Chief Medical Officer in Burton upon Trent

The FA are looking for a Chief Medical Officer to deliver strategic medical leadership and clinical governance across England teams, ensuring the highest standards of medical governance and clinical practice. The role provides guidance and standards to medical practitioners across our Men’s, Women’s and Para teams to ensure player health and welfare. The CMO will set medical policy, liaise with football stakeholders to agree clinical standards, oversee cardiac screening across English football, and act as the principal medical authority on ethical, regulatory and risk-related matters.

Please include a covering letter with your application, clearly outlining why you are interested in the opportunity and how you meet the criteria.

What will you be doing?

• Provide strategic leadership for medical governance across England teams, ensuring governance frameworks are robust, regularly reviewed and formally documented.
• Lead the identification, assessment and management of clinical risks, ensuring timely escalation and mitigation to safeguard the health, safety and wellbeing of England players.
• Chair and lead cross-pathway medical governance forums to drive consistent, evidence-based best practice across:

• Cardiac screening
• Medicines management and controlled drugs
• Medical records and data governance
• Injury surveillance
• Medical indemnity and healthcare costs
• Medical equipment standards

As part of the FA's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football, every employee will be required to complete a DBS check. The level of the check required will be based on the activity of the specific job role and in line with legislation and government guidance.

What are we looking for?

Essential for the role:

• Specialist registration in Sport & Exercise Medicine or equivalent significant experience at senior leadership level in sport.
• ATMMiF certificate or equivalent.
• Detailed understanding of the requirements of medical provision and “what it takes to win” in elite sport, ideally football.
• Evidence of working with high integrity and professional independence.
• Calm, authoritative, and credible in high-pressure and public-facing contexts.
• Experience of working across multidisciplinary teams.
• Be self-motivated and able to proactively lead and implement strategy.
• Have excellent written communication skills with attention to detail in written documents.

Beneficial to have:

• Have a solid understanding of medical provision in a variety of sporting contexts, across male, female, professional, international and grassroots competition.
• Experience in commissioning or leading research.
• Familiarity with the current scientific evidence base relating to brain health in sport.
• Familiarity with the FA's emergency pitchside care courses and the wider background of emergency pitchside care in sport.
• Familiarity with the principles of cardiac screening in sport.

What’s in it for you?

We are committed to ensuring everyone can flourish in their roles. The FA offers unique facilities, including Wembley National Stadium and St. George's Park, with a world-class Elite Performance Centre. We provide a competitive salary and a range of benefits, including:

• Access to event day tickets at Wembley Stadium and regular internal events.
• Free, nutritious lunches at Wembley Stadium and St. George's Park.
• Free private medical cover.
• A contributory pension scheme.
• Additional leave and volunteering days, plus 25 days annual leave (based on a full-time, permanent contract).
• A hybrid working model offering flexibility.

For more information on what it is like to work at The FA, please visit our FA Careers page.

We are a diverse workplace, aspiring to represent football across the country. The Football Association actively promotes inclusion and diversity, encouraging you to be the best version of yourself at work. We welcome applications from everyone and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. If you have any particular requirements in respect of the recruitment or interview process, please mention this during your application.