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The Society and College of Radiographers is the AUTHOR of All Policy and Guidance documents.
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Prevention of Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Sonography
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Summary
The guidance emphasises the need for managers, safety representatives and employees to work together to create an environment and culture in which safe practices and policies are planned, implemented, reviewed and maintained.
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Work-related stress guidance for health and safety representatives
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Following a call by SoR members at the Annual Delegates Conference of 2006, this guidance has been developed to provide advice and information to safety representatives and managers on addressing work related stress.
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Health Care Associated Infections (HCAIs) Practical Guidance and Advice
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This document is issued by the Society & College of Radiographers (SCoR) to provide advice and guidance on control of infection to all members, including students.
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Industry Standards for the Prevention of Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Sonography
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Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are potentially one of the biggest causes of injury and ill health amongst sonographers. Many factors can contribute towards the development of MSDs in sonographers such as poor job design and poor posture.
These standards primarily address poor equipment design which in a SoR study of sonographers was believed by 49% of respondents to be a contributory factor towards the development of such injuries. The standards can be used by equipment manufacturers, employers, safety representatives, educators and employees as a means of reducing the risk of injury to sonographers.
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Practice Educator Accreditation Scheme: The Approval & Accreditation of Educational Programmes & Professional Practice
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Summary
Practice educators play a key role in the profession and The Society and College of Radiographers is pleased to launch this scheme for accrediting Practice Educators and sets up a UK register of Practice Educators.
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Information Management & Technology: Implications for the Radiography Workforce
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SCoR is pleased to publish this information and guidance document. It is written at a time when the healthcare environment is rapidly changing and acknowledges that developments in the field of information management and technology
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Pay and Banding of Trainees: Advice on Implementation of Annex U for the Radiography Workforce
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Summary
Annex U of the Agenda for Change NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook addresses the pay and conditions of service for trainees. It acknowledges that there are a wide range of such staff and provides three categories into which they should fall. Annex U also provides guidance on assimilation following completion of training.
Accordingly, the Society of Radiographers feels it is important to provide this advice to
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Equal Opportunities: disAbility Network Enabling Guide
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Grievance Procedure Guidelines
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Summary
This document provides information and support to managers and leaders with respect to professional leadership. The main body of the document provides information on the competence for leaders at all senior levels of practice and the appendices to the document provide separate competence outcomes for Service Managers, Consultant Practitioners and Advanced Practitioners
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Guidance on Approval & Accreditation of Practice Placements at all Levels of Pre-Registration Education
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This document details policy for the accreditation by the Society and College of Radiographers of a clinical department as an approved practice placement provider for pre-registration learners. It provides guidance on the approval process leading to recognition of a clinical department as an approved clinical placement in association with approved education programme(s) and education centre(s) or as an approved specialist placement provider, for example a dedicated paediatric department.
Approval will encompass the collaborative arrangements between education and placement providers and the total numbers of pre-registration learners which the site can accommodate.