Reports to:
Head of Performance Support

Directly Responsibility: 
N/A

Location:
British Judo Head Office & British Judo National Training Centre, Walsall
(With a requirement to support international camps and competitions in the region of 2 weeks per year.)

Salary:
£40,819 (p.a pro-rata if part time)

The UK Sports Institute and British Judo have two exciting opportunities for a part time and a full time Physiotherapist to work with their world class programme in Walsall.

Please specify within your application form if you are interested in the full time position ( 37 hours) or Part time (22 hours) position. We are also open to other flexible considerations. Please indicate on your application.

Working in a fully integrated way with coaches and the wider multi-disciplinary team, the successful candidates will play a critical role in optimising athlete availability for preparation and world-leading performance. There will be a strong rehabilitation component to the role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide highly specialised musculoskeletal assessment, diagnostics, management, and rehabilitation services to improve ‘return to performance’ outcomes for athletes.
• Responsible for delivering targeted systems and projects to optimise rehabilitation and mitigate health problems aligned to performance goals and aspirational targets.
• Contribute to the development and delivery of targeted performance-focussed projects through effective team working and the utilisation/integration of specialist knowledge.
• Co-ordinate the provision of physiotherapy and physical health services across the British Judo World Class Program, particularly for domestic training camps held at the National Training Centre
• Support the leadership, management, and alignment of other health care practitioners across the performance support team (e.g., contracted physiotherapists, soft tissue therapists).
• Provide a primary point of contact for British Judo World Class Program athletes and coaches for delivery relating to athlete health in the UK and overseas.
• Work independently at training and competition locations making autonomous triage and primary care decisions and having responsibility for managing complex medical presentations beyond, or alongside immediate sports injury management and rehabilitation.
• Responsible for the management of immediate emergency medical and trauma care situations in the training and competition environment domestically and overseas.
• Provide a key role in assuring medical governance standards to safeguard athlete physical and mental health.
• Contribute to cross-sport learning and accelerated development across the high-performance system through collaboration and the sharing of knowledge, experience, and expertise.

How to Apply:

To be considered for this World Class Opportunity, candidates will be required to submit a CV and answer the application questions via the UKSI careers portal. The answers to the application questions should bring your CV to life by highlighting your relevant skills, experience and attributes that would make you the ideal candidate for this role.

Closing date: 10th April 2025

Interview date: 16th April 2025

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Click here to apply

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New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and his Conservative opponent kicked off their election campaigns Sunday against the backdrop of a trade war and annexation threats from U.S. President Donald Trump.

Carney announced there will be a five-week election campaign before the vote on April 28.

The governing Liberals had appeared poised for a historic election defeat this year until Trump declared a trade war. Trump has repeatedly said that Canada should become the 51st U.S. state and he acknowledged Friday that he has upended Canadian politics.

Trump’s almost daily attacks on Canada’s sovereignty have infuriated Canadians and led to a surge in Canadian nationalism that has bolstered Liberal poll numbers.

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"President Trump claims that Canada isn’t a real country. He wants to break us so America can own us. We will not let that happen," Carney said.

The governing Liberals had appeared poised for a historic election defeat this year until Justin Trudeau announced his resignation in January and Trump declared a trade war. Carney has said the government in a time of crisis needs a strong and clear mandate.

"The next election will be one of the most consequential in our lifetimes," he posted on social media overnight.

The election campaign for 343 seats or districts in the House of Commons will last 37 days. While other parties are running, the Liberals and the Conservatives are the only two that have a chance to form a government. The party that commands a majority in Parliament, either alone or with the support of another party, will form the next government and its leader will be prime minister.

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Carney replaced Trudeau, who announced his resignation in January but remained in power until the Liberal Party elected a new leader on March 9 following a leadership race by the governing party.

The opposition Conservatives hoped to make the election about Trudeau, whose popularity declined as food and housing prices rose and immigration surged. But after decades of bilateral stability, the vote is now expected to focus on who is best equipped to deal with Trump.

Trump put 25% tariffs on Canada’s steel and aluminum and is threatening sweeping tariffs on all Canadian products — as well as all of America’s trading partners — on April 2.

Pierre Poilievre, the leader of the Conservatives, is Carney’s main challenger. The party and Poilievre were heading for a huge victory in Canada’s federal election this year until Trump’s near-daily trade and annexation threats derailed them.

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Poilievre said he will stand up to Trump but Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, a conservative ally, said in an interview Poilievre would be "very much in sync" with the "new direction in America."

"I will insist the president recognizes the independence and sovereignty of Canada. I will insist he stops tariffing our nation," Poilievre said as he launched his campaign.

Poilievre said he doesn't respect "the treatment that he has meted out to our country."

"I know a lot of people are worried, angry and anxious. And with good reason as a result of the president’s unacceptable threats against our country," he said.

"You are worried about your job and the sovereignty of our nation. And you are angry at the feeling of betrayal that these unacceptable words and tariffs have made us all experience. I share your anger and I share the worry about our future."

Carney still hasn’t had a phone call with Trump and that might not happen now until after the election. Trump mocked Trudeau by calling him governor, but he has not yet mentioned Carney’s name.

Carney, 60, was the head of the Bank of Canada during the 2008 financial crisis. In 2013, he became the first noncitizen of the United Kingdom to run the Bank of England — helping to manage the impact of Brexit.

Poilievre, 45, for years the party’s go-to attack dog, is a career politician and firebrand populist who says he will put "Canada first." He vows to defund Canada’s public broadcaster and he won’t allow media onboard his campaign buses and planes.