Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner (TMJ Disorders)

The post holder will be practicing autonomously as an Advanced Physiotherapist Practitioner (APP) to provide patient-centred quality care. This will encompass the skills of advanced assessment, examination, diagnosis and management within an agreed scope of practice.

The APP will meet the requirements of the Centre for Advancing Practice's framework and guidelines for advanced level practice.

To work within the Multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice in England (HEE 2017). The post holder will deliver an 80% clinical component to their role and 20% related to leadership and management, education and research.

You will be required to assess complex TMJD, Facial Pain and Spinal patients in an APP clinic referring for relevant investigations, discussing management options and undertaking treatments.A qualification in injection therapy is desirable but not essential.You will review postoperative patients in clinic.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals, St George's Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital, and two health centres, St Johns Therapy Centre, and The Nelson Centre.

With over 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, we are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.

Our main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.