Head of Medical

The Head of Medical is responsible for the strategic leadership, governance, and operational delivery of all medical services across Barnet FC, London Bees FC, and Barnet FC Academy.

The role is accountable for ensuring the highest standards of sports medicine, injury prevention, rehabilitation, player welfare, and clinical governance are consistently delivered across all three programmes. Working closely with coaching, performance, recruitment, and football operations staff, the Head of Medical will lead and develop a multidisciplinary medical department that supports player availability, optimises performance, and safeguards the long-term health and wellbeing of all players.

The successful candidate will oversee a team of sports medicine professionals across each club, ensuring consistency in medical standards, policies, documentation, communication, and evidence-based practice while fostering a high-performance culture aligned with the Club's football philosophy.

• Lead, manage and develop the medical departments across Barnet FC First Team, London Bees FC and Barnet FC Academy.
• Establish and maintain a unified medical philosophy across all football programmes.
• Provide strategic direction for the delivery of medical services and player healthcare.
• Line manage all employed and contracted medical staff.
• Conduct regular performance reviews, mentoring and professional development for departmental staff.
• Promote a collaborative, accountable and high-performance working culture.
• Ensure all medical services operate in accordance with FA, National League, Women's Football Pyramid, EFL best practice, EFL Academy standards (where applicable), and HCPC/CSP/SST professional guidelines.
• Develop, review and maintain departmental policies, protocols and standard operating procedures.
• Ensure appropriate clinical governance, risk management and safeguarding procedures are in place.
• Maintain comprehensive, confidential and GDPR-compliant medical records.
• Lead regular medical audits and departmental quality assurance processes.
• Oversee the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injured players across all squads.
• Ensure appropriate return-to-play and return-to-performance decision-making using evidence-based practice.
• Provide clinical support for complex or long-term injury cases.
• Coordinate referrals to consultants, surgeons, imaging providers and external specialists.
• Monitor player health, illness management and overall wellbeing.
• Work collaboratively with coaching and performance departments to minimise injury risk and maximise player availability.
• Lead the implementation of injury prevention strategies.
• Support training load management through collaboration with Sports Science staff.
• Contribute to player performance through integrated multidisciplinary planning.
• Analyse injury trends and provide recommendations to improve squad availability.
• Attend Barnet FC Home and Away fixtures.
• Ensure appropriate medical cover is provided for all training sessions and fixtures across Barnet FC, London Bees FC and Academy programmes.
• Maintain emergency action plans and ensure compliance with relevant competition regulations.
• Ensure all medical equipment, emergency supplies and medications are appropriately maintained and available.
• Act as the primary medical advisor to senior football leadership.
• Provide regular medical updates to coaching staff while maintaining appropriate confidentiality.
• Work collaboratively with recruitment regarding medical screening and player due diligence.
• Produce regular departmental reports covering injury status, player availability and service delivery.
• Lead pre-signing medical examinations.
• Oversee seasonal screening and musculoskeletal profiling.
• Develop medical risk assessments for player recruitment.
• Maintain baseline testing protocols across all squads.
• Manage departmental budgets effectively.
• Oversee procurement of medical equipment and supplies.
• Develop relationships with external healthcare providers and consultants.
• Ensure efficient allocation of staffing and resources across all football programmes.
• Promote continuing professional development across the medical department.
• Deliver educational sessions for players and staff on injury prevention, recovery, nutrition, sleep, hydration and player wellbeing.
• Support placement students, interns and developing practitioners.
• Encourage research, innovation and evidence-based clinical practice.
• Ensure compliance with FA, FIFA, UEFA, National League and relevant competition medical regulations.
• Maintain appropriate professional registration and indemnity.
• Support anti-doping education and compliance procedures.
• Uphold safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion standards across the department.