EQUINE PHYSIOTHERAPIST
Job type: Contract/self-employed
ESSENTIAL /
DESIRABLE
Qualifications
Degree in Physiotherapy.
Essential
Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (MCSP), registered with the Health and
Care Professions Council (HCPC) and member of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists
in Animal Therapy (ACPAT).
Essential
Higher degree (or equivalent) specialising in Sports Physiotherapy / Sport and Exercise Medicine
/ Sports Rehabilitation.
Desirable
Experience
Extensive experience, ability and proven record in leading the delivery of equine physiotherapy
services to improve performance. This must include work with high performance sport horses.
Essential
Extensive experience, ability and proven record of working effectively across an inter-disciplinary
team in the delivery of equine physiotherapy and rehabilitation services to high performance sport.
Essential
Clear understanding of the importance of delivering against a predefined culture and values of an
elite high performance programme and proven record of achieving successful delivery.
Essential
Extensive experience, ability and proven record of successfully implementing strategies to reduce
the impact and incidence of injury.
Essential
Ability and proven record of strategic planning, implementation and monitoring of physiotherapy
support to high performance sport horses.
Essential
Have travelled with a team to a major international competition at senior, young rider or junior
level (e.g. Olympic or Paralympic Games, World or European Championships or Commonwealth
Games).
Desirable
Knowledge and Skills
A comprehensive understanding of the needs of elite athletes, coaches and high performance
sport horses in a high performance environment.
Essential
Comprehensive contemporary knowledge of functional anatomy/pathoanatomy and the ability to
integrate this knowledge within assessment and clinical reasoning.
Essential
Comprehensive contemporary knowledge of technical skills underpinning the delivery of
physiotherapy and rehabilitation management in the sporting environment.
Essential
A comprehensive understanding of the various equine sports science and sports medicine
disciplines.
Essential
Excellent presentation and communication skills that can motivate behavioural change to have a
positive impact on performance.
Essential
Ability to communicate complex data in terms that are easily understood by a wide range of
audiences.
Essential
Highly skilled in fostering collaborative performance-focused relationships with high performance
coaches, sports science professionals and athletes, owners and grooms building trusted
partnerships that enable accurate and timely decisions to be made with athletes and empower a
culture of athlete self-reliance.
Essential
Excellent relationship management skills and the ability to be able to contribute to the
development of a new performance culture in equestrian sport.
Essential
Progressive, open minded approach to seeking to enhance own knowledge and to learn from
experiences of other sports in order to translate and develop such learning into new
methodologies for equestrian sport.
Essential
Experience of developing and implementing innovative ideas and putting them into practice,
including working in an applied and integrated manner.
Essential
Can demonstrate knowledge and awareness of Athlete Support Personnel roles and
responsibilities under the appropriate World Anti-Doping Code.
Desirable
For this level of role we would expect the individual to have a minimum of 4 full years’ experience in elite
sport, although this does not preclude applicants without this from applying if they feel they have the
necessary knowledge and skills.