AddressCareers at the St Kilda Football Club represent a unique opportunity to work in a dynamic, fast-paced and team-oriented environment. It’s a place where staff thrive in a high-performance environment where our possibility mindset, 100% effort and effective process combine to create the foundation from which we launch our future.
The timing and potential of this opportunity is unprecedented. Last year our AFLW team inspired with their most successful season yet. In 2024 we start in earnest the build towards our Club’s second and subsequent premiership.
While on-field performance is the club’s absolute priority, we recognise the important role we play in the community and embrace our responsibility to promote mental fitness through the Danny Frawley Centre, social inclusion via the Healthy Futures Hub and continue our long-standing commitments to First Nations people and gender equality.
We understand who we represent, and the privileged position we hold as custodians of a football club built on more than 150 years of history.
We are seeking an experienced, best-in-class AFLW Head Physiotherapist with demonstrated understanding of the Australian sporting landscape and experience in sports medicine/physiotherapy to join our AFLW Football Program.
Description:
About The Role
- Deliver a world class, evidence-based, level of medical and rehabilitation service including assessment, diagnosis, screening, treatment and programming.
- Develop and implement a screening protocol that informs individualised athlete workload management and injury prevention programs.
- Consult and advise Head Doctor and High Performance Manager regarding rehabilitation programs for injured athletes.
- Deliver effective physiotherapeutic interventions and collaborate with the medical and performance team to ensure an optimised expedient return to play for injured athletes, whilst minimising risk of injury recurrence.
- Provide expert advice to inform the decision-making process regarding athlete return to play, athlete availability and fitness tests.
- Enable and contribute to the involvement of physiotherapy in the holistic preparation of athletes, with a focus on ensuring injury risks are minimised and that athletes are optimally prepared to manage the demands of AFLW football games and seasons.
- Prepare player medical reports and track injury trends within the team.
- Mentor and develop other physiotherapy staff members and/or trainers aligned with the club.
- Maintain medical records in accordance with the regulations set by the physiotherapy professional body and AFLW requirements.
- Oversee the ordering and management of medical/physiotherapy equipment and stock.
- Ability and availability to cover all pre-season and in-season AFLW games, leading the delivery of game day physiotherapy.
Skills and Experiences:
About You
- Your clinical skills, track record in rehabilitation and injury risk minimisation are universally respected.
- Your highly effective communication skills facilitate your ability to create strong relationships with a wide range of personality profiles.
- You instill confidence with your high-level care for detail and understanding of timeliness.
- Your leadership style builds the capability of those who report to you, as well as those around you.
- You have a deep understanding of our unique game and its athletic demands.
- Decision making during pressurised moments such as game day fits nicely within your comfort zone.
- Researching and reading about new trends, research and clinical practices is for you enjoyable downtime.
- Managing multiple tasks and prioritising effectively for the greatest impact is a source of personal pride.
- The intensity of AFLW life in season fuels and energises you.
- You are available:
- January to February – 6 hours per week (days TBC – normally Tuesday & Thursday)
- March to May – 10 hours per week (Tuesday & Thursday)
- June to December
- Pre-Season – 22 hours per week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning)
- In Season – 22 hours per week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and match day)
What You Need
- Bachelor of Physiotherapy (or equivalent).
- Masters of Sports Physiotherapy (or equivalent).
- Minimum 6-8 years’ experience providing physiotherapy support to elite athletes, preferably within a team sport environment.
- Experience leading a team of physiotherapists with alignment to a common philosophy.
- Valid Working with Children Check or willingness to obtain one.
- Current APHRA registration.
What We Offer
- High performance culture with experienced industry leaders, passionate about what they do.
- On site LINTON STREET café.
- Free access to Aquatics Facilities at our Danny Frawley Centre for Health & Wellbeing.
- State of the art gym access.
- Free parking onsite.
- Discounted Saints memberships and merchandise.
- Up to 40% discount on selected NEW BALANCE products.
- Saints-only Linen House product pricing.
- Tempur pillows and products at 50% staff discount.
- Crown Hotels 15% discount & 20% discount on food & beverage at participating Crown restaurants.
If you connect with who the Saints are and where we are headed, this is a brilliant opportunity for a talented senior physiotherapy professional to join us.
Please keep reading…
Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other marginalized folks tend to only apply when they check every box. So, if you think you have what it takes, but don’t necessarily meet every single point above, please still get in touch. We’d love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit.
To apply
Applications will close at 5pm on Monday 1st April 2024. Short-listing of candidates will commence prior to the closure of this role, so please do not delay submitting your application.
The St Kilda Football Club is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from individuals of diverse backgrounds to apply. This includes, but is not limited to, those from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse and LGBTIQ communities.
We are committed to protecting the safety and wellbeing of children and young people and fostering a “child safe” culture. It is essential that anyone involved with the St Kilda Football Club understands their responsibility in relation to child safety and supports such an environment. All employees of St Kilda Football Club are required to have a valid Working with Children Check.
