About us:

Everton Football Club is one of world sport’s most respected and revered names – a by-word for innovation, professionalism and community.

During the course of a glittering history spanning three centuries, the Club has been shaped and guided by its aspirational motto Nil Satis Nisi Optimum – nothing but the best is good enough.

One of only three clubs to have been a founder member of both the Football League and Premier League, Everton has played more games in English football’s top flight than any other club.

While rightly proud of our rich past, and Goodison Park, our home of more than 130 years, we are now setting our sights on an exciting future at a state-of-the-art new stadium opening in summer 2025.

In doing so, we remain committed to developing and supporting teams across our Men’s, Women’s and Academy set-ups that inspire and continue to compete at the highest level of the game.

About the opportunity:

A unique and exciting opportunity has arisen to work within our Women’s Medical department as First Team Physiotherapist, with day-to-day operations being focussed on elite medical service, supporting both fit and injured players concurrently.
Reporting directly into our Head Physiotherapist, you will be a key member of the medical department providing high-quality physiotherapy services to the EFCW First Team. In collaboration with the medical team you will assist with providing treatment, the delivery of rehabilitation and injury prevention programmes, the coordination of the medical services on match days and organising and implementing screening programmes, where required.

You will contribute towards the efficient and effective functioning of the department, influencing departmental strategies as well as supporting the coordination of physiotherapy services and medical arrangements.
Who we are looking for: We are looking for a talented and passionate individual who has at least 5 years’ experience working within elite sport.

You must be comfortable working with a wide variety of injuries and flexible enough to rotate into a travelling performance team that supports our elite players through competitive fixtures, both home and away.

We need someone who possess the ability to work discreetly under pressure, but also as part of a multi-disciplinary team, and can evidence on-going CPD in major speciality of their work portfolio.

It is essential that the successful candidate has the following educational experience:

• A degree in Physiotherapy, or equivalent
• Full Membership of The Society of Physiotherapy
• Adequate indemnity insurance
• FA Advanced Trauma Medical Management in Football (ATMMiF) minimum

This position is on a permanent basis, based at Finch Farm, working 40 hours per week.

The closing date of this advert is Wednesday 2nd April 2025..

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a substantial amount of applications.

Everton Family Safer Recruitment Practices

The Everton Family is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

As a requirement of our safer recruitment practices, this role will require a Enhanced DBS check or evidence that you are subscribed to the DBS Update Service, information of which can be found here
This role is subject to both evidence and verification of relevant qualifications, including proof of eligibility to work in the UK, which will be discussed with you if your application is successful.

Equity & Inclusion

Everton Football Club is committed to ensuring everyone is respected, celebrated and empowered for who they are, regardless of their identity. We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, and underrepresented communities. We are dedicated to supporting the physical and mental/emotional wellbeing of all our people. Should you have a disability or long-term health condition and require reasonable adjustments to be made to the application/interview/onboarding process, please let us know.

To support our pledge to diversify our organisation and through our commitment to the Football Association’s, Football Leadership Diversity Code, Everton welcomes applications from people of all walks of life. As part of our commitment to Disability, Inclusion and Accessibility we are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process should you require.