Head of Men’s Medical

Job title:

Head of Men’s Medical

Company

Tottenham Hotspur

Job description

Founded in 1882, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is an English Premier League Club, based in North London.Led by the late great Bill Nicholson, the Club became the first in England to win the League and FA Cup Double in 1961, and the first in the UK to win a European Trophy two years later. Spurs has since been home to some of the game’s great entertainers, including Jimmy Greaves, Glenn Hoddle, Paul Gascoigne, David Ginola, Gareth Bale, Heung-Min Son and Harry Kane.In April 2019, the Club opened an iconic new stadium that sits at the heart of a £1billion sport-led regeneration of North Tottenham. The stadium is the largest football club stadium in London and is a multi-use venue with the ability to host a variety of events 365 days a year, including NFL, boxing, rugby, concerts, and other major events, plus visitor attractions including Stadium Tours and the Dare Skywalk.The stadium development scheme has to date created more than 4,000 new jobs for local people, with circa £300m pumped into the local economy each year.Tottenham Hotspur has:A clear strategy to develop talent from within its Academy, showcased by a strong track record of Academy players graduating to the first-team squad.
A £100m state-of-the-art Training Centre that supports the Club’s ambition to attract, develop and retain the best talent.
Commercial partnerships with globally recognised brands including AIA Group Limited (AIA), one of the world’s leading providers of life insurance services, and Nike, the world’s leading sports footwear and apparel company.
A commitment to minimizing its environmental impact across Club operations, being named as the greenest in the Premier League for the past three years. Tottenham Hotspur is a signatory of the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework, committing to halve carbon emissions by 2030 and become net zero carbon by 2040.
An award-winning Foundation that is renowned for creating opportunities to help enhance the lives of people in its local community through education, employment, health, and social inclusion programmes.The Club is seeking a Head of Men’s Medical to lead and manage the Men’s 1st team Sport Medicine. This is a unique and exciting opportunity to join Tottenham Hotspur Football Club as Head of Men’s Medical. This role will provide clinical oversight, leadership, development and management of a best-in-class medical department to provide the highest standard of evidence-based care, in line with the Director of Performance’s departmental strategic plan. The candidate will ensure an aligned and positive working relationship throughout the medical and performance staff, driving a progressive, inspiring, and high-performing culture.Job Purpose:To lead and manage the Men’s 1st team Sport Medicine (SM) support delivery; inclusive of performing clinical duties.
Develop and align the Men’s 1st team SM support to the football performance strategy of the club and head coach.
Provide line management of the Men’s 1st team physiotherapists, soft tissue therapists, osteopath and doctors, including the maintenance of individual reviews and appraisal.Key Responsibilities:To develop and maintain assessment and evaluation techniques to monitor the effectiveness of the Men’s 1st team SM delivery.
To ensure the practical implementation of best SM practice for Men’s 1st team This will include the continued development and adherence to agreed Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and Emergency Actions Plans (EAP).
Acute Intervention: To direct the injury assessment and management of all 1st team
Injury Prevention: To reduce the risk of injury occurrence within the 1st team; including the development of appropriate screening and injury prevention strategies.
Rehabilitation: Create and development evidence based “return to play protocols” for the 1st team players, to allow them to compete at the highest level while minimising the risk of reoccurrence of
Manage and contribute to the Men’s 1st team SM department emergency aid cover for both training sessions and This will include ensuring that all emergency accreditation is met to league and legal standards for all SM staff.
In collaboration with club doctors, continue the development and implementation of the internal emergency aid training and anti-doping programme. This will include compliance with the FA and UEFA anti-doping regulations, and education of staff and players surrounding their responsibilities.
Provide leadership in the continued development of the Men’s 1st team SM staff. Encourage an interdisciplinary approach of working within the Men’s 1st team that includes close liaison with colleagues within the Academy.
To maintain all legal and professional qualifications in relation to own profession and the equivalent standards for all SM staff within the department.
To ensure collaboration and excellent lines of communication between the SM department, the coaching staff, and the wider MSS team.
To maintain detailed records for the department of all SM actions in accordance with relevant legislation, policies, and procedures and to aid in the creation of regular reports to key
To ensure the latest clinical, scientific, and technical innovations to practice are incorporated into the department to maintain the highest level of care.
In conjunction with the Director of Performance Services, facilitate SM research projects within the Men’s 1st team to underpin practice and direct the latest research findings into clear and practical recommendations within the SM department.
Liaise with the Director of Performance services and the training ground operations staff to continually develop and manage SM facilities and
To review budgetary needs for the SM department in coordination with the Director of Performance
Liaise with all relevant departments within the football club and the THFC Board of DirectorsPerson Specification:Highly motivated with the ability to motivate
Enthusiasm and willingness to be flexible in approach to achieve desired
Pro-activeand engaging style.
Personal commitment to continuous personal professional
Higheststandards of professional and personal conduct especially
Ability to invoke trust and respect from
Championsa culture of high performance and success and commitment to equalSpecific Qualifications & Experience:A physiotherapy degree with HCPC
A Masters degree in relevant area (e.g. Sport and Exercise Medicine).
Evidence of an extensive and structured CPD portfolio – showing a range of different clinical skills including being FA ATMIFF trained.
Extensive injury screening, diagnostic, manual therapy and sports rehabilitation
Extensive knowledge in injury prevention methods and recovery
An excellent understanding of scientific methods of trialing and validating assessment monitoring and evaluation equipment and protocols.
Significant experience in the management of sport medicine support within high performance This should include experience of working within 1st team professional football.
Extensive experience working as a practitioner within multi-disciplinary medical and sport science
Significant experience liaising with football players and coaches to deliver successful sport medicine related
Experience in developing and implementing a continued professional development plan for sport medicine staff within a high-performance sport department.
Experience in coach and athlete education in high performance
Significant experience in conducting scientifically underpinned assessment monitoring, and evaluation
Experience of using data management systems to ensure the secure and efficient storage of monitoring and evaluation data.
Experience of managing sport medicineDesirable:
Experience of having worked within other professional
Experience of working within teams qualified for the Champions League and Europa LeagueAbilities / Skills / Knowledge:Having a clear sense of purpose and communication skills that are clear, engaging and responsive to drive action and inspire staff.
Excellent facilitation skills, including the ability to manage and resolve tensions, disputes and
A very good understanding of assessment monitoring, and evaluation protocols within an elite sport
An understanding of the skills required across the clinical and practical aspects of sport medicine
Excellent clinical reasoning and understanding in the delivery of rehabilitative medicine from plinth to
Ability to work in a fast-moving environment, managing change and embedding new ways of
Excellent delegation and motivation skills to appropriately challenge and hold staff to
Ability to conduct and evaluate scientifically underpinned assessment and monitoring procedures with teams or
Excellent presentation and communication skills that can motivate behavioural change to have a positive impact on
Ability to develop productive relationships with other staff members, football players and their
Ability to manage high personal workloads and the high workloads of
Excellent problem solving and decision-making skills.Safeguarding is fundamental to the success in all that we do. Successful candidates are to be reminded they would be subject to various background, DBS and reference checks for this role.Tottenham Hotspur Football Club welcomes applications from anyone regardless of age, disability, race, or ethnic and national origins, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.How to applyhttps://ce0812li.webitrent.com/ce0812li_webrecruitment/wrd/run/etrec179gf.open?WVID=9447152BOp&LANG=USA&VACANCY_ID=7999694h6s

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Location

London

Job date

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 00:41:04 GMT

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