Job Description
Role: First Team Physiotherapist / Manual Therapist
Hours: Full-time, to include evenings and weekends. This role will include working matchdays.
Location: American Express Elite Football Performance Centre, Lancing
Contract Type: Permanent
Deadline Day: 23rd April 2025
Start Date: We are looking for this person to start with us at the beginning of the 2025/26 season (pending completion of our safer recruitment checks)
About Brighton & Hove Albion FC
We compete at the highest levels of football on a global stage while embracing our Sussex community spirit. At the heart of everything we do is our commitment to high performance, professional excellence, and making a positive impact.
Contribute to the success of the club both on and off the pitch
You will work closely with the wider medical team to provide an elite physiotherapy service for our first team squad, utilising strong manual skills and ensuring effective management of all players with regards to their medical needs. We are looking for a skilled individual who will show passion in their work. You will work hard, but the great thing about football is that you will see the results.
We welcome applications from candidates around the world. Please note that if you are shortlisted for the role and currently reside outside the UK, you will be required to attend an in-person interview.
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What we are looking for
We aren’t looking for a rehab physiotherapist – so they’ll be no assessment of injuries, but instead we are looking for a therapist, who has strength in the following:
✔️An excellent understanding of biomechanics – knowing how people move and the risk of injuries.
✔️Demonstrate strength in manual and hands-on therapy.
✔️ A bonus if you can speak Spanish and/or French (with good English)
✔️ Extensive experience in the provision of physiotherapy within an elite sporting environment – ideally overseas.
✔️A vibrant individual with a positive attitude and a team player.
We will require you to either a hold an Advanced Trauma Medical in Football (ATMIF) certificate or be willing to obtain either before or within probation period.
Our values are essential to our success
Our values serve as guiding principles for how we connect with one another, our fans, partners and sponsors. As a club, we embody these values in everything we do:
🔵 Treat People Well
⚪ Exceed Expectations
🔵 Aim High. Never Give Up
⚪ Act with Integrity
🔵 Make it Special
In appreciation for your hard work and dedication, we are pleased to offer you a range of additional benefits, including but not limited to:
🥗 Complimentary breakfast and lunch at both sites
🏝️23 days holiday rising with length of service (pro rata for part time staff)
⚡Rewards platform, which includes access to 900+ retailers, a wellbeing centre and more!
👶 Enhanced family policies
🏋️♀️Access to a gym and padel court at our training ground
🎫 Priority access to match tickets and access to free WSL tickets for 2024/25 season
🎓 In-house training programme and CPD opportunities
💰 Exclusive discounts and benefits from our partners and local businesses
Our commitment to EDI
We take pride in being an equal opportunity workplace that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Our core values foster a strong ethical culture, enabling us to meet the needs of our diverse audience, both on and off the pitch. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage or civil partnership. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application, please contact teamtalent@brightonandhovealbion.com
Safeguarding is part of everything we do
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk. We expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.
All job offers are conditional upon background checks, including a full 3-year reference history and an enhanced DBS check.
We are a local community club who compete at the highest levels of football on a global stage. Our ambition is to be a top ten Premier League club and a top four Women's Super League club. A commitment to high performance and high professional standards is at the heart of everything we do.
Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club are proud to compete in the Premier League and play at home in our spectacular 30,000+ seater American Express Community Stadium. Premier League football is the most watched sports league worldwide, with an annual audience of over 1 billion people, in which we are thrilled for our men's first team to professionally compete. We are equally excited and proud of our women's first team who successfully compete in The FA Women's Super League, the top tier of women's football in England.
