Role of the Radiographer Prescriber
Jan 05, 2016
Role of the Radiographer Prescriber
What do radiographers do?
29,695 Radiographers in the UK registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Diagnostic radiographers
Therapeutic radiographers
Diagnostic radiographers take lead responsibility for the management and care of patients undergoing a spectrum of clinical imaging examinations, together with associated image interpretation.
Diagnostic radiographers plain film contrast imagingCT interventionalMRI ward & theatreultrasound bone scanningnuclear medicine cardiac
Therapeutic radiographers take lead responsibility for the management and care of patients with cancer undergoing radiotherapy during the pre-treatment, treatment delivery and immediate post-treatment phases.
Therapeutic radiographersplanning reviewtreatment end of treatmentcounselling palliativecommunity liaison satellite RTinfo & support brachytherapy
Currently, radiographers can...........
Supply/administer under Patient Specific Directions (PSDs)
Supply/administer under Patient Group Directions (PGDs)
Train as Supplementary Prescribers
Supplementary Prescribers:
46 annotated with HCPC (end 2014)
Very few diagnostic
Therapeutic radiographers in on-treatment review
Challenges of supplementary prescribing:
CMP
Logistics of getting CMP signed
SP more suited to long term conditions
Independent prescribing
Why and how would it be used?
Extension of current practice of Supplementary Prescribing
Would overcome issues with CMP Better and quicker service delivery Keeping patient on treatment New ways of working; community,
satellite etc Using skills of radiographers
Mainly contrast agents PGDs will continue to be used Radiographer led services
Interventional e.g. gastro-intestinal Ultrasound e.g. musculoskeletal Vascular e.g. insertion of lines DEXA scanning New ways of working e.g. Emergency
department
WE NEED A BIT OF VISION...
A patient with a minor injury is sent for imaging, radiographer reports there is no bony injury. What if the radiographer could discharge the patient from imaging with referral and/or prescription?
Better for patient, better for service
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