Senior Bowel Cancer Screening Specialist

Liverpool University Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Liverpool is seeking a Bowel Cancer Screening Specialist Screening Practitioner (Band 6) on a permanent 37.5 hour contract at the Royal Liverpool Hospital.

You will work with the BCSP programme hub to coordinate care from the screening centre, deliver results and referrals, and support health promotion across the community while travelling between associated sites as required.

Qualifications

• RGN registered with the NMC
• Current full UK driving licence
• Post-registration qualification in speciality or related field
• Teaching and assessing

Responsibilities

• 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 meet their needs along the screening pathway
• Use specialist knowledge and advanced communication skills with patients and carers when breaking bad news and providing psychological support
• Ensure timely access to screening colonoscopy or alternative diagnostic intervention and seamless transition to agreed pathways
• Establish links with local colorectal cancer MDTs to ensure timely presentation and transfer of patients
• Populate and maintain the BCSP local database
• Participate in ongoing data collection and quality assurance, service feedback and audit
• Perform comprehensive assessment of patient needs, plan, implement and evaluate care
• Collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records
• Work collaboratively with other professionals and organisations to ensure patient needs are met

Skills

RGN

Driving licence

Post-registration qualification

Teaching and assessing

Job description

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Liverpool is seeking a Bowel Cancer Screening Specialist Screening Practitioner (Band 6) on a permanent 37.5 hour contract at the Royal Liverpool Hospital.

You will work with the BCSP programme hub to coordinate care from the screening centre, deliver results and referrals, and support health promotion across the community while travelling between associated sites as required.