Lead Academy Physiotherapist

EFL; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Rotherham United Football Club is seeking an Academy Physiotherapist to oversee medical services for youth players on a day-to-day, full-time basis. You will manage a team of part-time physiotherapists and provide medical cover at training and match days, ensuring timely assessments, treatments, referrals and rehab as well as injury prevention strategies.

The role involves liaising with external partners and delivering a medical CPD program.

Qualifications

• Essential degree in physiotherapy and relevant registrations.
• Experience with paediatrics in clinical or sporting settings.
• Driving licence required; ITMIFF and sports massage are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Oversee medical services for academy players and support staff.
• Manage part-time academy physiotherapists to ensure session coverage.
• Provide medical cover at training sessions and match days (home and away).
• Deliver CPD program as required.
• Assess, treat, refer and rehab injuries; implement injury prevention programs.
• Coordinate with partners (PFS/FA/EFL/PL) as relevant.
• Screen and assess players to identify risk and improve prevention.
• Provide match day medical cover for youth team and academy.
• Maintain medical notes in PMA; manage stock and budget.
• Report medical matters to the appropriate people; drive club minibus as required.

Skills

BSc Physiotherapy

HCPC registered

CSP member

Driving licence

ITMIFF

Pediatrics experience

ATMIFF

Sports massage diploma

Education

BSc Physiotherapy or equivalent

Job description

About The Role

The job role consists of overseeing medical services to the Academy players and or as required by the Academy Manager & Head Of Performance & Sport

Manage the part time Academy physiotherapists to ensure cover at every training session and match days home and away.

Provide medical cover at sessions and to support the part time physiotherapists.

Deliver medical CPD program as required.

Overseeing and providing medical provisions to the youth team and Academy at RUFC on a day to day, full time basis. That being the assessment, treatment, appropriate referral and rehab of injuries, producing and implementing injury prevention programmes and strategies, both individually and for the team as a whole.

Liaising with all outside partners as deemed relevant to the role such PFS / FA / EFL or PL and clubs.

The screening and assessment of players to identify problems areas and thereby improve injury prevention strategies.

Provide match day medical cover for the youth team and academy.

Maintain and manage medical notes and information as such for fit and proper purpose for the Academy using the PMA.

Maintain and manage medical stock, supplies and the medical budget for the Academy.

To report on any and all medical matters to the appropriate people.

Drive the club minibus as required.

About The Candidate

Qualifications

• Essential - BSc (Physio) or relevant undergraduate degree.
• Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists and member of the Health Professions Council of the UK.
• Driving Licence.
• ITMIFF
• Experience working with paediatrics in a clinical or sporting environment
• Desirable - ATMIFF
• Sports Massage Diploma

About The Club

Safeguarding

Rotherham United is committed to Safeguarding and the safeguarding of all people associated with the football club

All employees must have an understanding of the clubs safeguarding and anti-discrimination policies and procedures and put these into practice in the workplace. To enable this all employees must undertake the required training as directed by their line manager

Equal Opportunities:

The post holder's duties must be carried out in compliance with the Club's Equal Opportunities Policy, with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and subsequent Health and Safety Legislation.

Rotherham United is an equal opportunities employer and a signatory to the new FA Football Leadership Diversity Code and all applicants for employment will be given equal opportunities irrespective of sex, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin.

These duties and responsibilities should be regarded as neither exclusive nor exhaustive and the post holder may be required to undertake other reasonably determined duties and responsibilities within Rotherham United Football Club, commensurate with the post without changing the character of the post. This post requires a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) enhanced Criminal Records Check (CRC) check with a barred list check. The applicant must be prepared to submit a CRC application if they do not hold and FA CRC Certificate. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974). Information on all convictions including spent convictions must be declared, in line with the new Government Filtering System.