Main Purpose of Job:
The Girl’s Pathway and Assistant Physiotherapist is responsible for delivering first-class
physiotherapy and rehabilitation support to our girl’s pathway cricketers to ensure optimal injury
management, recovery and return to play. The role focuses on close collaboration with the
Strength & Conditioning and wider SS&M team to maximise the physical capabilities of our
pathway cricketers, as they develop towards becoming professional cricketers.
Main Responsibilities:
- Confident, accurate and effective assessment, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and
overall management of Academy, Pathway & Senior cricketers. - Ensure excellent initial and ongoing communication with Women’s Senior Physiotherapist
and coaching staff regarding assessment findings, injury status and management. - Lead and oversee injury management programmes for Pathway cricketers and work with
Girls Pathway Strength & Conditioning Coach and coaching staff to facilitate return to play
decision making. - Deliver high quality rehabilitation programmes for Academy and pathway cricketers and
assist the Senior physiotherapist with overall squad management. - Provide match day and training day cover including preparation and emergency care for
Academy and Senior squads as required. - Lead on pre-winter and pre-season screening for girl’s pathway cricketers and assist
Women’s Senior physiotherapist with senior screening. - Formulate screening reports and liaise with wider SS&M to deliver bespoke programming
to optimise performance. - Work with CMO, Clinical Director & Women’s Senior Physiotherapist to ensure all medical
screening is completed i.e., cardiac screening - Ensure detailed and accurate electronic note keeping using ECB notes system in keeping
with standards set by CSP and HCPC. - Proactively engage with the women’s game performance data system (insight 360) and
ensure records are up to date on this system. - Engage with and contribute to the annual SS&M Audit in line with the CPA guidelines.
- Engage and participate with in house CPD and maintain personal CPD to stay up to date
with current best practice to continue driving the delivery of the service to the academy
and pathway forwards. - Ensure Academy physiotherapy and medical stock is reviewed regularly, and appropriate
ordering of supplies is carried out. - Work with wider SS&M/Player welfare MDT to provide excellent mental
health/wellbeing and women’s health care. - To ensure the Club’s equity, diversity and inclusion policy and standards are always
upheld and always abide by the Club’s code of conduct - To ensure the Club’s safeguarding policies and procedures are always adhered to
including adherence to the staff code of conduct and consistently advocating the
safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk at all times. Appropriate
consideration must be given to safeguarding in all activities and decisions which are
undertaken. - Take on any other responsibilities or tasks that are within your skills and abilities whenever
reasonably asked.
This job description is only a summary of the role as it currently exists and is not exhaustive.
The responsibilities and accountabilities might differ from those outlined and other duties, as
assigned, might be part of the job.
Core competencies
Delivery & Performance
- Quality & Service Orientated
- A demonstrated aptitude for understanding and satisfying internal and external
- customers. Provision of effective solutions. (Level – 2)
- Results Focused/Action Orientated
A drive to plan and deliver results despite challenges and setbacks. (Level – 2) - Effective Resource Management
Understanding, respecting and effective use of the Club’s resources. (Level – 2) - Innovative Thinking
Aptitude to identify key components of problems, generate creative solutions and seize
business opportunities by taking considered risks. (Level – 2)
Strategic Approach
- Business Awareness/Commercial Acumen
Ability to ensure business success and financial efficacy now and for the future. (Level – 2) - Strategic & Analytical Thinking
Capacity for conceptualising the immediate, medium and long-term local and global
environmental challenges and define specific strategies for organisation growth in
relation to our purpose and vision. (Level – 2) - Organisational Alignment
The aptitude to align one’s own behaviour with the needs, priorities and goals of the Club.
Focusing on the Club’s vision before individual preferences or professional priorities.
(Level – 2) - Talent Development
Full commitment to professional development and personal growth of self and others
and the transfer of knowledge to future talent. (Level – 2) - Agility
Openness and ability to promptly identify and adapt to changes in the business
environment. (Level – 2)
Leadership
- Active & Visible Leadership
Demonstrates full and public commitment to Club’s Values. Operates with integrity and
transparency and role-models’ appropriate behaviours. (Level – 2) - Inclusion Orientated
Understands and values equity, diversity and inclusion approaches and works openly with
all people, regardless of identity or characteristics. (Level – 3) - Aptitude for Sustainability
Commitment to operating sustainably to ensure the Club’s negative impact on the
environment is kept to a minimum. (Level – 2) - Safety Focused
Understands, respects and values safeguarding, and health and safety protocols and
considers these within all aspects of the Club’s operations. (Level – 3)
Relationships & Influence
- Teamwork & Collaboration
The capacity for working collaboratively and effectively within and across teams, and with
external stakeholders, to ensure a unified direction of travel to achieving the Club’s goals
and objectives. (Level – 2) - Influence & Negotiation
Aptitude for excellent communication and interpersonal effectiveness with the ability to
negotiate with, and influence others, in respectful and honest ways to add value and
achieve objectives. (Level – 2) - Emotional Intelligence
Ability to understand others (including non-verbal communication methods),
management of own behaviour and reactions and self-reflection especially when faced
with challenging or stressful situations. (Level – 2)
Key contacts in the business:
Internal:
- Players
- Lead Physiotherapist
- Women’s Senior Physiotherapist
- Wider SS&M team
- Head of Talent Development & Pathway and wider coaching staff
External: - Other key stakeholders i.e., Schools & Tier 2 & 3 teams
Equal Opportunities and Inclusivity Statement
Somerset County Cricket Club endorses the principles of equality and equity and strives to ensure
everyone involved with the Club has a genuine and equal opportunity to participate to the full
extent of their own ambitions and abilities, to give of their best and be assured of an environment
in which their rights, dignity and individual worth are respected. Everyone is responsible for creating
an inclusive working environment and we expect all colleagues, partners customers and suppliers
to abide by our equality, diversity and inclusion policies and procedures.
The Club ensures all existing and potential employees receive equal consideration during the
recruitment process and beyond and is committed to the elimination of unlawful or unfair
discrimination of any kind and in particular on the grounds of sex, race, disability, sexual orientation,
marriage and civil partnership, gender reassignment, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity,
and age.
Safeguarding Statement
Somerset County Cricket Club is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children,
young people and adults at risk, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. It
is everyone’s responsibility to keep vulnerable people safe.
As part of our safer recruitment process all relevant roles are subject to an enhanced or standard
DBS check as appropriate, and two satisfactory references. We also require every staff member to
undergo safeguarding training appropriate to their role.
We encourage an open, welcoming environment where everyone should feel safe to express any
concerns. We have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and
safer working practice across all that we do.