Academy Sports Therapist (Part Time)

Burton Albion Football Club is offering an exciting opportunity for a dedicated individual to join our Academy Medical team. This is an excellent opportunity for those wishing to apply their skills within a professional football club environment and to work with young footballers within a thriving Club Academy.

We are looking for an individual who is highly motivated, hardworking, and passionate about working within football. The successful candidate will be based at the Pirelli Stadium, in addition to our Academy training and games programme facility, St Georges Park. This is a part-time role requiring flexibility to work regular evenings and weekends, plus travel to potential away fixtures.

Required Working Days:

Essential –Weekends (Saturday & Sunday home games AM/PM)

Desirable – Monday evening, Tuesday evening, Friday evening.

Successful candidates will aid in the provision of medical services throughout the Academy to assist with the rehabilitation of injured Academy players as directed by the Lead Academy Physiotherapist. Working closely with the Lead Academy Physiotherapist and the coaching department, the successful candidate will ensure all aspects of player diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation are communicated.  Candidates will possess excellent communication skills and are proactive, with the ability to work calmly under pressure.

Employment with Burton Albion Football Club is conditional upon a satisfactory Criminal Record Check (DBS), references and confirmation of qualifications. Burton Albion Football Club are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Mandatory Qualification:

Physiotherapy/Sports Therapy BSc (Completed or being undertaken).

Intermediate Trauma and Medical Management in Football (ITMMiF).

Desirable Qualification:

Advanced Trauma Medical Management in Football (ATMMiF)

Safeguarding:

Burton Albion Football Club is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This role involves the supervision of and working with children and young people. As the role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, the applicant must disclose all previous convictions including spent convictions.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

Burton Albion Football Club's commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion is to confront and eliminate discrimination whether by reason of age, gender, gender assignment, sexual orientation, marital status or civil partnership, race, nationality, ethnicity (race), religion, ability or disability, pregnancy, or maternity and to encourage equal opportunities (Protected Characteristics, Equality Act2010). Employees Burton Albion Football Club must ensure a positive commitment towards equality, diversity and inclusion by treating others fairly and not committing any form of discrimination, victimisation or harassment of any description and to promote working relationships between all internal and external stakeholders.