PHYSIOTHERAPIST (PARA SWIMMING)

·       Work with EIS and British Swimming support staff to improve performance through implementing, evaluating, and developing world-leading physiotherapy services.

·       Responsibility for management and delivery of systems, targeted projects, and research to mitigate injury and illness risk aligned to performance goals and aspirational targets.

·       Provide specialised musculoskeletal assessment, clinical reasoning and diagnostics for athletes, prioritising services aligned with performance and clinical requirements.

·       Provide remote support to athletes around the network, including liaising with home coaches and local support teams.

·       Drive and supervise pre-pool (dry land preparation work) sessions at the Manchester Performance Centre.

·       Communicate efficiently and effectively with the Lead Physiotherapist to ensure seamless athlete care.

·       Contribute to coach led in-water technical sessions by adding MSK context.

·       Work independently at training and competition locations both nationally and internationally, making autonomous triage and primary care decisions and having accountability for managing complex medical presentations beyond, or alongside immediate sport injury/trauma management and rehabilitation.

·       Accountability for the planning and management of immediate emergency medical and trauma care situations in the training and competition environment domestically and overseas.

·       Lead the design and management of specialised rehabilitation services in collaboration with the interdisciplinary athlete support team, coaches, and athletes to optimise athlete availability for training and competition.

·       Develop innovative, performance-focussed, and evidence-based approaches to improve ‘return to swim’ outcomes for athletes.

·       Be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of delivery, working within professional standards and clinical guidelines.

·       Perform a leading role in assuring medical governance standards to safeguard athlete physical and mental health.

·       Contribute to the development and delivery of targeted performance-focussed projects through highly effective team working and the utilisation/integration of specialist knowledge and expertise.

·       Contribute to cross-aquatic learning and accelerated development across the aquatics through collaboration and the sharing of knowledge, experience, and expertise.

·       Comply with organisational and professional codes of conduct, standards, policies, and guidelines.

·       Embed equality, diversity and inclusion values and principles in all ways of working and in the delivery of the Performance Planning Strategy.