Club Doctor – Season 2022

Job Overview

This role will consist of providing Williamstown VFL & VFLW teams with medical support and assisting in the coordination of the overall medical department.

Key Responsibilities

• liaise with Physio’s regarding the injury status of players throughout the week
• Provide players treatment as required
• Assist with Players booking or requiring referrals to specialists, imaging or collecting scripts and advise GM-Football of these requirements
• Maintain database as prescribed by the Club of ALL player treatments
• Work with other Medical Staff and Coaching Staff
• Liaise with GM-Football with any other player issues
• Assist GM-Football for any medical claims under Medicare and / or JLT Insurance
• Understand, and abide by Sport Integrity Australia’s Code of Conduct and Rules in relation to prohibited substances

Pre-Season:

• Attend at least one training per week to oversee any ongoing issues and “be on call as readily as possible”

VFL: In-Season:

• Provide a written medical plan following matches to assist Medical Staff which ensures the efficiency of the medical department and priorities the requirements of players
• Attend Tuesday night training to assess and treat players as required
• Be the Medical Team Representation at the Coaching Staff meeting (Tuesday Night) in season to provide a verbal report on the injury availability of all players
• Provide clear and concise feedback to the Coaching Staff as to why a particular player has been deemed either eligible or ineligible to play
• Email injury availability report to Director of Coaching, Football Operations Manager and Senior Coach on a weekly basis by the Wednesday of each week confirming the availability status of each player and the estimated return to play date
• Attend Match Day’s as fixtured to assess and treat players as required
• Conduct end of season medical screening on ALL listed players in conjunction with the Head Physio

VFLW: In-Season

• Provide support to the VFLW Doctor and medical team as necessary

Accreditation

• Bachelor of Medicine/Surgery/ Medical Science or equivalent (copy to be held on Club file)
• Basic First Aid / CPR (copy to be held on Club file)
• Working with Children’s Check (copy to be held on Club file)