Trailfinders Women is an ambitious and progressive, rugby union team based in West-London playing in the Premiership Women’s Rugby.
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.
How to Apply
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