Advanced practice: In physiotherapy advanced practice includes:
- a higher level of practice, functions, responsibilities, activities and capabilities
- may be, but is not necessarily, associated with a particular occupational title e.g. ‘consultant physiotherapist’, ‘advanced physiotherapy practitioner’, ‘advanced practice physiotherapist’ ‘extended scope practitioner’
- requires a combination of advanced and distinctly increased clinical and analytical skills, knowledge, clinical reasoning, attitudes and experience
- results in the responsibility for the delivery of care to patients/clients more commonly with complex needs or problems safely and competently and to manage risk
