Senior Specialist Screening Practitioner

London North West Healthcare NHS Trust; Greenhill; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK seeks a Senior Specialist Screening Practitioner responsible for delivering a comprehensive bowel cancer screening service. The ideal candidate will manage a clinical team, provide expert nursing care, and ensure adherence to national safety and quality standards. Candidates must possess qualifications in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme and show exceptional communication skills.

Qualifications

• Qualified Specialist Screening Practitioner in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme.
• Experience as Senior SSP in the bowel cancer screening programme.
• Exemplary communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver comprehensive bowel cancer screening service.
• Provide expert nursing care and support for patients on the BCS pathway.
• Manage junior SSPs, SPs, and ASPs including appraisals.

Job description

The post holder is responsible, as part of a multidisciplinary clinical team, for delivering a comprehensive bowel cancer screening service.

The post holder will need to work autonomously and seek collaborative relationships with others across and within professional boundaries, develop patient pathways and be responsible for developing the nursing service within the Bowel Cancer Screening Centre (BCSC).

The role will involve working collaboratively with a team of SSP's and associated practitioners and personnel; to provide specialist, high quality, expert nursing care and support for patients and their carers on the Bowel Cancer Screening (BCS) pathway.

They are expected to provide expert knowledge and advice in their own specialist area, ensuring maintenance of clinical excellence underpinned by evidence-based practice. This may be in one or more location (including other endoscopy units in satellite screening locations) to ensure delivery of the screening service in these areas, and may include breakfast/ evening/ weekend working in order to offer flexibility to the screening populations.

The post holder will provide day to day management of junior Specialist Screening Practitioners (SSP), Screening Practitioners (SP), and Assistant Screening Practitioners (ASP's), including undertaking appraisals and 1-1 meetings for these staff. Candidates MUST be a qualified Specialist Screening Practitioner in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme to apply for this post.

The Senior SSP/Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) must comply with the national standards for safety and quality, which are assessed through JAG, SQAAS, NHSE and actively contribute with work plans resulting from assessments.

We promote the wellbeing and safety of all our patients and carers by acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately, according to the standards determined by our policy and procedures.

Requirements

• Senior SSP's must be experienced SSP's within the bowel cancer screening programme (either currently or previously) who have shown professional & personal development; and who have completed and passed 'the national mandated SSP course' at either level 6 or 7.
• It is essential that the post holder can work within a diverse team and community and present exemplary communication skills.

Our Trust

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.