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Job Location: Crystal Palace Football Club Academy, Copers Cope Road, Beckenham Kent, BR3 1NZ

Contract Type: Part time/Casual

Salary: Competitive, Sessional Rates

Closing Date: 24/02/2023

Crystal Palace Football Club are looking for additional qualified part-time sports therapists/ physiotherapist to come join our Cat 1 Academy Medical Department.  We would look for individuals to provide weekly match-day medical provision for our academy players for the age groups of U9s-U16s.  They would support and report into our Academy Physiotherapists and Head of Academy Medical in providing acute injury management and advice to our players and parents. Individuals would be required to follow set protocols and procedures in place at the academy.

The post-holder would be responsible for assessing acute injuries and managing pitch side injuries as their clinical scope and qualification permits. This part-time role would predominately be based on Sundays but would also require evening and regular travel to away games. Therapists would be required to ensure they cover a set number of fixtures/sessions a month to remain employed by the club.

Responsibilities:

• BSc Physiotherapy degree, BSc Sports Therapy degree or equivalent
• FA Level 5 ATMIFF (preferred)
• FA Level 4 ITMIFF (accepted)

• Equivalent trauma courses such as UEFA pitch-side trauma course or The RFU Pre Hospital Immediate Care in Sport (PHICIS) Level 3 course

• Experience in an MSK setting
• Experience working in a professional sporting environment
• Indemnity through professional registration
• Other duties and responsibilities as required by line manager
• Upholding and promoting the Club’s policies and procedures, including Health and Safety, Safeguarding and Equal Opportunities policies and procedures.

What you’ll get in return….        

• Competitive salary
• Joining a Cat 1 Medical department with a brand-new state of the facility.
• Access to CPD, sharing of articles and courses

At Crystal Palace Football Club, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion is spirited and continues to grow due to the working environment, which makes all staff feel appreciated and welcomed. Crystal Palace Football Club do this by encouraging good relations and practices towards different groups and are committed to promoting employment opportunities that celebrate diversity.

We are committed to attracting, recruiting, and retaining the most talented candidates and the club intends to ensure that everyone who wishes to engage with the club, whether as matchday fans, staff, players, board members, participants in Foundation programmes and any other person engaged with the club's activities, has a real and equal opportunity to do so.

Crystal Palace Football Club is committed to safeguarding and ensuring the welfare and protection of children and vulnerable people and expects all staff to share this commitment. As such, the post holder will be subject to any relevant security checks as required.