Organisation Ealing Trailfinders Professional Rugby Management Salary Highly competitive and discussed at the shortlisting stage Location West London Contract type Fixed Term (Full time) Closing date 17 April 2026 Interview date 20 April 2026 Job Description ABOUT US
Trailfinders Women is an ambitious and progressive, rugby union team based in West-London playing in the Premiership Women’s Rugby.
This is an opportunity to join Trailfinders during a very exciting period of the Club’s history.
THE ROLE
The successful candidate will lead the medical strategy and service delivery for the Women’s first-team players.
Co-ordinating a multi-disciplinary team, the successful candidate will lead the planning and implementation of gold standard practices to optimize the medical team performance.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
•To lead, structure and manage the medical provision for the Trailfinders Women’s programme. This will include being accountable for the Women’s Physiotherapist as well as the Women’s Lead Academy Therapist.
•Provide evidence-based assessment, treatment, rehabilitation and prehabilitation programmes for women’s players.
•Provide diagnostic and prognostic evaluations of player injuries, communicating this information and readiness to train/selection status directly to the Head Coach.
•Accurately triage and coordinate onward referrals for imaging diagnostics and consultations as necessary.
•Lead the multi-disciplinary team through multi-faceted, objective criteria based stages of rehabilitation. This will include the organisation of individual player case conferences and multi-disciplinary team progress meetings.
•Lead the pitch-side provision for Women’s first-team matches and training sessions as required.
•Attend all staff meetings as directed by the Head Coach.
•To act as the programme’s ‘Clinical Governance Lead’ responsible for ensuring compliance with the RFU and PWR Minimum Standards.
•Maintain accurate and detailed records of all aspects of physiotherapy treatment, injury management and rehab content in keeping with HCPC & CSP, and RFU regulations.
•Ensure appropriate ongoing player care via effective communication and feedback processes with other professionals, e.g. England Rugby Red Roses medical team.
•Be an active contributor to the Performance (Sports Science and Medicine) team CPD programmes.
•Manage the medical provision of training and matches, ensuring cover is adequate at all times.
•Promote Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club, driving its reputation and standards at all times.
•Set a positive example as a senior employee.
•Consistently contribute positively to the team environment and culture.
•Be a strong consistent example of all the Club’s values and vision.
•Ad hoc duties as requested by the Club's Head of Medical Services and senior management.
•Continue to develop your skills and knowledge.
•Be a strong, consistent example of all the Club’s values and vision.
•Promote, maintain and uphold the standards within the Club.
•Any other reasonable requests.
This job description is not intended to be exhaustive; the duties and responsibilities may therefore vary over time according to the changing needs of the Club.
THE PERSON
EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL
•Extensive experience of working within a medical team in elite sport.
•Experience of leading multidisciplinary teams in elite sport.
DESIRABLE
•Extensive experience of working within an Elite rugby union setting.
•Experience of working across a variety of Elite sporting backgrounds.
•Experience of working with female athletes.
QUALIFICATIONS
ESSENTIAL
•Chartered Physiotherapist.
•CSP registered.
•HCPC registered.
DESIRABLE
•Valid Pre-Hospital Immediate Care in Sport (PHICIS) Level 3 trauma qualification or equivalent. Please note: Valid qualification/exemption would be mandatory before start date of this role.
•MSc in related field e.g. Sports and Exercise Medicine, Sports Physiotherapy, Strength and Conditioning.
SKILLSET
ESSENTIAL
•Excellent communicator with an outstanding ability to collaborate and a strong sense of emotional intelligence.
•An individual with a passion for empowering others and an open mind to innovation.
•Extensive evidence- based knowledge of assessment, diagnosis, treatment of sports injuries.
•A strong understanding of High-Performance Rehabilitation.
•A strong understanding of Injury Prevention strategies within Rugby Union.