What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sports Medicine Physician position at AIT Global Inc?
Job Title: Sports Medicine Physician
Location: Portsmouth, VA
Position Overview:
The contract Sports Medicine Physician will provide comprehensive outpatient musculoskeletal and sports medicine care in support of the Bone and Joint Sports Medicine Institute at NMCP. The physician will evaluate, diagnose, and manage acute and chronic orthopedic and sports-related conditions affecting active-duty servicemembers, retirees, and eligible beneficiaries.
This role requires strong clinical judgment, interdisciplinary collaboration, and a readiness-focused approach to restoring function, improving performance, and supporting return to duty, activity, or sport.
Duties include:
- Perform comprehensive histories, physical examinations, diagnostic assessments, and treatmentplanning for a wide range of musculoskeletal and sports medicine conditions.
- Evaluate overuse injuries, acute athletic injuries, concussion-related presentations, joint and soft tissuedisorders, and other conditions impacting readiness and performance.
- Order and interpret diagnostic studies and coordinate referrals, rehabilitation plans, and follow-up carewith orthopedic surgery, physical therapy, radiology, and other specialty services.
- Provide non-operative sports medicine management, including evidence-based treatment recommendations, activity modification, patient education, and procedural interventions within scopeand privileging requirements.
- Document all encounters in the electronic health record and support quality, safety, and multidisciplinarycollaboration consistent with military treatment facility standards.
Qualifications:
- M.D. or D.O. and successful completion of postgraduate training.
- Must have a current, valid, unrestricted medical license in at least one U.S. state, territory, orcommonwealth.
- A minimum of three (3) years of full-time clinical experience in Orthopedics or Sports Medicine within thelast five (5) years.
- Board Certified in Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Orthopedics,Preventive Medicine, or Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
- Must have successfully completed a minimum one-year Sports Medicine fellowship or hold a Certificateof Added/Additional Qualification in Sports Medicine.
- Must have a current individual Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration
- Must maintain current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; additional
- life support certifications may be required:
- This is a contract position working at a military facility. Must meet all credentialing,
- privileging, and background requirements, including U.S. citizenship if required by the installation.
Pay: $150.00 per hour
Work Location: In person
Salary : $150