Senior Rehabilitation Physiotherapist – Men’s 1st Team United FC Closing Date: Ongoing S

Senior Rehabilitation Physiotherapist – Men’s 1st Team

Oxford United FC

Closing Date:
Ongoing

Location:

Oxford, United Kingdom

Rehabilitation Management

• Assess and clearly communicate individual rehabilitation requirements following medium- and long-term injuries.
• Design, implement and progress individualised rehabilitation programmes from injury onset through to return to team training and competitive match play.
• Take a leading role in the rehabilitation and return-to-performance process for assigned injured players.
• Deliver and supervise both gym-based and pitch-based rehabilitation sessions, ensuring appropriate progression throughout each stage of rehabilitation.
• Guide, monitor and evaluate rehabilitation interventions to ensure safe, effective and evidence-informed progression.
• Measure, analyse and communicate individual player progress throughout the rehabilitation process.
• Utilise objective testing and monitoring systems, including VALD technologies and GPS data, to inform rehabilitation progression and return-to-performance decision-making.
• Implement progressive load-management and football-specific reconditioning strategies to prepare players for the demands of first-team training and competition.
• Work collaboratively with the wider multidisciplinary team to establish appropriate rehabilitation milestones and return-to-training and return-to-competition criteria.
• Ensure rehabilitation programmes address both the immediate injury and any underlying physical deficits that may influence future performance or injury risk.

Physiotherapy Support – Training & Competition

• Deliver high-quality physiotherapy assessment and treatment to injured and available first-team players, including manual therapy, soft tissue and other physiotherapy interventions as part of individual player management plans.
• Support player preparation ahead of training sessions and matches.
• Develop and deliver individual injury-prevention interventions prior to training and competition where required.
• Support daily first-team training operations, including pitch-side physiotherapy provision and emergency injury management.
• Provide sports physiotherapy support across both medical department and on-pitch environments.
• Attend first-team fixtures, training camps and tours as required.

Injury Prevention

• Identify and communicate individual and squad injury-prevention requirements.
• Collect, analyse and interpret relevant medical, physical and performance information to identify potential injury risk factors and physical deficits.
• Design, implement and monitor individualised injury-prevention programmes.
• Educate, support and supervise players throughout injury-prevention interventions.
• Measure and report individual player development and prevention outcomes.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of proactive injury-risk reduction strategies across the Men’s First Team.

Documentation, Monitoring & System Development

• Maintain accurate, timely and comprehensive documentation across all designated medical and performance platforms.
• Record rehabilitation content, physiotherapy interventions, testing outcomes, player responses and return-to-play milestones.
• Ensure objective rehabilitation and return-to-performance data is clearly communicated and accessible to relevant members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Contribute to the continued development of the Club’s rehabilitation, injury-prevention and return-to-performance processes.
• Undertake Continued Professional Development personally and through opportunities organised by the Club.