Manager of Performance Medicine Aspetar

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Strategic Leadership & Vision:

• Develop and implement a strategic roadmap for performance medicine emphasizing sustainable athlete health and peak performance.
• Serve as the authoritative medical and performance lead for the athletics team, shaping medical policies and protocols that reflect best practices and innovation.
• Lead initiatives to integrate emerging research and technologies into performance medicine to maintain Qatar s competitive edge in athletics.
• Drive long-term capacity building of the sports medicine program, including talent development, team expansion, and resource allocation.

Clinical and Performance Oversight:

• Manage comprehensive athlete health programs, including injury surveillance, prevention, diagnostics, rehabilitation, and return-to-play processes tailored to athletics disciplines.
• Oversee pre-participation medical screening, continuous health monitoring, and customized care planning.
• Lead clinical management of complex medical cases, coordinating with specialists and external providers to optimize athlete recovery and longevity.
• Utilize data-driven approaches to monitor training load, recovery, and injury risk in partnership with coaches and sports scientists.
• Implement and advance evidence-based protocols for performance testing, biomechanical analysis, and movement screenings.
• Provide pitch-side and training-ground medical coverage as required.
• Oversee and coordinate return-to-play protocols in close collaboration with coaches, physiotherapists and strength & conditioning specialists.
• Ensure early detection and management of conditions that may affect performance, including overtraining, fatigue, and nutritional deficiencies.
• Apply physiological, metabolic, and recovery principles to support peak performance.
• Lead initiatives on athlete health optimization, such as sleep hygiene, hydration, and immune support programs.
• Participate in inter multidisciplinary case reviews to align medical, physical, and psychological strategies for each athlete.
• Adhere to and actively promote the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) principles and regulations with regard to the use of drugs in sport. Abide by the spirit and letter of the WADA Code, and the ASPETAR/NSMP Anti-Doping Position Statement.

Performance Optimization:

• Drive the use of integrated medical and performance data to enhance athlete development and peak performance and practices to support success at major competitions.
• Collaborate closely with coaches and sport scientists on training load monitoring, recovery strategies, assessments, and injury prevention initiatives.
• Lead the implementation of evidence-based performance testing and movement screening protocols.

Team and Program Management:

• Establish and assist in recruiting a multidisciplinary team of appropriately experienced and well qualified practitioners that will support to drive World Best technical standards and performance direction.
• Provide leadership and expertise supporting sports medical practitioners in their development. Actively driving the department to be better every day.
• Ensure appropriate engagement with and maintenance of medical records, documentation and the secure athlete management system across the entire team.
• Establish medical policies that encompass best practice operational processes.
• Lead patient safety initiatives, ensuring annual completion of organizational competencies and compliance with Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital protocols.
• Assume or accept any other responsibilities as assigned by the direct supervisor within the position role and responsibility.
• Patient Safety: -Attend and successfully complete competencies which focus on patient safety initiatives implemented within Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital. Patient Safety Training is an annual requirement, to include all organizational leaders, staff, service, and contracted providers.

Governance and Collaboration:

• Develop and implement medical governance frameworks to ensure a safe environment for athletes during training and competition, in partnership with relevant stakeholders, in partnership with the Lead Doctor.
• Lead education, support, and adherence to anti-doping policies and regulations.
• Manage staff, external contractors, and quality assurance processes related to service provision.
• Work alongside the Head Coach and Head of Performance Support to foster an interdisciplinary high-performance environment focused on sustainable athlete success.