Bowel Cancer Screening Specialist Practitioner

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare institution in Liverpool is seeking a Bowel Cancer Screening Specialist Practitioner to join their team. The ideal candidate will be RGN with NMC registration and be dynamic in their approach. Responsibilities include delivering care to patients through the screening programme and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. This permanent role offers a 37.5-hour workweek with an emphasis on high-quality patient care and effective communication skills.

Qualifications

• RGN with NMC registration required.
• Qualifications in specialty or related fields preferred.
• Teaching and assessing skills necessary.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice and support at the screening centre.
• Deliver care to patients identified by the screening programme.
• Participate in all stages of the screening pathway.
• Use advanced communication skills for sensitive discussions.
• Ensure timely access to necessary diagnostics.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams for cancer detection.

Skills

Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating specialist nursing care

Strong communication with patients of varying understanding levels

Clear written information presentation

Basic IT skills

Ability to manage own workload with minimal supervision

Knowledge of professional and NHS issues

Effective interpersonal relationships

Participating in service development and change

Education

RGN (NMC registered)

Diploma or post-registration qualification in specialty

Teaching and assessing qualification

Current full UK driving licence

Job description

Overview

Bowel Cancer Screening Specialist Practitioner (Royal Liverpool Hospital) – Band 6, Permanent, 37.5 hours per week. Closing date: 22 October 2025.

Main duties of the job

Join the Liverpool and Wirral Bowel Screening Centre (Royal Hospital site) as part of the team. You will be dynamic, highly motivated and flexible in your approach to work. You will be responsible for delivering the highest quality of care to patients identified by the screening programme and will meet their needs, including assessment for endoscopic procedures, delivery of results and onward referral as required. You will need to make clinically informed decisions to manage patients along the screening pathway and follow them up afterwards.

Qualifications include RGN with NMC registration, willingness to work flexible hours and to travel between associated sites across the region. Previous endoscopic, gastroenterological or bowel cancer screening experience is desirable but not essential.

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital. We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Womens NHS Foundation Trust. The Group provides general and emergency hospital care and highly specialised regional services for the North West region.

Job responsibilities

• Provide advice, information and support for those making direct contact with the screening centre.
• Deliver care to patients identified by the screening programme and address needs arising at various stages of the pathway, including:
• Participation in screening; positive screening results; the Lynch programme; assessment of fitness for screening colonoscopy or alternative diagnostic investigations;
• Informed decision-making prior to screening colonoscopy or alternative diagnostics; follow-up, intervention, treatment, surveillance or discharge as required.
• Use specialist knowledge and advanced communication skills when breaking bad news and providing psychological support.
• Ensure timely access to screening colonoscopy or alternative diagnostics and seamless transition to appropriate pathways in primary, secondary, tertiary or out-patient care settings.
• Establish links with local colorectal cancer multidisciplinary teams to ensure timely presentation and transfer when cancer is detected; coordinate with Lynch multidisciplinary teams where appropriate.
• Populate and maintain the BCSP local database and participate in data collection, quality assurance, service feedback and audits, with responsibility for 30-day follow-up.
• Perform comprehensive assessments of patient needs and plan, implement and evaluate care according to BCSP guidelines.
• Maintain accurate patient records and collaborate with other professionals and organisations to meet patient needs, particularly regarding referrals to local MDTs.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• RGN (NMC registered)
• Diploma and/or post-registration qualification in speciality or related field
• Teaching and assessing
• Current full UK driving licence

Experience

• Broad clinical experience with a focus in the speciality
• Experience in service development and implementation of change; experience applying teaching in the work area

Skills

• Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist nursing care
• Strong communication with patients of varying understanding levels
• Clear written information presentation
• Basic IT skills (word processing and spreadsheets)
• Ability to manage own workload with minimal supervision
• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues
• Experience participating in service development and change

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a submission to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust