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| - An Assistant practitioner, also called an associate practitioner in nursing, is a university/college-trained and paid a level 4 of the UK NHS Career Framework An Assistant Practitioner is a worker who competently delivers health and social care to and for people. They have a required level of knowledge and skill beyond that of the traditional healthcare assistant or support worker. The Assistant Practitioner would be able to deliver elements of health and social care and undertake clinical work in domains that have previously only been within the remit of registered professionals. The Assistant Practitioner may transcend professional boundaries. They are accountable to themselves, their employer, and, more importantly, the people they serve. RCN AP Scope of Practice. In the NHS Assistant Practitioners work as Occupational Therapy assistants, Diabetes team assistants. They also work in Radiotherapy treating patients with cancer. Diagnostic Radiography, Mammography, Nuclear medicine, District Nursing, strokes and rehabilitation, Podiatry, they also act as Patient Coordinators, Assistant Theatre Practitioners, primary care workers in Mental Health, Research, and IT support worker and assistant practitioner. Assistant practitioners can also be found working in community (such as clinics, patients' own homes, G.P. surgeries) and in hospitals (such as in wards, pathology laboratories, accident and emergency departments, medical physics departments etc.). Depending upon the role and the nature of the work, Assistant Practitioners may be expected to work shifts. Assistant practitioners can perform a wide range of skills once they have received training such as phlebotomy, cannulation, holistic needs assessment, urinary catheterisation, chemotherapy side effects and symptom assessment, delivering radiotherapy, performing X-rays, medication administration and deliver patient information. Some Assistant Practitioners will have a wider scope of practice than others. The skills that the AP has will depend on the trust they are working for and how far the AP would like to progress. Working as an Assistant Practitioner overseas is much harder, the job is not recognised in the USA in order to see if your qualifications will be accepted in countries other than the UK one must contact the licensing board for their chosen profession. (en)
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