Specialist Screening Practitioner

NHS; Manchester; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Specialist Screening Practitioner to join their innovative team. This role involves ensuring a seamless journey for patients eligible for bowel cancer screening, making clinical assessments, and liaising with various disciplines. With opportunities for professional development and the chance to work in a dynamic environment, this position is perfect for those passionate about patient care and looking to make a meaningful impact. Join a forward-thinking organization that values collaboration and offers a supportive culture to help you thrive in your career.

Qualifications

• Post-registration qualification in specialty or related field experience required.
• Relevant degree plus significant postgraduate experience or equivalent knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Make clinical assessments and ensure patients are prepared for tests.
• Support patients through their pathway and inform them of results.

Skills

Clinical Assessment Skills

Communication Skills

IT Skills

Teamwork

Self-directed Study

Education

Relevant Degree

Post-registration Qualification

Tools

Electronic Patient Record System

Job description

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Are you looking for a career opportunity in a rewarding skilled Specialist Screening Practitioner nursing role (SSP) based at Manchester Royal Infirmary? Our SSP's are highly skilled nurse practitioners who have the responsibility to ensure that all patients who are eligible for bowel cancer screening, have a seamless journey throughout the bowel screening pathway.

Manchester BCSP is expanding to include individuals aged 50-59 years, and patients with Lynch Syndrome who require surveillance colonoscopy, so we are looking to recruit committed, reliable, and experienced nurses that we will support in developing into our forward-thinking Specialist Screening Nurse Practitioner team.

Applicants should be aware that face to face patient contact is currently limited as our patients are offered telephone assessment appointments in the first instance. You will however see patients who require subsequent face to face assessment appointments at GP surgeries and hospital sites across Greater Manchester, and when they attend their colonoscopy appointments. It is therefore essential that you own a car and have a current full UK driving license with business cover, and you must confirm that you meet these criteria in the supporting information on the application form.

Main duties of the job

As an SSP, you will be making decisions based on your clinical assessments during the initial Specialist Screening Practitioner Positive Assessment clinics and liaising with different disciplines and specialties to ensure that patients are prepared and booked for their tests in a safe and efficient manner.

Please see the 'Overview of the SSP role' attachment under the 'Supporting Documents' heading for more details about the SSP role.

Support and Education

Education is provided, and you will be expected to successfully complete the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme Specialist Screening Practitioner Course at Liverpool John Moore's University. Completion of this course within 2 years of being in post is mandatory and must be passed successfully for you to continue working within the programme.

Your competency within the role will be assessed before you are able to work autonomously, and this is a requirement for the John Moore's course. You will be supporting patients through their pathway, informing them of their results and inputting information onto BCSS. Having attention to detail and being comfortable with IT systems is vital.

Due to clinics currently being telephone based, there may also be opportunities to work from home, subject to service need, risk assessments being completed, and competencies being achieved.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

We're looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Standard Shortlisting Criteria

• Post-registration qualification in specialty or related field experience e.g. Cardiology, Renal, Haematology, Colorectal
• Relevant Degree plus significant Post Graduate experience or equivalent knowledge and training experience
• Applicants able to work autonomously and as part of a team
• Enthusiasm for self-directed study
• Being flexible within a small team
• Able to present written information in a logical manner
• Experience of bowel cancer screening
• Knowledge of service expansion
• Excellent communication and assessment skills
• Willingness to complete education package
• Working across sites which may occasionally include late finishes.
• IT Skills
• Knowledge of the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme

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.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

£37,338 to £44,962 a year Per annum (pro rata)