Specialist Screening Practitioner

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Cottingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Specialist Screening Practitioner to join their team at Castle Hill Hospital. In this full-time role, you will assess participant fitness for bowel cancer screenings and support informed decision-making while advocating for participants. This position will require you to deliver virtual and telephone clinics and assist during colonoscopy sessions. A valid driving license and willingness to travel across multiple endoscopy units are necessary.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years as a Registered Nurse.
• Evidence of quality assurance, audit, and research participation.
• Experience working with patients with lower GI Cancers.

Responsibilities

• Assess participant fitness for screening investigations.
• Support informed decision-making and advocate for participants.
• Deliver virtual and telephone clinics as needed.

Skills

Counselling Skills

Customer care skills

I.T. Skills

Advanced patient examination

Basic Counselling Skills

Patient teaching/adult education

Education

BSc or working towards it

Job description

Specialist Screening Practitioner

The closing date is 29 December 2025

The Humber and Yorkshire Coast Bowel Cancer Screening Centre is seeking an experienced registered nurse to join our dedicated team. Based at Castle Hill Hospital, this full‑time role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact on public health across our regional footprint, which includes Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Scarborough, and parts of the Vale of York. It is very much a nurse‑led service requiring the successful candidate to make complex decisions regarding participants’ care. Established in 2006, the centre invites individuals aged 50‑74 to participate in bowel cancer screening; we also now provide surveillance colonoscopy for individuals with Lynch Syndrome, starting from age 25 or 35 depending on genetic mutation.

The successful candidate will:

• Assess participant fitness for screening investigations.
• Support informed decision‑making and act as an advocate for participants.
• Deliver virtual and telephone clinics, with face‑to‑face appointments as clinically required.
• Attend colonoscopy sessions and MDT meetings to support care and collect data.
• Promote screening uptake and reduce health inequalities through outreach and collaboration.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for delivering clinics, including assessment, surveillance, and post‑investigation appointments. These will primarily be conducted via telephone or virtual platforms, with face‑to‑face consultations arranged only when clinically necessary. The role covers the centre’s operational footprint, and therefore a willingness to travel is essential. A valid driving licence and access to a car are required. You will be present during colonoscopy lists within designated endoscopy departments to support participants and collect relevant data. Attendance at colorectal cancer multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings will also be required when screening patients are scheduled for discussion. The post holder will work across the centre’s footprint, which includes travelling between five endoscopy units and working from the DPoW (Grimsby office) on a rotational basis. Flexibility is essential to ensure full service coverage, which may include occasional evening and weekend shifts.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts – Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) – our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world‑class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital for NLAG, and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas – biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Job responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. You can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

• Counselling Skills and/or Certificate
• Have or working towards BSc

Knowledge, Training & Experience

• Minimum 5 years RN Level 1
• Evidence of participation in quality assurance, audit and research.
• Customer care skills
• I.T. Skills (standard keyboard user)
• Able to organise and prioritise own workload.
• Ability to maintain accurate records.
• Evidence of providing written and verbal communications to consultants and GP's as an integral part of caseload responsibilities.
• Working with patients with lower GI Cancers.
• Experience of conducting audit/research and changing practice
• Screening Service Experience

Communication and Interpersonal Skills

• Ability to communicate sensitive and complex information and address barriers to understanding.
• Demonstrates the ability to organise self and team members.
• Demonstrates a history of continuing professional development.
• Demonstrates positive attitudes towards cancer screening.
• Able to travel throughout the centres footprint.
• Advanced patient examination and history taking.
• Basic Counselling Skills
• Patient teaching/adult education
• Accessing, entering and retrieving electronic data in clinical systems.

Special Attributes and other

• Maturity
• Self‑awareness of strengths/weaknesses
• Creativity/lateral thought
• Enthusiasm and motivation
• Experience of Clinical Supervision

Other Requirements

• Holds full driving licence
• Can be registered as a car user according to local policy

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.

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust