Assistant practitioner
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