Bowel Cancer Screening Specialist Practitioner

NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group is seeking a Bowel Cancer Screening Specialist Screening Practitioner (Band 6) to join the Liverpool Wirral Bowel Screening Centre. The role is permanent, 37.5 hours per week, and requires coordinating care along the screening pathway and delivering results with onward referrals as needed.

The post demands flexible hours, RGN registration with the NMC, and willingness to travel between sites.

Qualifications

• NMC registered nurse with current registration and practising status.
• Flexibility to work across the LiverpoolWirral bowel screening centres.
• Endoscopy/gastroenterology or bowel cancer screening experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support the BCSP by coordinating and delivering care from the screening centre.
• Deliver results and manage onward referrals as required within the screening pathway.
• Travel between associated sites across the region as required by the role.

Skills

NMC Registered Nurse

Endoscopy experience (desirable)

Education

NMC Registered Nurse

Job description

Bowel Cancer Screening Specialist Screening Practitioner (Royal Liverpool Hospital)

Band 6

Permanent

37.5 Hours per week

• To play a pivotal role in supporting the BCSP by:
• Working collaboratively with the Programme Hub
• As part of the team, co-ordinating and providing care from the screening centre to address the needs of individuals arising as a consequence of the screening programme
• As part of the team, co-ordination of health promotion activities by all sections of the society

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Bowel Cancer Screening Specialist Screening Practitioner to join the team working in the Liverpool and Wirral Bowel Screening Centre (Royal Hospital site.)

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 the needs of these patients, including assessment for endoscopic procedures, delivery of results and onward referral as required. You will need to be able to make clinically informed decisions to manage patients along the screening pathway and follow them up afterwards.

RGN registered with the NMC, ability and willingness to work flexible hours and be able to travel between the centres associated sites across the region as required by the job role. Previous endoscopic, gastroenterological or bowel cancer screening experience is desirable but not essential.

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 Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.