Wrexham AFC: 1st Team Rehabilitation Physiotherapist

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure appropriate planning and delivery of players rehabilitation pathways for all first team players, focusing on a safe and effective return to training, performance and competition.
• Design and implement individualised medium and long-term rehabilitation programmes tailored to the player’s injury.
• Oversee and implement return to play protocols and monitor players on return to training, performance and competition.
• Develop and implement rehab programmes for players injury with clearly identified exit criteria at each stage of the rehabilitation process in addition to clear objective testing and data display to track progression
• Help develop and monitor gold standard injury prevention strategies, collaborating with Head of Performance and Sports Science, S&C, coaches, physical performance and medical team.
• Contribute towards innovation, research studies and publications on rehabilitation pathways and best practice within the department.
• Support education and mentorship within the Medical Performance and Sports Science Department and across the club to help promote a one club approach to rehabilitation where possible.

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 rehabilitation.
• Design and deliver daily, individually tailored rehab sessions for injured players 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.
• Lead and oversee Wrexham AFC rehabilitation protocols, ensuring alignment with all medical performance and sports science staff.

Clinical

• Provide, implement and oversee phase-specific player rehabilitation plans and pathways (daily, weekly, medium/long term).
• Provide weekly, monthly and injury specific update presentations to Head of Performance, Sports Science and wider MDT on injuries as requested.
• Review and provide further opinion on the management of all first team injuries as required by the Head of Performance and Sports Science.
• Lead the rehabilitation of injured players as required by Head of Performance and Sports Science
• Accompanying players to medical appointments as required and requested by Head of Performance and Sports Science.

Administration

• Carrying out departmental administration tasks as required
• Producing daily and weekly rehabilitation plans for sports science and medicine staff
• Create a Wrexham AFC rehabilitation hub of our athletes in collaboration with the club’s data scientist.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date clinical notes in keeping with HCPC / CSP regulations
• Ensuring Continuing Professional Development is undertaken
• Other duties and responsibilities as required by Head of Performance and Sports Science.

Experience/ Qualifications Required 

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

PERSONAL SPECIFICATION – SKILLS/ABILITIES REQUIRED

• 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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 CLUB VALUES

Code of Conduct 

Wrexham Football Club expects the highest standards of integrity and conduct in all matters concerning the Club and its employees. The Code of Conduct makes clear the standards of conduct expected from its employees and explains the responsibilities of the Club, as the employer. All employees are expected to always act wholeheartedly in the interests of the Club.  Any conduct detrimental to its interests or its relations with its customers, suppliers, the public or damaging to its public image shall be a breach of Club rules and policies. Discriminatory, offensive, and violent behaviour are unacceptable, and any complaints or concerns will be dealt with and acted upon. 

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Wrexham Football Club are committed to ensuring that equality, diversity and inclusion of opportunity is at the very heart of everything we do to ensure we provide fair and non-prejudicial access to the services across the Club. We uphold everyone’s freedom of rights and choice to be different and aim to provide opportunities for everyone to succeed. It is the policy of the Club that no person, whether player, job applicant, employee, volunteer, or customer, shall be discriminated against. The Club opposes all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination, either direct or indirect, or harassment, on the grounds of the following ‘protected characteristics’: Age, Disability, Gender Reassignment, Marriage & Civil Partnership, Pregnancy & Maternity, Race, Religion or Belief, Sex and Sexual Orientation. Anyone who is found to be in breach of this could receive disciplinary action, which may well include suspension and dismissal. 

The Club is fully committed to the EFL Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Standards and as we are under represented in these areas; we particularly welcome ‘entry level’ applications from women, individuals from Black and Minority Ethnicities, the LGBT community and anyone with a disability.  

Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment

Wrexham Football Club are committed to and has both a moral and legal obligation to ensure that all children and vulnerable adults are protected and kept safe from harm whilst engaged in services organised and provided by the club and believes that the general wellbeing, welfare and safety of all children and vulnerable adults engaged in club activities is of the upmost importance. The Club will fulfil its responsibilities by ensuring it displays best practice in safeguarding matters – including Safer Recruitment - carried out in a spirit of partnership and openness with the child or vulnerable adult, families, and the relevant local authority.

Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar a potential candidate from working with the Club. This will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of the offence(s) committed. As an organisation using the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to assess applicant’s suitability for positions of trust, the Club complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly.   Potential applicants need to check on the government website (https://www.gov.uk/tell-employer-or-college-about-criminal-record/what-information-you-need-to-give) whether cautions / convictions should be disclosed as part of their application.