Bowel Cancer Screening Specialist Screening Practitioner

NHS; Slough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is looking for a Specialist Screening Practitioner to join their Bowel Cancer Screening team. The full-time role involves assessment, education, and counseling for patients on their screening journey, collaborating closely with a multidisciplinary team. Candidates must hold a relevant nursing qualification and possess strong interpersonal skills. This position offers a fixed-term contract with a salary range of £40,617 to £48,778 per annum, and excellent professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• RGN or appropriate BSc required.
• Evidence of continuing professional development is essential.
• Experience of working as part of a successful team.

Responsibilities

• Support the Berkshire Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP).
• Manage disorders of the lower gastrointestinal tract.
• Provide highest standard of care in partnership with the Programme Hub.

Skills

Knowledge of BCSP objectives/targets & standards

Excellent command of spoken and written English

Excellent interpersonal skills

Education

RGN or appropriate BSc

Evidence of continuing professional development

Job description

Job summary

Join Our Team as a Bowel Cancer Screening Specialist Screening Practitioner!

Full-time | 12-month Fixed Term Contract or Secondment

We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Specialist Screening Practitioner (SSP) to join our dynamic Bowel Cancer Screening team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient‑centred care within a nationally recognised screening programme.

As an SSP, you will use your specialist knowledge of lower gastrointestinal conditions to support patients throughout their screening journey. Your role will include assessment, education, and counselling across both the FOBt and flexible sigmoidoscopy screening pathways, working flexibly across one or more sites.

You will be part of a supportive multidisciplinary network and work closely with:

• Lead SSP and fellow SSPs
• Endoscopy teams
• Colorectal surgery teams
• Pathology and radiology services
• The Multidisciplinary Colorectal Team (MDT)

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact on early cancer detection and patient well‑being while developing your own specialist skills within a collaborative and highly respected service.

If you’re passionate, motivated, and ready to contribute to an expert screening centre, we’d love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• Support the Berkshire Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP).
• Manage disorders of the lower gastrointestinal tract arising from the bowel cancer screening programme.
• Undertake assessment, education and counselling wherever appropriate.
• Work across both the FOBt & flexible sigmoidoscopy pathways in one or more locations.
• Collaborate with the Lead SSP, SSP team, endoscopy team, colorectal team, pathology, radiology and MDT.
• Commit clinically to the bowel cancer screening centre.
• Provide highest standard of care in partnership with the Programme Hub, Public Health/Health Promotion colleagues.
• Cross‑site working between Berkshire Screening Sites (Reading, Bracknell, Slough, Newbury, Ascot).
• Shift work required.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability‑confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first‑class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management, leadership and clinical skills training available.

We understand the importance of a healthy work‑life balance; this benefits both staff and the patients we care for.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, and we do our utmost to work with staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

Job Details

Date posted: 12 December 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £40,617 to £48,778 a year per annum incl HCAS

Contract type: Fixed term

Duration: 12 months

Working pattern: Full‑time

Reference number: 151-JLM569

Job locations

• Wexham Park Hospital (Cross Site), Wexham Street, Slough, SL2 4HL

Job description and responsibilities

For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents.

Person Specification

Qualifications (Essential)

• RGN or appropriate BSc
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Qualifications (Desirable)

• Bowel Cancer Screening System (Open Exeter) – training on this is mandatory.

Experience (Essential)

• Appropriate amount of post‑registration/graduation experience.
• Experience of working as an integral part of a successful team.

Experience (Desirable)

• Experience in care pathway of the patient undergoing endoscopy and lower gastrointestinal disease.
• Experience of working in management of cancer pathways.
• IT experience.

Skills (Essential)

• Knowledge of the BCSP objectives / targets & standards.
• Knowledge of clinical governance, risk management, valid consent and withdrawal of consent.
• Excellent command of spoken and written English.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with particular ability to liaise effectively with multidisciplinary team members.

Skills (Desirable)

• Audit skills.
• IT knowledge.
• Knowledge of legislation regarding data protection and confidentiality.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and it will be necessary to submit for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly the CRB) to check for any previous convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information refer to the NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Wexham Park Hospital (Cross Site), Wexham Street, Slough, SL2 4HL

Employer's website: https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/