Wests Tigers is seeking a highly skilled and experienced NRLW Head Physiotherapist to support our elite women’s rugby league program. This role is integral to the club’s high-performance environment, ensuring best-practice injury prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation for our athletes.
Key responsibilities
Reporting into the Women's Football Manager the NRLW Head Physiotherapist is responsible for assessing, treating, and managing injuries within the NRLW squad. This role ensures effective injury prevention, immediate care, and rehabilitation protocols that align with the team’s performance objectives. The NRLW Head Physiotherapist plays a crucial role in maintaining player health and readiness, ensuring athletes are fit for training and match play.
Game Day Role: Running the Orange Shirt.
Location: Wests Tigers Headquarters, Concord
Employment Type: Fixed term Contract
Hours: NRLW training days - 3pm-8pm. Not exact due to the nature of role. Preseason 3 mid week days and 1 Saturday morning. In-season varied due to travel.
Employment Terms: Start 12/5/25 - End: 12/10/25
Key Responsibilities
The Physiotherapist will provide the following services for the Players:
- Conducting comprehensive injury assessments.
- In collaboration with the Physical Performance Lead prepare individualised injury prevention, treatment and rehabilitation programs
- Preparing individualised injury prevention, treatment and rehabilitation programs, including but not limited to:
- Continuously updating, monitoring and acting on Player workload data via Smartabase
- Conducting annual physiotherapy screenings.
- Preparing and submitting injury reports to key Wests Tigers stakeholders as required.
- Attending weekly case management meetings with NRLW Coaching and High Performance staff.
- Maintaining all required communication and adequate consultation notes through Teamworks and Smartabase.
Other responsibilities
Medications and Supplements:
- The Physiotherapist must not provide Players with prescription medications without the permission (verbal or written) of the State Medical Officer or other appropriately qualified medical practitioner; and
- The Physiotherapist must not provide Players with any supplements unless directed to by the State Association Dietitian or Medical Officer.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent, with current AHPRA registration
- Masters level Degree in Sports / Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy
- First Aid / CPR Qualification
- At least 5 years of Sports Physiotherapy experience with elite athletes / teams
- Working with Children Check
- Drivers license
- Advanced Spinal **we can facilitate attendance of these courses - required to run Orange shirt
- Advanced resuscitation **we can facilitate attendance of these courses - required to run Orange shirt
Why Join Wests Tigers?
Wests Tigers is a leading professional sporting organisation that values excellence, respect, family, honesty and teamwork. As an employer of choice, we foster a high-performance culture that supports both individual and team growth. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the ongoing success of our NRLW program while working in a professional and dynamic environment.
Applications are now open. If you are ready to advance your career in elite sports physiotherapy, we invite you to apply and become part of the Wests Tigers team.
