Men's First Team Physiotherapist

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The Role

Wrexham AFC is looking for an experienced Physiotherapist to deliver gold standard, innovating, evidence based injury prevention, assessment, treatment and rehabilitation to our first-team players.

This role will focus on players performance, rehabilitation, monitoring, return to play and recovery protocols.

Main Responsibilities:

• Ensure appropriate planning and delivery of pre-activation, player performance monitoring and rehabilitation pathways for all first team players.
• Design and implement individualised performance monitoring criteria for players identified from KPI’s.
• Design and implement individualised medium and long-term rehabilitation programmes tailored to the player’s injury. 
• Implement return to play protocols and monitor players on return to training, performance and competition in collaboration with the wider MDT. 
• Assist in pre-season data collection and creating player KPI’s from data collected. 
• Contribute towards innovation, research studies and publications in relation to  performance and rehabilitation. 
• Support education and mentorship within the Medical Performance and Sports Science Department and across the club to help promote a one club approach.
• Assist on the delivery of post training and match recovery protocols.
• Record all medical data in line with Wrexham AFC policies and procedures.
• Provide, implement and oversee designated player performance monitoring / rehabilitation plans and pathways (daily, weekly, medium/long term). 
• Provide weekly, monthly and specific player updates to Head of Performance, Sports Science and wider MDT as requested.  
• Accompanying players to medical appointments as required and requested by Head of Performance and Sports Science.
• Provide medical pitch side cover during training sessions along with Home and Away matches as requested.

Leadership and Communication:

• Communicating effectively with the Head of Performance and Sports Science to ensure they are kept up-to-date on all medical matters relating to all first team players.  
• Design and deliver daily, individually performance / rehab sessions both gym and grass based. 
• Liaise closely with all medical performance and sports science staff to ensure an effective and efficient service is provided to all players. 

About you

You'll have:

• Proven ability to design and deliver individualised return to play programmes for elite athletes. 
• Demonstrated experience in leading the full rehabilitation process from acute injury through to return to competition. 
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary environment in a professional sports setting, preferably football. 
• Significant experience in the assessment, treatment and management of professional athletes, preferably football. 
• Significant experience planning and delivering gym-based rehabilitation strategies, using clinical and pitch-based objective measures to inform rehabilitation. 
• Knowledgeable in the assessment, treatment and diagnosis of sports injuries and current sports injury research. 
• Comprehensive knowledge of rehabilitation and injury reduction strategies. 
• Be flexible to support evening, weekend, and match day rehab and recovery needs when required. 
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Experience and Qualifications required:

• BSc / MSc in Physiotherapy. 
• HCPC and CSP registration. 
• Up-to-date ATMMIF qualification. 
  
  

Why Work for Us

If you are looking for an organisation committed to building a strong, inclusive, high performing workplace where every individual is valued, supported and empowered to grow with fantastic benefits which include:

• Health Cash Plan 
• EAP
• Enhanced holidays and long service days
• Enhanced pension
• Death in service
• Enhanced sick leave
• Health and wellbeing time off
• Volunteering day
• Salary sacrifice benefits and retail discounts