Summary of Roles & Responsibilities

• Lewes Women’s FC is looking to recruit a highly motivated, innovative, passionate and committed individual to undertake a role as physiotherapist overseeing the medical care of our women’s 1st team players.
• The successful applicant will have gained experience and extensive knowledge from working within professional sport and have keen interest in evidence based, preparation, performance and recovery strategies involving professional female athletes.
• Overseeing the care, communication, prevention, treatment and management of injuries for female athletes 16-35+ years old.
• The role offers the opportunity to utilise club premises for private consultations outside working hours.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Attend all training sessions and competitive Matches played by the club through pre-season and season, as well as providing or arranging equivalent services to players during the off season to ensure continuity of treatment.
• Be responsible for the day-to-day delivery of high-level injury rehabilitation and pitch side first aid / emergency care including the systems and infrastructure required to ensure that these processes are supported, documented, and reviewed appropriately.
• Manage Medical Records with contemporaneous confidential medical and performance records using Kitman Labs, and all medical records meet the standards set by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, The Society of Sports Therapists, and the General Medical Council, as applicable.
• Have excellent management, leadership, and communication skills with the experience, to plan, communicate, align, and integrate diverse solutions to cultivate the best medical and sport science care for athletes and clearly communicate with all players and staff.
• Have experience and a keen interest in evidence-based practice, preparation, performance, and recovery strategies in elite women’s football.
• Understanding of injury prevention and rehabilitation of post-surgical and complex injuries common in the female athlete.
• Reporting to the First Team Performance Lead  and work closely with club staff to deliver sports physiotherapy in a high-performance environment, including development and management of pre-hab, rehabilitation, and Return to Play programmes for numerous players and various injuries throughout the season.
• Ability to make decisions and work independently as a lead of a department, managing budgets, oversight, collaboration, player care and welfare in concern with the club and team ethos, cultivating a positive, transparent high-performance ecosystem of care.
• Have experience in professional sports ideally in women’s football or elite women’s sport.

Essential requirements:

• BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy / BSc (Hons) Sports Therapy
• Have an up-to-date Emergency Aid qualification; this should be the FA Level 3 EMFAiF or equivalent
• Be a member of Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) or full member of Society of Sports Therapists
• FA safeguarding children qualification
• FA Player Welfare in Open Age Football qualification
• Experience working in multi-dimensional teams

Desirable requirements:

• UKSA accreditation (or working towards accreditation)
• MSc Physiotherapy (or working towards)
• MSc Sport rehabilitation (or working towards)
  Is a member of either the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy  (or an equivalent professional membership)
• BSc/MSc Strength & conditioning or Level 3 UKSCA accredited
• Have appropriate medical indemnity to treat/advise professional female football players
• Have worked in an elite sporting environment (Preferably women’s elite sport)