{"id":22828,"date":"2023-12-28T09:53:48","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T09:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stockportpracticehub.co.uk\/practicehub\/?page_id=22828"},"modified":"2025-04-25T09:00:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T08:00:49","slug":"non-medical-referrer-for-chest-x-rays","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stockportpracticehub.co.uk\/practicehub\/non-medical-referrer-for-chest-x-rays\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-Medical Referrer for Chest X-Rays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Target Audience\/Eligibility Criteria<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This course is suitable for Practice Nurses and Allied Health Practitioners, who are interested in becoming a Non-Medical referrer for Chest X-Rays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Course Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a streamlined training programme that can support you to become a Non-Medical referrer. Follow this simple 4 step process to upskill and better support your patients:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Identify need to become Non-Medical Referrer &#8211; Determine the relevance and benefit to current practice and patient cohort<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identify GP Mentor &#8211; Identify local GP mentor who will support learning and contact local Radiology Service Manager for Non-Medical Referrer application form<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Complete E-Learning &#8211; The e-learning consists of four easy to access, bite size e-IRMER modules that provide the flexibility to learn at a time convenient for you. <strong>Recommended time to complete is 3 hours<\/strong>. The modules can be found at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.e-lfh.org.uk\/programmes\/ionising-radiation-medical-exposure-regulations\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">here<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Submit and start referring &#8211; Submit completed application and evidence of e-learning to Radiology Service Manager &#8211; learner will then be added to approved Non-Medical Referrer register.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Learning Objectives<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The benefits of completing this course are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Giving workforce the right skills at the right time to deliver the best care<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increased continuity of care<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Streamline patient pathway<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improve patient outcomes through early diagnosis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cost<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This course is free of charge to all those from Stockport General Practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Information<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>For further details, please<strong> <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nhs-my.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/g\/personal\/hleonard_nhs_net\/EaI9nlqSua5LvC0r2Yb-dQgBWfWckKKLzLEVKttpFomJ4w?e=xJ0a1h\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">click here<\/span><\/strong><\/a>. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you have any questions regarding this training please contact <a href=\"mailto:gmcancer.wf_ed@nhs.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">gmcancer.wf_ed@nhs.net<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n   ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Target Audience\/Eligibility Criteria This course is suitable for Practice Nurses and Allied Health Practitioners, who are interested in becoming a Non-Medical referrer for Chest X-Rays. Course [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":365,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stockportpracticehub.co.uk\/practicehub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22828"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stockportpracticehub.co.uk\/practicehub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stockportpracticehub.co.uk\/practicehub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stockportpracticehub.co.uk\/practicehub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/365"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stockportpracticehub.co.uk\/practicehub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22828"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.stockportpracticehub.co.uk\/practicehub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24913,"href":"https:\/\/www.stockportpracticehub.co.uk\/practicehub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22828\/revisions\/24913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stockportpracticehub.co.uk\/practicehub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}