Casual Academy Physiotherapist

Liverpool Football Club; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

Liverpool Football Club is seeking an Academy Physiotherapist on a casual basis to provide player-centred physiotherapy to boys' academy players. You will support injury prevention, assessment, treatment and rehabilitation, working with the Academy Medical & Performance team and coaching staff.

You will cover training sessions and matches, maintain medical notes, and uphold safeguarding and confidentiality throughout all interactions with youth players.

Qualifications

• Chartered physiotherapist with HCPC registration.
• Full CSP membership including medical indemnity.
• Up-to-date Advanced Emergency Aid qualification (ITMMIF Level 4).
• FA Safeguarding Children course.
• UKAD Clean Sport Advisor.

Responsibilities

• Provide casual, ad hoc physiotherapy to boys' Academy players.
• Cover Academy Medical Team during training and matches.
• Liaise with coaching staff on players' injury status and availability.
• Deliver injury prevention and rehabilitation programmes.
• Maintain contemporaneous medical notes to professional standards.
• Ensure patient confidentiality and high professionalism.
• Attend FA CPD events and further training as required.

Skills

Chartered physiotherapist

HCPC registered

CSP membership

Advanced Emergency Aid (ITMMIF)

Professional conduct & confidentiality

Education

Chartered Physiotherapist

HCPC registration

Tools

First aid qualification

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to join our Liverpool FC team as a Academy Physiotherapist on a casual basis. What will you be doing? You will provide high-quality, player-centred physiotherapy services on a casual, ad hoc basis to players aged within the boys' Academy pathway. Working collaboratively with the Academy Medical & Performance team and coaching staff, the role supports injury prevention, assessment, treatment and all stages of rehabilitation to promote safe participation and return to training and competition. Care will be tailored to each player's age, stage of growth and development and individual needs, with safeguarding, welfare and long-term health central to delivery.

Responsibilities

• To provide cover and additional support for the Academy Medical Team when required, this will include attending training sessions and matches.
• To liaise with Academy coaching staff regarding players' injury status and availability
• Providing pitch side emergency aid for our young players at training sessions and games both at the Academy and at various locations within the UK.
• Maintaining contemporaneous medical notes to exemplary standard.
• Ensuring high levels of professionalism and patient confidentiality.
• To provide treatment and rehabilitation to players within the Academy squads.
• To design and deliver individual injury prevention programmes for players within the Academy squads.
• To keep records which meet the standard required by The FA and the appropriate professional bodies.
• To ensure treatment areas are kept clean and tidy, identify any health and safety risks and pass these on to the designated team.
• Ensure high levels of professionalism and player confidentiality at all times.
• To attend and contribute to FA CPD events and further training as required.

At Liverpool Football Club, we have an unwavering commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and are always looking to making a positive difference in the communities that we operate within. We are proud of our achievements in this area; maintaining the Premier League Equality Standard Advanced Level, becoming a founding signatory of the Football Association's Football Leadership Diversity Code and being recognised as a leader in this important area on and off the pitch. We take our responsibilities in this area seriously and through the work being done across the club, we are committed to increasing the diversity of our people and becoming an increasingly inclusive workplace for all. We are committed to hiring great people representative of diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills across our entire business. If you share our enthusiasm and passion for inclusivity, then we want to hear from you.

Qualifications

• Chartered physiotherapist and registered member of the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Full CSP membership which includes medical indemnity.
• Have an up-to-date full Advanced Emergency Aid Qualification; this should be at least the Level 4 Intermediate Trauma Medical Management in Football (ITMMIF)
• FA Safeguarding Children Course
• UKAD Clean Sport Advisor

Desirable

• Member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
• Understanding of the Academy talent pathway
• Experience of working with elite club level or national level football players
• Engagement with professional development linked to physical development of youth players (growth and maturation, athlete physiology)

This is a casual position, offering variable hours including evenings and weekends on a flexible assignment basis.