm Road
Gloucester
GL1 3AX

T: 0871 871 8781
W: www.gloucesterrugby.co.uk

We are in the process of putting together the content for the next BASEM BJSM issue which will go out in November this year. We will be keeping to the principle of articles that influence clinical practice and including a broad range of subjects. However we will also be focusing on two mini themes and would like to particularly encourage members to submit articles for these topics.

The two themes are:

1. Pain and the athlete  - following on from the 2012 conference session
   1. Acute and chronic pain management
   2. Unusual pain presentations in athletes
   3. Challenges of pain management in athletes
   4. etc
   5. Wrist injuries
      1. Diagnosis
      2. Management
      3. etc

Original research, reviews and educational pieces broadly relevant to either of these topics would be welcome for consideration. In addition we are looking for a series of case studies on central sensitisation / unusual pain presentations in athletes to publish online and link to a key educational / review article in the print issue.

All papers will have to go through the usual submission process by the BJSM reviewers, however we will do all we can to support members’ submissions and help get them up to the required standard for publication.

If you have any ideas for papers you would like to submit (or have recently submitted a potentially relevant article) then please contact Eleanor Tillett (ejtillett@doctors.org.uk).

All articles need to be submitted for review via the BJSM website by June 1^st.

Many thanks for considering this and we look forward to being able to promote some of BASEM members’ work in the next issue.

Best wishes

Eleanor Tillett

BASEM Secretary

Tournament Sport Physician Required for Tennis

A Sports Physician is required for the AEGON Classic international women’s tournament taking place at The Edgbaston Priory Club, Edgbaston, Birmingham:-  http://www.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/LTA-summer-grass-court-events/AEGON-Classic/

The tournament runs from Monday 10^th to Sunday 16^th June inclusive but the Sports Physician will be required for the Qualifying as well (Saturday 8^th and Sunday 9^th June) and to be on site from 1300hrs on Friday 6^th June onwards.

Preference will be given to applicants who are based locally but some travel expenses, and accommodation on site, are available if necessary.

This is a WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) event for female international tennis players who are playing on the world tour and the sports physician will only be responsible for the players (there is a separate Crown Doctor employed for this event).  The main draw players will be ranked within the world’s top 100, and the event is one of only 54 WTA tournaments staged across the globe.

Applicants must have a post-graduate qualification in Sport and Exercise Medicine and be Fellows or Members of the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine

Applicants must carry appropriate malpractice insurance with Third Party Cover.  The Medical Defence Union (MDU) now excludes Third Party Cover from all their policies and this is not acceptable for International events run in association with the LTA.  Sports Physicians who are insured by the MDU will not be considered for this post.

Applicants should contact Dr Michael Turner, the LTA Chief Medical Adviser, and forward a current CV and a copy of their current Malpractice Insurance Certificate to –

Michael.Turner@LTA.org.uk

Details of remuneration, accommodation and travel will be available at that stage.

Dr Michael Turner MB BS, FFSEM

Chief Medical Adviser

Lawn Tennis Association

100 Priory Lane

London SW15 5JQ

Tel       0208-487-7121

Fax      0208-487-7308

Lead Physician required for the Department of Musculoskeletal Medicine Tier II

Salary:  £74,505 per annum, pro rata

An opportunity has arisen for a Consultant in MSK and SEM in the Department of Musculoskeletal, Sport and Exercise Medicine.  The post offers 8 sessions per week, but there is some flexibility so consideration may be given to applicants who wish to work up to 10 sessions or job-share.

You will be required:-

• To work as the Lead Physican for the Tier 2 Musculoskeletal service within ACE.
• To receive referrals from other health professionals (primarily GP’s) regarding patients with musculoskeletal and/or exercise/activity-related problems.
• To provide a high standard consultation, investigation, diagnosis and treatment service for such patients.
• To communicate with the patients GP.
• To advise the referral and booking service where problems arise triaging patients with musculoskeletal problems.
• To attend meetings as required, relevant to the current and future running of the service.
• To mentor the Extended Scope Physiotherapists within the service.
• To be proactive as regards the development of the service

You will need to maintain spread sheets for audit purposes and record all consultations on Systm1.  Secretarial support is provided.

X Ray, MRI, CT, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine, Pathology and all usual investigative facilities are available.  Facilities for joint and soft tissue injection are also available.

Links with ACE and Colchester Hospital Physiotherapist Services and ACE podiatry service are in place.

You will need to have:-

• Higher qualifications and experience in Sport and Exercise or Musculoskeletal Medicine
• Considerable practical experience in Musculoskeletal Medicine
• The ability to perform joint and soft tissue injections
• The ability to record consultations on an IT system.

For more information please contact Dr Paul Marfleet – 01206 286805 (Monday and Thursday PM and all day Tuesdays and Wednesdays or email paul.marfleet@acecic.nhs.uk

To apply for the post or to view the job description visit www.jobs.nhs.uk

Closing date for applications:  Friday 15^th March 2013

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 27^th March 2013

Specialty Training posts in SEM, Specialty Registratar Levels 3 – 6

Applications are invited for Specialty Training posts in Sport and Exercise Medicine Specialty Registrar Levels 3 – 6.

Job Reference: <TBA>

2 The number of vacancies for each deanery/UoA can be viewed here: http://www.eastmidlandsdeanery.nhs.uk; please note that not all deaneries may have posts available. Please be aware also that vacancy numbers can and do change throughout the recruitment round, so this webpage will only reflect post numbers at that particular point in time.

3 For more information on the qualifications required please see the 2013 sport and exercise medicine person specification at the following link:

http://www.mmc.nhs.uk/pdf/PS%202013%20ST3%20Sport%20and%20Exercise%20Medicine5.pdf

Applications are invited for Specialty Training posts in Sport and Exercise Medicine –

Specialty Registrar Levels 3 – 6.

East Midlands Healthcare Workforce Deanery is the Lead Deanery for recruitment to this specialty and will be recruiting to vacancies on behalf of all participating deaneries.

There will be vacancies for full ST3-6 four year programmes and for CESR (Top-up trainees) or Combined CESR  (CESR CP) candidates. You should state in your application whether you are applying for 1, 2, 3 or 4 years of training. Please note some deaneries will appoint applicants at ST3 level only. Applications will be restricted to those candidates who meet the eligibility and entry criteria as outlined in the person specification and the MMC Applicant Guidance.

All applications for this post must be submitted via the Intrepid Pathway website – https://secure.intrepidonline.co.uk/PATHWAY2013. We will accept applications from the opening date/time of 9.00am on 28^th February until the closing date/time of 9.00 am on 20^th March 2013.  It will not be possible to submit an application after this date/time.  Applications will only be accepted if submitted electronically and online via Intrepid Pathway

All candidates will need to hold full GMC registration and a license to practice at the time of appointment.

Doctors whose employment will require Tier 2 sponsorship, and who are subject to the Resident Labour Market Test (RLMT), may apply but can only be offered employment if there are no suitable candidates whose employment is not subject to the RLMT.

[Please note – RLMT-subject candidates requiring Tier 2 sponsorship can only be assigned a certificate of sponsorship within six months of this advert’s publication.]

All candidates will need to provide evidence of their immigration status. Normally this will consist of a passport (date-stamped where necessary) and accompanying letter from the Home Office. Please visit http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk for more information.

All training programmes are equally open to those who may, either from the outset or subsequently wish to train part-time (flexible training), if eligible, or job share.

In the event of further training opportunities becoming available in this specialty shortlisted candidates may also be considered for these posts.

Please note that the vacancies advertised are indicative and may be subject to change prior to interview.

 East Midlands Healthcare Workforce Deanery is committed to preventing discrimination and promoting equality. All our hospitals are working towards Equal Opportunities with flexible working practices. We aim to ensure that no employee or job applicant receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their age, colour, race, nationality or ethnic origin, religion or similar belief, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, trade union membership (or non-membership) or political affiliation.

The position you have applied for has been identified as a regulated or controlled activity within the terms of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (2006), and is eligible for a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check under the provisions of the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) regulations (as amended).

Before you can be considered for appointment in a position of trust as a trainee in this position, your employer must be satisfied about your character and suitability.

Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd November 2012 – BASEM Annual Congress at St Georges Park, Burton-On- Trent, Staffordshire.  Also Monday 4th June 2012 is the closing date for completion of BASEM Membership Survey.  If you have not received the survey link, please contact email: amandaharwood@basem.co.uk.

The NHS is opening its first specialist dance injury clinic, with hopes for others to follow around the UK.

It is part of a new National Institute of Dance Medicine and Science which is backed by Dance UK, Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Jerwood Centre for the Prevention and Treatment of Dance Injuries, Trinity Laban Conservatoire or Music and Dance, University of Wolverhampton, University of Birmingham and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital.

The clinic will offer highly specialised treatment and rehabilitation services.  The Institute also plans to conduct research into the treatment and prevention of dance injuries.

For further information please follow these links:-

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17846564

http://www.rnoh.nhs.uk/home/news/launch-national-institute-dance-medicine-and-science

The National Sports First Aid course seeks to make sport safer through improving the first aid knowledge and skills of people involved in sport and exercise.  The course, wh was originally devised by the National Sports Medicine Institute, has been completely updated and expanded and has been endorsed by a number of National Governing Bodies.  The course is 16 hours long (typically taught over 2 days) and is fully assessed – including CPR skills, practical scenario examination and written MCQ.  The course covers basic first aid with an emphasis on sports related injuries and is valid for 3 years.

For further information including course content, dates and costs, please contact Lisa O’Brien by phone on 0141 616 6169 or by email to lisa.o’brien@sportsmedicinecentre.org or visit the website at www.sportsmedicinecentre.org