Pathway & Women’s Physiotherapist

Organisation: Gloucestershire Cricket
Salary: 27000 per annum
Location: Bristol
Contract type: Permanent (Full time)
Closing date: 2 June 2025
Job Description: Basic Objective & Expectations:

As the Pathways Physiotherapist, you will be reporting to our Head of Talent Pathways and Lead Physiotherapist to provide the highest level of treatment to our Pathway Cricketers for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. As the Lead Physiotherapist for the Gloucestershire CCC Women, you will report to the Lead Physiotherapist and the Head of Cricket Operations. Attendance and service provision for home and away Pathway fixtures, home and away GCCC Women’s fixtures, as well as training sessions, will be required. Also, there may be occasional requirement to cover GCCC men’s professional squads training, rehabilitation and 2nd XI matches as the need arises. The successful applicant will demonstrate high-standard clinical skills and have experience working in a team environment with elite athletes / high performing teams, although not essential.

Key responsibilities

Deliver high quality healthcare to Boys & Girls pathway and Senior Women players.
Provide match day physiotherapy coverage as required to Pathway and Women’s teams
ensuring that acute injury management of the highest standard is provided in the event of a
player sustaining an injury.
Ensure that trauma management documentation exists for the venue and that pre-match
trauma management meetings are undertaken with the opposition Science and Medicine
Team and appropriate individuals.
Provide musculoskeletal assessment for Pathway and Women’s players as required and
develop evidence-based rehabilitation programs working collaboratively with the Talent
Pathway Strength & Conditioning (S&C) Pathway coach.
Discuss with the S&C Coaches and Lead Physiotherapist regarding appropriate warm-up and
recovery strategies.
Promptly record all injury consultations and rehabilitation programmes on Smartabase, the
ECB electronic injury database.
In collaboration with the Science and Medicine Team, and coaching staff, monitor, review
and manage individual player’s workloads and wellbeing on a daily / weekly basis with formal
review at monthly multi-disciplinary support staff meetings.
Undertake regular professional development to enhance knowledge of best practice models
of injury prevention and management and participate in the annual ECB Medical Conference.
Active involvement in Science and Medicine Team in-services, quality projects, and research
and development activities.

Key Relationships

Lead Physiotherapist, Lead Strength & Conditioning Coach, Head of Talent Pathways, Head
of Cricket Operations, Pathway and Women’s Coaches, Talent Pathway and Women’s
Strength & Conditioning Coach

Job Specification

Sports Rehabilitation Specific Knowledge and Skills
A basic understanding of the physical demands of cricket and its injury profile.
Basic knowledge of S&C principles and programming for elite athletes.
Basic knowledge and understanding / appreciation of workload management principles.
Awareness of injury prevention, physical preparation, and rehabilitation of elite athletes with
appropriate knowledge of concussion.
Ability to work collaboratively within a wider management group contributing to overall
player wellbeing.
Good manual therapy skills.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
Computer literacy including use of Microsoft Office and electronic medical databases.

Essential Criteria

Demonstrate high-standard clinical skills and have experience working in a team
environment with elite athletes / high performing teams, although not essential.
An understanding of long-term athletic development (LTAD), growth and maturation and/or
experience working with children and young adults would be advantageous.
Must be able to work autonomously and will show a commitment to continuing professional
development and growth.
Registration with the HCPC and Chartered Society of Physiotherapists.
Full UK Driving License.

Desirable Criteria

Previous experience working formally or informally within cricket is beneficial but not
essential.
Experience working formally or informally with elite athletes / teams including youth and
female athletes.

Other Conditions
Extended hours and regular travel throughout the UK during the County Cricket season
(March-September) including weekends and Bank holidays is required. The winter hours will
primarily include evenings and weekends. The post holder will be based at Gloucestershire
CCC at the Seat Unique Stadium, in Bristol.
How to apply: To apply please send a CV and covering letter to talentpathway@glosccc.co.uk.