Governance in radiography refers to the systems, policies, and processes that ensure the safe, effective, and ethical delivery of radiography services.
Governance encompasses various aspects, including staff training, procedures, risk management, and continuous quality improvement.
As there's a large array of topics, we have broken down this section into four categories:
- Competence
- Compliance
- Supervision & Delegation
- Board Assurance
Each of these sections are compiled with relevant information that you'll be able to see beneath their section buttons.
Please note: this section is still a work in progress with outstanding content soon to be added.
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Integrating assistant practitioners into the existing workforce
Skills mix assessment
Conduct a skills analysis to transform your clinical workforce plan, identifying where the skills of the SWAP workforce can support service delivery to enable advanced practice developments.
Supporting guidance
- The Radiography Support and Assistant Workforce: regulatory compliance, governance arrangements, supervision and delegation
- Developing career pathways for diagnostic imaging support worker roles guidance on roles and responsibilities
- Implementing Radiography Career: Guidance for managers
- Imaging Support Workforce Maturity Matrix
New scope of practice to be reviewed and approved by clinical skills group or equivalent in line with Trust approval process
Business case approved and funding agreed
Include costs for apprenticeship training / upskilling trainers and provision of clinical tutor and clinical supervision / assessment etc.
Accredited HEI Programmes, funding and training available:
Include costs for apprenticeship training / upskilling trainers and provision of clinical tutor and clinical supervision / assessment etc.
Could include/link to example business cases -template business case might be more helpful?
Include links to accredited HEI programmes and consider access to funding and training offers/support e.g. apprenticeships/ imaging
Supporting Guidance
- Developing career pathways for diagnostic imaging support worker roles guidance on roles and responsibilities
Post matched to Agenda for Change job profile
At level 4 with supporting level 5 education in place or planned as part of training – example JDs/ personal spec
At Level 4 with supporting level 5 education in place or planned as part of training – example JDs/ personal specification.
To be added to this section:
- Example job descriptions
- Link to job evaluation handbook
Accredited HEI Programmes, funding and training available:
Supporting Guidance
- Developing career pathways for diagnostic imaging support worker roles guidance on roles and responsibilities
Training/support in place
Supervision policy / level of supervision Scope of practice SOP’s example documents
Consider practice educator requirement
- Training
- Backfill post
- Time to provide clinical teaching
Consider trainee needs
- Access to IT, study skills
- Travel to HEI
- Provision of simulation tools / software to increase student capacity
Supporting Guidance
- Developing career pathways for diagnostic imaging support worker roles guidance on roles and responsibilities
Role recognised by service users
Aware of delegation of roles / restrictions on scope of practice
Extension to scope:
Once qualified as an Assistant practitioner further expansion to scope of practice can be considered – supported by good governance (CSSG), amended Scope of practice, JD and operating procedures to reflect role of assistant practitioner(s) involved.
Role recognised by colleagues
Integrated into radiology team
