Job Title: School Physiotherapist

Location: West London (split site)

Position Type: Part-Time, 10 hours split across 4 days.

Salary: Competitive, based on experience

Desired start date: September 2025

About Us:
We are the UK’s leading provider of sports medicine services in the education sector. We deliver high-quality, athlete-focused care to young people, ensuring injury management and rehabilitation are handled with clinical excellence and compassion.

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Physiotherapist to join our team in supporting a network of prestigious independent schools in West London. This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of a multidisciplinary team delivering elite-level care to adolescent athletes in a dynamic and rewarding clinical environment.

Role Overview:

As a School Physiotherapist, you’ll manage your own caseload, providing expert assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation of sports and musculoskeletal injuries in school-aged athletes. You’ll collaborate closely with Meliora’s broader medical team—including Sports Doctors, GPs, Strength & Conditioning coaches, and School Nurses—to ensure seamless, high-quality care for each student.

This is a key role in the schools’ medical and performance teams, offering regular opportunities for multidisciplinary collaboration, professional development, and contribution to athlete wellbeing across the academic year.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver high-quality physiotherapy care tailored to adolescent athletes.
• Assess, treat, and rehabilitate sports and MSK injuries.
• Work closely with Sports Doctors, GPs, S&C coaches, and school staff to deliver integrated care.
• Attend and contribute to weekly multidisciplinary medical meetings.
• Communicate effectively with pastoral staff, heads of sport, and parents as required.
• Maintain accurate, confidential clinical notes in line with Return2Play standards.
• Manage your diary and caseload efficiently, ensuring timely treatment for pupils.
• Liaise with external healthcare providers to support continuity of care.

Essential Requirements:

• HCPC-registered Chartered Physiotherapist with CSP membership.
• Experience working with adolescent athletes in a clinical, sporting, or school-based environment.
• Strong background in musculoskeletal and/or sports physiotherapy.
• Confident working independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent communication, organisation, and interpersonal skills.

Desirable Attributes:

• Experience in a school or elite youth sports setting.
• Familiarity with strength and conditioning programs and return-to-play protocols.
• Confident in presenting or contributing to injury prevention and health education sessions.

What We Offer:

• The opportunity to work across some of the UK’s leading independent schools in North West London.
• A supportive and collaborative team environment with mentoring and CPD opportunities.
• Term-time only working (approx. 35 weeks per year).
• Access to outstanding clinical and sporting facilities.

What are the next steps?

Please submit a CV to our Head of Physiotherapy, Liz Robson – liz.robson@return2play.org.uk – with a few words in your email explaining what excites you about working at Meliora and what you are looking for from the job.

We review every application and will be in touch to arrange a friendly team chat if we think you’d be a great fit.

Please note that we will hold all successful and unsuccessful applicants details on file unless you request us not to during the application process.