As a physiotherapist within our rehab department, you will conduct injury assessments, acute management and, end-stage management for our rehabilitation athletes. You will report directly to Lachlan Wilmot, our Head of Performance, and your key KPI will be to return athletes into our performance programs by facilitating comprehensive recoveries.

Your key responsibilities include:

• Develop and conduct initial athlete screening sessions and produce handover reports to the performance team.
• Conduct follow-up consults for the rehabilitation athletes.
• Maintain a clear, concise and up to date medical record for every athlete to allow for the effective evaluation of the athlete’s progress and the physiotherapist’s practice. These records should be both written and filmed and then stored within the secure Athletes Authority databases.
• Develop, deliver and progress rehab programs within the Athletes Authority programming framework.
• Develop quantitative and qualitative exit criteria for all injuries requiring surgery
• Accompany athletes to all follow-up consults with surgeons.
• Conduct Return To Run (RTR) sessions on the field.
• Conduct Return To Contact (RTC) sessions on the field.
• Focus heavily on the development of a leading, integrated sports physiotherapy program in the private sector.
• Coordinate and deliver special projects like presentations, as outlined by the Head of Performance to students, interns and external coaches.
• Generate referrals from team sport relationships toward the growth of the rehab program.