Senior Physiotherapist

Please Note: This Is A Fixed Term Contract For The '24 Football/Netball Season (With option to extend) with a Guaranteed .5 FTE Role

A career at Athletes Authority as the Senior Physiotherapist for a prestigious AFL/Netball Club represents a unique opportunity to work at a high level in team sports while treating clinically at one of Australia's premier athlete development facilities.

The potential of this opportunity is unmatched. While the high standard of competition assures your professional development and pathway into professional sport, the chance to work as an Athletic Physiotherapist provides a significantly higher upside financially for the successful applicant compared to typical roles in teams which are typically paid out as passion projects. The unique structure of this role allows the successful applicant to go "all-in" on sports without sacrificing their financial stability.

The successful applicant will be a skilled and talented Athletic Physiotherapist who has demonstrated a comprehensive understanding of AFL/Netball and strong experience in Sports Physiotherapy. They will be able to lead a team of sports trainers and aspiring physiotherapists beneath them, coordinating the effective roll-out of the Medical programme across multiple divisions.

About The Role

• Deliver an incredible standard of medical and rehabilitation service, including assessment, diagnosis, screening, treatment, and programming.
• Work alongside the Head Coach and Athletes Authority's internal team to successfully progress an injured athlete through their rehab journey. 
• Track injury trends for all teams and prepare player medical reports. 
• Build up to servicing a minimum of thirty (30) clinic-based treatments for injured players across all divisions while facilitating insurance paperwork to make the players' lives easier.
• Implement a screening protocol that identifies where strength programs need to be individualised.
• Inform the decision-making process regarding athlete return to play, athlete availability, and fitness tests.
• Mentor the rest of the associated sports trainers, who support the rest of the club.
• Oversee the ordering and management of medical/physiotherapy equipment and stock.
• Deliver effective interventions and collaborate with the medical and performance team to ensure an optimized and expedient return to play for injured athletes while minimizing the risk of injury recurrence.
• Ability and availability to cover all pre-season and in-season games, training, and game reviews.

About The Successful Candidate

• Your decision-making during high-pressure occasions is effective, and you feel like you thrive under pressure.
• You appreciate the commercial imperatives of private-sector physiotherapy practices and understand that generating income is required for all stakeholders to succeed.
• Having a lot on your plate, prioritising effectively, and executing ruthlessly gives you a great sense of pride.
• Your effective and adaptable communication style makes it easy for you to create strong bonds with players and coaching staff with a wide range of personalities. 
• You're a natural leader who builds up those around you and makes you a central source for learning and guidance. 
• You love research, upskilling and professional development and don't see this as an 'extra thing to fit in' each week.
• The intensity of semi-professional sports amongst life in season fuels and energizes you -- it does not grind you down.
• Your track record, great reputation, and clinical skills in rehabilitation and injury risk minimization are respected and can be verified easily.
• You instil confidence within the playing group with your high-level care and compassion.
• A willingness for your afternoons during the week to be all about Football and Netball. The minimum availability would include Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Gameday.

What You Need

1. Bachelor of Physiotherapy (or equivalent).
2. Minimum 4 years experience providing physiotherapy support to high-level athletes in a team sport environment.
3. Experience leading other physiotherapists with alignment to a common philosophy.
4. Current APHRA registration.

What We Offer

• A high-performance work environment with experienced industry leaders who have many years in professional sports.
• All Athletes Authority education products at no cost.
• An extremely attractive commercial opportunity that allows you to go "all-in" without sacrificing your financial stability.
• Free access to Athletes Authority facilities.
• A track record and pedigree of providing opportunities that leapfrog candidates into full-time, professional sports roles.

If you connect with the opportunity and want your "place of work" to be in a state-of-the-art performance facility, then this is a brilliant opportunity for a talented senior physiotherapy professional to join us.