Snaith B, Williams S, Taylor K, Tsang Y, Kelly J, Woznitza N
The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Aberford Road, Wakefield, WF1 4DG, UK; Faculty of Health Studies, University of Bradford, Richmond Road, Bradford, BD7 1DP, UK.
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, Shrewsbury SY3 8XQ, UK.
Radiography (Lond). 2018 Aug;24(3):257-261. doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2018.05.001. Epub 2018 May 24.
Consultant posts were developed to strengthen strategic leadership whilst maintaining front line service responsibilities and clinical expertise. The nursing profession has attempted to develop tools to enable individuals to evaluate their own practice and consider relevant measurable outcomes. This study evaluated the feasibility of transferring such a nursing 'toolkit' to another health profession.
This evaluation was structured around a one-day workshop where a nurse consultant impact toolkit was appraised and tested within the context of consultant radiographic practice. The adapted toolkit was subsequently validated using a larger sample at a national meeting of consultant radiographers.
There was broad agreement that the tools could be adopted for use by radiographers although several themes emerged in relation to perceived gaps within the nursing template, confirming the initial exercise. This resulted in amendments to the original scope and a proposed new evaluation tool.
The impact toolkit could help assess individual and collaborat ive role impact at a local and national level. The framework provides consultant radiographers with an opportunity to understand and highlight the contribution their roles have on patients, staff, their organisation and the wider profession.
