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Scope of Practice of Assistant Practitioners
Summary
Over the past decade, the Scope of Practice of assistant practitioners has been reviewed and revised to incorporate additional modalities and practice settings where assistant practitioner roles have been approved. This guidance brings together in one document the Scope of Practice of assistant practitioners across both diagnostic and therapeutic radiography and across all modalities. It supersedes any previous guidance documents although they may form a useful reference source.
Contents of this document
- Introduction (262 words)
- The Assistant Practitioner (268 words)
- Regulation and the Voluntary Register (443 words)
- Supervision, Accountability and Delegation (1403 words)
- The Society of Radiographers’ Professional Indemnity (PII) Scheme (340 words)
- Assistant Practitioners and IR(ME)R 2000 and 2006 (590 words)
- Clinical Governance (202 words)
- Assistant Practitioners and the Supply and Administration of Medicines and Contrast Agents (218 words)
- Assistant Practitioners Verifying Patient Identification and Seeking Consent (568 words)
- Education and Training (331 words)
- Accreditation and Recognition of the Practice of Assistant Practitioners (335 words)
- CPD and Continued Accreditation (81 words)
- Extension to the Individual Scope of Practice (350 words)
- Research and Audit of Practice (150 words)
- Summary (170 words)
- References and Bibliography (435 words)