James qualified as a physiotherapist from Keele University in 1998. Professionally, he has gained comprehensive clinical and managerial experience through his career structure to date, in the UK and abroad.

He has been in his current role as an advanced practice shoulder and elbow physiotherapist for the last 5 years. This role sees James working alongside consultant colleagues in clinic assessing and managing the wide variety of patient referrals received from a number of sources. This role also sees James provide specialist physiotherapy to complex patients in the outpatient environment and utilise MSK ultrasound and injection therapy skills to assess and manage patients.

James also provides specialist upper limb clinics for the musculoskeletal pathway in primary care as part of the local integrated care system.

Prior to this he worked for fifteen years at the Nottingham Shoulder and Elbow Unit, the last eight years of which, as the physiotherapy team lead.

James is an associate lecturer on the postgraduate musculoskeletal ultrasound program at Derby University and also sits on the education committee of the British Shoulder and Elbow Society as an AHP representative.

James completed his MSc in sports medicine in 2008 at Nottingham University, while in 2016 completed a PG Cert in musculoskeletal ultrasound at Bournemouth University and in 2020 completed the nonmedical prescribing course at Sheffield Hallam University.

James's expertise has seen him present work nationally at physiouk and internationally at the world shoulder congress in Brazil, Japan and South Korea. He has been fortunate enough to publish peer reviewed work on the shoulder and is currently a reviewer for the shoulder and elbow journal.

Personally, James is a keen follower of sport and enjoys reading on a variety of subjects and travelling.