Screening Specialist Practitioner Bowel Cancer Screening Programme

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Lead Specialist Screening Practitioner to deliver the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme across the South of Tyne centres as part of a Screening specialist practitioner team.

You will work closely with the Hub, coordinate patient care through the screening pathway, advocate for patients, and support health promotion activities to improve screening access for all communities in the Gateshead area.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with the Hub to deliver the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme.
• Coordinate and provide care from the screening centre to address the needs of individuals in the screening pathway.
• Advocate for patients to navigate and make informed choices at all stages of the screening programme.
• Assist the Health Improvement Practitioner in coordinating health promotion activities to improve access to screening across all sections of the population.

Job description

To support the Lead Specialist Screening Practitioner in delivering the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme across the South of Tyne Bowel Cancer Screening Centre (South Tyneside & Sunderland NHS FT, and Gateshead NHS Foundation Trusts) as part of a Screening specialist practitioner team, As part of a SSP team the post holder will;

• Work collaboratively with the Hub
• Coordinate and provide care from the screening centre to address the needs of individuals, arising as a consequent of the Screening Programme
• Acting as the patient’s advocate, supporting them to navigate and make informed choices at all stages of the screening programme
• To assist the Health Improvement Practitioner in the co-ordination of health promotion activities with local health promotion services to improve access to screening across all sections of the population. Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients. We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region. Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronymICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement. We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women’s Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks. The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.