The Carlton Football Club is committed to providing an industry-leading environment for players and football staff that supports high-performance outcomes and positive health.

The VFL doctor is primarily responsible for overseeing the health and wellbeing of VFL players, ensuring their safe and effective return to play following injury, and providing expert medical care across all aspects of their performance and health.

This role reports to the AFL Head Doctor and VFL Operations Coordinator and supports VFL players with training as well as gameday health, fitness and injury management. The role will assume the responsibility within the team structure for contributing to medical decisions that affect the players’ safe participation and will integrate medical expertise with other health care providers, including medical specialist, fitness staff and allied health professionals.

The VFL Doctor will be employed as an Independent Contractor on a Medical Services Agreement and as an AFL official, with a requirement to adhere to all AFL policies.