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10. Advanced practitioners
10.1. Outcomes for Advanced Practitioner
The following statements identify the outcomes to be demonstrated by an accredited advanced practitioner in a defined, specialist area of practice and where applicable.
- Practise safely within relevant legal, ethical, professional and managerial frameworks and advise on these as appropriate.
- Demonstrate accountability, recognising and responding appropriately to strengths and limitations in own knowledge, skills and attributes and to those of others.
- Interpret and evaluate evidence for effective professional practice.
- Engage in audit, peer review and research for best practice, disseminating the outcomes.
- Establish and maintain expertise through engagement with continuing professional development.
- Manage self and lead the team to ensure workload is delivered effectively.
- Ensure information management systems are used to optimal effect.
- Demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Use and give professional supervision.
- Mentor and teach learners, support staff and other professionals, developing relevant learning materials.
- Ensure the radiation safety of all individuals in the working environment.
- Practise within a risk-benefit framework, having regard to the biological effects of radiation.
- When entitled to do so by the employer, undertake practitioner, operator and referrer roles within IR(ME)R 2000 and its subsequent amendments as appropriate to professional practice.
- Critically evaluate the effectiveness of quality assurance procedures and quality management systems and respond appropriately.
- Contribute to the planning, selection and purchase of new technology and associated facilities.
- Identify, evaluate and interpret normal and abnormal anatomy and pathophysiology relevant to clinical practice.
- Assess patients and make reasoned decisions to initiate, continue, modify, suspend or cease imaging examinations or radiotherapy, advising others in complex situations.
- Interpret results of imaging and, where necessary, carry out additional image manipulation, imaging or adaptation of treatment delivery.
- Ensure imaging examinations/radiotherapy interventions and their outcomes are recorded accurately.
- Supply, administer and prescribe medicines within the legal framework.
- Manage the whole patient pathway, lead the delivery of complex treatments using advanced technologies. (T)
- Lead the delivery of complex imaging using advanced technologies, recording or reporting on the outcomes. (D)
- Work individually, collaboratively and/or in partnership to deliver person-centred care and interventions.
- Develop, implement and review pathways of care, having regard to patients’ health status and co-morbidities, promoting healthy living.
- Meet the care needs of individuals and their significant others sensitively and respectfully having regard to the impact of illness and trauma, and to socio-cultural differences.
- Demonstrate proficiency in basic life-support techniques, infection control and moving and handling.
- Obtain informed consent or ensure that it has been given.
- Advise other Health and Social Care professionals about patients’ needs, referring them where necessary.