B Team Physiotherapist - Heart of Midlothian FC

Job Title: B Team Physiotherapist

Department: Performance

Location: Oriam: Scotland’s Sports Performance Centre (Edinburgh)

Salary & Hours: Competitive salary plus excellent staff benefits

Position: Full time, 37.5 hours per week to be worked flexibly depending on the needs of the Football schedule

Reporting to: Head of Physiotherapy

Closing Date: 16 June 2023 (close of play)

Heart of Midlothian is a Scottish Premiership Football Club and an Edinburgh institution with a proud heritage dating back to 1874. The Club has an exciting opportunity to work within the Clubs Performance Department, as the B Team Physiotherapist. The successful candidate will be primarily responsible for the diagnosis and acute/long-term care associated with B Team Players’ musculoskeletal injuries. The B Team Physiotherapist is expected to attend all B Team fixtures, both home and away, and provide emergency on-pitch care of the players when required.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide physiotherapy cover during B Team match days, both home and away, including on-pitch care/treatment as and when required.
• Provision of physiotherapy cover of B Team players on a day-to-day basis at the training ground, including diagnosis, acute care/treatment and short to long-term rehabilitation from injury. This includes the design and delivery of both pitch and gym-based exercise programmes.
• Liaise with members of the Club’s Performance Department and the B Team coaches, as appropriate, to assess players health status and contribute to informed professional decision-making on players’ fitness and readiness to train and play.
• Work collaboratively with other members of the Performance Department including doctors, sports scientists, nutritionists, and other specialists, as required.
• Be involved in conducting pre-signing player medical examinations, where appropriate.
• Maintain appropriate, current, legible, and accurate medical records on the Club’s Kitman system. Ensuring records are confidentially stored and are complying with data protection legislation.
• Within the limits of your professional scope and qualifications, prescribe medication to players as appropriate.
• Liaise with external stakeholders to facilitate medical procedures taking place outside the Club e.g., hospital-based operations, consultations with specialist medical experts and other related activities.
• Assist other performance staff with regular fitness testing of B Team players throughout each season.
• Facilitate and proactively contribute to applied research projects as directed by the Head of Performance.

Essential Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent.
• HCPC registered Physiotherapist.
• Advanced pitch-side care qualification e.g. sportPROMOTE, SCUMPCAPS, etc.
• Postgraduate qualification in Physiotherapy. (Desirable)

Essential Experience:

• Previous experience of providing Physiotherapy service within full or part-time professional team sport environment.

Essential Skills & Abilities

• Commitment to professional development.
• Conscientious and committed to attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Excellent IT skills.
• Critical thinking and an analytical mindset.
• Strong character, able to operate within a high-pressure working environment and put forward their point of view.
• Honesty, openness and an approachable demeanour.

Candidates must hold a valid UK driving licence and be able to evidence legal right to work in the UK.

How to apply: If you think that you are suitable for the position and meet the criteria above, please send a Covering Letter and CV to the email address provided.

HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN FOOTBALL CLUB IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER AND FULLY COMMITTED TO THE SAFEGUARDING AND WELFARE OF VULNERABLE GROUPS. HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN IS A LIVING WAGE ACCREDITED COMPANY.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Company events
• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• Gym membership
• On-site gym
• On-site parking
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Store discount

Schedule:

• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Edinburgh, EH14 4AS: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• Do you have experience of providing Physiotherapy service within a full or part-time professional sports team environment?
• Do you have an Undergraduate degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent?

Language:

• English (required)

Licence/Certification:

• HCPC registration (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 16/06/2023
Reference ID: HMFC-BTP