Job Description
Join Stoke City Football Club's dedicated team as a Physiotherapist/Sports Therapist and play a vital role in the development and wellbeing of our Girls' Academy players.
The successful applicant will be instrumental in ensuring the optimal health and performance of our Girls' Academy players, managing their care pathways and contributing to the Club's wider medical support network. You will be integral to the holistic care and injury management strategies that underpin player progression within the Girls' Academy.
Main Responsibilities
- Providing comprehensive medical cover for all Girls' Academy training sessions.
- Offering medical support for ad hoc match days for the Girls' Academy teams.
- Managing and operating evening injury clinics.
- Ensuring regular checks and maintenance of all medical equipment.
- Assisting the Women's First Team as required.
- Creating and implementing structured rehabilitation programmes for injured players to ensure a safe return to training.
- Liaising with the Club and Academy Doctor on the medical screening process.
Key Skills, Experiences and Qualifications
- Hold an undergraduate degree in physiotherapy or sports therapy.
- A valid and in date Intermediate Trauma Medical Management in Football (ITMMiF) qualification is desirable.
- Demonstrable football knowledge and previous experience working within a sporting environment, particularly with youth teams.
- Experience with paediatric injuries, taping, strapping and massage would be beneficial.
A full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle would be advantageous.
A high degree of flexibility is needed to cover evenings and weekend training sessions, matchday fixtures and other adhoc events.
This position will be offered on a casual basis.
This organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and DBS checks at the appropriate level will be obtained prior to employment commencing.
Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863 the Club changed its name to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke-on-Trent was granted city status. We are proudly the oldest professional football club in the world, and are one of the founding members of the Football League.
The Club's first, and to date only, major trophy was won in the 1972 Football League Cup Final, when the team beat Chelsea 2–1. The club have won the Football League Trophy on two occasions, first in 1992 and most recently in 2000. The Club's highest league finish in the top division is 4th, which was achieved in both 1935/36 and 1946/47. The Potters have competed in European football in 1972/73, 1974/75; and most recently in 2011–12 after reaching the FA Cup Final in 2011, finishing runners-up to Manchester City.
Stoke City's home ground is the bet365 Stadium, a 30,000+ all-seater stadium. Before the stadium was opened in 1997, the club was based at the Victoria Ground, which had been their home ground since 1878. The club's nickname is 'the Potters', named after the pottery industry in Stoke-on-Trent. The Club's traditional colours are red and white vertically striped shirts, white shorts and stockings