U21 Rehabilitation Physiotherapist

Founded in 1882, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is an English Premier League Club, based in North London.

Led by the late great Bill Nicholson, the Club became the first in England to win the League and FA Cup Double in 1961, and the first in the UK to win a European Trophy two years later. Spurs has since been home to some of the game’s great entertainers, including Jimmy Greaves, Glenn Hoddle, Paul Gascoigne, David Ginola, Gareth Bale, Heung-Min Son and Harry Kane.

In April 2019, the Club opened an iconic new stadium that sits at the heart of a £1billion sport-led regeneration of North Tottenham. The stadium is the largest football club stadium in London and is a multi-use venue with the ability to host a variety of events 365 days a year, including NFL, boxing, rugby, concerts, and other major events, plus visitor attractions including Stadium Tours and the Dare Skywalk.

The stadium development scheme has to date created more than 4,000 new jobs for local people, with circa £300m pumped into the local economy each year.

Tottenham Hotspur has:

• A clear strategy to develop talent from within its Academy, showcased by a strong track record of Academy players graduating to the first-team squad.
• A £100m state-of-the-art Training Centre that supports the Club’s ambition to attract, develop and retain the best talent.
• Commercial partnerships with globally recognised brands including AIA Group Limited (AIA), one of the world’s leading providers of life insurance services, and Nike, the world’s leading sports footwear and apparel company.
• A commitment to minimizing its environmental impact across Club operations, being named as the greenest in the Premier League for the past three years. Tottenham Hotspur is a signatory of the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework, committing to halve carbon emissions by 2030 and become net zero carbon by 2040.
• An award-winning Foundation that is renowned for creating opportunities to help enhance the lives of people in its local community through education, employment, health, and social inclusion programmes.

JOB PURPOSE 

• Oversee the provision of Rehabilitation Services across Foundation, Youth Development and Professional Development Phases (PDP). Leading on the Rehabilitation Philosophy in the Academy.
• Deliver U21 Rehabilitation on a daily basis to enable return to fitness in the most optimum time frame.
• To lead the PDP Multi disciplinary  Rehabilitation team .

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• To work with the Lead Academy Physiotherapist and Academy Head of Medical in the assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation of injured players. In the main, you will focus on the U21’s but will be required to work across all phases as Lead.
• Expected to organize weekly rehabilitation meetings and formulate individual rehabilitation plans.
• Liaise and communicate with all relevant stakeholders, this may include but not exhaustive to Coaching staff, Parents, Psychologists, National team staff, Education staff, Player Wellbeing and External specialists.
• Liaise closely with the Academy Reconditioning coach, other Sports Science staff to develop a holistic approach.
• Needs to build on existing work practices to further develop the service.
• Uphold Club, Medical Department, health & safety, ethics and safeguarding protocols, acting as a role model to players and staff alike and reflecting the Club’s commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
• Employ awareness of welfare issues, handling all matters with the utmost professionalism, diplomacy and sensitivity.
• Attend refresher and development training when necessary.
• Be aware of emergency procedures and the Health & Safety at Work Act relating to the various sites.

MAIN JOB REQUIREMENTS AND PERSON SPECIFICATION

Specific Experience: 

• HCPC
• CSP
• ATMMiF
• FA Safe Guarding Certificate
• BSc or MSc degree level qualification in Physiotherapy
• Current and Valid driving licence
• 7 years + post graduate experience
• Experience working full time in a high performance team environment
•  3 years experience within football and either 1^st team or PDP level.

Abilities/Skills/Knowledge:

• Maintains high professional and personal standards.
• Ability to work as part of a Multi Disciplinary Team, values and respects others.
• Be able to present to Parents, Coaches and other clinicians.
• Constantly seeks to improve the service delivery of the Academy Medical Department.
• A commitment to relevant Continuous Professional Development.
• Able to analysis available data and profile injuries.
• Able to design and implement strengthening and pitch based rehabilitation  programmes.
• Be flexible to cross cover other roles in the Academy Medical Department where required.
• Understanding of developmental Paediatric Musculo Skeletal Issues.

Safeguarding is fundamental to the success in all that we do. Successful candidates are to be reminded they would be subject to various background, DBS, and reference checks for this role.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club welcomes applications from anyone regardless of age, disability, race, or ethnic and national origins, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.