Specialist Screening Practitioner

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is recruiting a Specialist Screening Practitioner to join our bowel cancer screening service. The role supports nurse-led clinics, organises colonoscopy procedures, and helps patients make informed choices.

You will work across UCLH and partner sites, with induction and mentorship to enable integration into screening lists and data capture for audit purposes.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with current NMC registration (Part 1, 2 or equivalent).
• Experience in endoscopy or gastroenterology is desirable.
• Demonstrates evidence of professional development and ability to educate others.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate nurse-led initial assessment clinics for bowel cancer screening.
• Arrange and attend colonoscopies within designated sessions with patients.
• Provide clinics to discuss colonoscopy outcomes and diagnoses.
• Record activity in local and national databases for audit and quality assurance.

Skills

Registered Nurse Part 1/2

Teaching/Assessment

Education

NMC nursing registration

Job description

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Screening Practitioner

The closing date is 16 November 2026

UCLH is looking to recruit a Specialist Screening Practitioner (SSP) into our nurse-led Bowel Cancer Screening (BCS) service

You will work alongside other SSP's providing care for participants of the screening programme. This is an opportunity for someone with a particular interest in bowel cancer and/or screening who would like experience in an expanded nursing role.

Experience of Endoscopy or GI nursing is desirable. You will have a full induction programme and assigned a mentor when you start to support your integration into the team, to enable you to undertake clinics and support the screening endoscopy lists once trained.

Due to the expansion of our service, it is an exciting time to join us and play a leading role in the earlier diagnosis of bowel cancer, based at UCLH but working across NCL, supporting bowel cancer screening lists at UCLH, Whittington Hospital and Chase Farm Hospital.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will join a team of Specialist Screening Practitioners responsible for providing care for patients participating in the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. This involves initial nurse-led assessment clinics: arrangement of colonoscopies for patients within designated Bowel Screening colonoscopy sessions, and to attend colonoscopy with them. They will provide clinics to discuss colonoscopy outcomes, including cancer diagnoses. Our nurses are the patient advocate, providing the information necessary to ensure that patients are able to make informed choices at all stages of the screening process. Our team of SSPs are responsible for ensuring that all activity is recorded on both local and national databases for audit and quality assurance purposes.

The role will involve coordinating care, working autonomously and addressing the needs of individuals that arise. It will also entail detailed and accurate data entry into local and national databases. The post holder will require excellent communication skills and a flexible approach to their work.

About us

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospital
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

Job responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit: Flexible working.

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Person Specification

Knowledge & Qualifications

• Registered Nurse Part 1, 2 or relevant section of the register
• Teaching/Assessment programme

Experience

• relevant experience in related specialty
• Experience working within endoscopy or gastroenterology

Communication

• Communicates effectively verbally, in writing and in electronic formats

Personal And People Development

• Demonstrates evidence of professional development
• Demonstrates an awareness of the role of preceptor/facilitator
• Reflective in Practice
• Demonstrates evidence of ability to educate others
• Demonstrates up to date knowledge and expertise in the specialty

Quality

• Demonstrates understanding of principles of Clinical Governance, e.g. risk management, audit
• Demonstrates ability to support service improvement/ quality improvement initiatives and suggest improvements

Provision of care to meet health and wellbeing needs

• Articulates reasons for desire to work in this clinical area

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£47,951 to £56,863 a yearPer annum inclusive of HCAS