Bowel Cancer Screening Specialist Screening Practitioner

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS health provider in Liverpool is looking for a Bowel Cancer Screening Specialist Practitioner. The role involves coordinating care for patients participating in screening programmes, ensuring they receive timely interventions, and supporting them through diagnostics and treatments. The ideal candidate will be RGN registered, skilled in communication, and able to work flexibly across various clinic sites.

Benefits

Health benefits

Support for professional development

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• RGN registration with the NMC is essential.
• Experience in bowel cancer screening is desirable.
• Must be able to communicate effectively and empathetically.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient care and support throughout the screening programme.
• Ensure timely access to diagnostic interventions.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to improve patient care.

Skills

Ability to work flexibly

Advanced communication skills

Ability to manage workload

Education

RGN registered with the NMC

Post-registration qualification in specialty or related field

Tools

Basic IT skills

Job description

Overview

Responsibilities

• 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). Provide advice, information and support for those making direct contact with the screening centre
• Be responsible for care delivery to patients identified by the screening programme and will meet the needs of patients arising as a result of;
• Having been called to participate in screening
• Having been identified as positive on screening
• Having taken part in the lynch programme
• Needing to be assessed as fit to undertake screening colonoscopy or alternative diagnostic investigations
• Needing to be able to make informed decisions prior to undergoing screening colonoscopy or alternative diagnostic interventions
• Having been identified as requiring further intervention, treatment, surveillance follow-up or discharge
• To use specialist knowledge and advanced communication skills with patients and carers when breaking bad news and providing psychological support on diagnosis, treatment and symptom management
• Ensure timely access to screening colonoscopy or alternative diagnostic intervention and seamless transition to agreed pathways in primary, secondary, tertiary or out-patient care settings, during all stages of the screening pathway.
• To establish effective links with local colorectal cancer multi-disciplinary teams in order to ensure that when cancer is detected, there is timely presentation and transfer of patients to the multi-disciplinary team.
• Establish links with the local Lynch multidisciplinary teams in order to manage these cohort of patients effectively
• Populate and maintain the BCSP local database
• Participate in ongoing data collection and quality assurance, service feedback and audit with particular responsibility for the follow-up of patients at 30 days
• Perform comprehensive assessment of patient needs, plan, implement and evaluate care according to BCSP
• Collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records
• Work collaboratively with other professionals and organisations to ensure patient needs are met, especially in relation to referrals to local MDTs

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.

• RGN
• Diploma
• Post-registration qualification in speciality or related field.
• Teaching and assessing
• Current full UK driving licence holder

Desirable criteria

• Post-registration qualification in speciality or related field
• Teaching and assessing, Broad range of clinical experience with specific experience in speciality
• Participated in service development and implementation of change. Application of teaching within the work area, Able to perform assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of specialist nursing care
• Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding.
• Able to present written information in a logical manner.
• Basic IT skills in word processing and spreadsheets
• Able to manage own workload and work with minimal supervision.
• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues.
• Assertive
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the health care setting
• Participated in service development and implementation of change
• You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role. Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months' of their 18th birthday. The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working. The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce: black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24. Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £23 (standard disclosure) or £43 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced). From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation. All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognizing the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action. As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence. If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post. Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.

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