Breast Screening Nurse

Transformationunitgm; Luton; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is looking for a dedicated Breast Screening Nurse to join their team in Luton. You will play a crucial role in supporting breast screening services, ensuring patient safety, and contributing to quality healthcare initiatives. This position offers an excellent opportunity for professional development within a high-performing trust, committed to delivering outstanding patient care.

Benefits

Access to high-quality training and development

Supportive environment with a focus on staff wellbeing

Qualifications

• Experience in breast screening or relevant nursing role.
• Knowledge of the breast cancer patient pathway.
• Good oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the Breast Screening and Symptomatic Services.
• Assess individual psychological needs and provide support.
• Participate in health promotion and quality assurance.

Skills

Good communication skills

Education

UK professional registration

Job description

Employer Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Breast Screening Centre Town Luton Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 30/06/2025 08:00

Breast Screening Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

We are looking for a motivated and flexible candidate who has a special interest in breast screening and the breast cancer patient pathway and who wants to further develop their knowledge and skills within this specialist area.

Join our dynamic team who strive to deliver high standards of patient care within one of the largest breast screening units in the country.

Main duties of the job

To support the Breast Screening and Symptomatic Services in providing support, and relevant information to women and their families, and advice to women recalled for further investigations and subsequent referral for treatment.

To assess each woman individually regarding their psychological needs and provide the appropriate support information.

To ensure each woman and her family, if appropriate, have access to the appropriate information they require regarding the screening programme, investigations, and possible outcomes.

Working for our organisation

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The key focus areas of this role are:

Ensure patients’ safety
Quality within the breast service
Attend the weekly MDT and co-ordinate patient care accordingly
Work in line with the requirements outlined by quality assurance andattend quality assurance meetings

Participate in health promotion work; in house and in the community

Participate in audit, research and service development with the screening role and in collaboration with the wider breast care team

Person specification

Experience

• Experience in the area
• Evidence of experience

Understanding of role

• Knowledge of post applied for
• Experience in relevant role
• Evidence of experience

Communication

• Good communication skills oral and written
• Communication at interview
• Breaking bad news training
• Evidence of qualification

It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Amanda Dixon Job title Consultant Nurse Email address [e-mail]

If you have problems applying, contact

Address Luton & Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust
Lewsey Road
Luton
Bedfordshire
LU4 0DZ
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