Main area Bowel Cancer Screening - Specialist Nurse Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week (7 day working) Job ref 241-207AA-25
Employer Bolton NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Bolton Hospital Town Bolton Salary £37,338 - £44,962 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 22/04/2025 23:59
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
Are you looking for a more advanced nursing role?
Would you like to join an energetic, committed and friendly team to help early detection and prevention of bowel cancer?
We are looking to recruit a Specialist Screening Practitioner (SSP) to join our dedicated and brilliant nursing team. As a programme we are building for the future, including screening a younger population from age 50 and expanding the service to include patients with Lynch syndrome. We pride ourselves on exceptional patient experience, and as we continue to move towards our ambitious strategy, we require a motivated professional individual with excellent clinical skills to join us.
Main duties of the job
You will work closely with a team of SSP’s and administrators with support guidance and supervision from the Deputy and Lead SSP. The role will require you to apply advanced expert clinical knowledge and experience alongside evidence-based decision-making skills to support patients taking part in the programme.
Working for our organisation
You will act as the patients’ advocate supporting them to navigate the programme and make informed choices at all stages of the pathway, utilising specialist knowledge and advanced communication and interpersonal skills when supporting patients and their families and carers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Experience of working within Endoscopy/Colorectal/Gastroenterology or GI Cancer is essential along with caseload management skills.
Right now, public awareness of bowel cancer is growing rapidly, and alongside this is the expansion of the programme, making it an important time to join us.
If this role sounds like one you could thrive in we encourage you to contact us for an informal chat about this exciting role.
Minimum Requirements
* Relevant post registration Health related degree or working towards post registration specialist qualifications
* Evidence of continued learning and recent professional development
* Certificate of Professional Development, Specialist Bowel Cancer Screening
* Additional qualifications in specific area (EG; advanced communication, BCSS training, gastroenterology, endoscopy, cancer)
* Counselling Course
Experience
* Post registration experience working within colorectal/gastroenterology/cancer/endoscopy (or equivalent specialist practice experience)
* Experience of health promotion
* Awareness of National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme and current events relating to cancer services
* Experience in Endoscopy services, or Pre-operative assessment or other role requiring history taking and assessment skills
Knowledge
* Knowledge of clinical governance and risk management
* Understanding of the importance of equality, diversity and rights in patient care
* Knowledge of Health Promotion strategies
* Knowledge of Lynch syndrome and other associated colorectal conditions
Skills
* Articulate with advanced written and oral communication skills with the ability to respond to different communication needs of patients in a variety of settings
* Understanding of the consent process and associated legislation
* Examples of effective team working with evidence of leadership skills with the ability to motivate all staff groups
* Analytical, with enquiry/problem-solving skills and the ability to make decisions and prioritise own workload
* Computer literate and the ability to maintain accurate records
* Experience in developing and participating in service development and implementation of change in clinical practice
* Able to obtain informed consent for endoscopy
* Experience of research and audit
Personal attributes
* Enthusiastic and professional
* Ability to work a variety of shifts across a 7 day week
* Adaptable
* Ability to prioritise tasks
* Car owner and Driver with the ability to travel between multiple sites
The vision of this Trust is to be recognised by the people of Bolton and beyond as an excellent provider of health and care services and a great place to work. We are striving to attract, recruit and retain high calibre skilled staff which reflect our communities. We are an inclusive employer who trains and develops our staff in a positive learning environment.
We thrive on cultivating cultural architecture; if you have the right skills, attitudes and behaviours, in line with our Trust values, we welcome and appreciate the diversity you bring to our organisation.
We offer a wide range of staff benefits please click on the link below to see what current benefits we have.
From time to time we may need to close a vacancy early when in receipt of a sufficient number of applications. If you are interested in this post and wish to be considered, we strongly advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Claire Donnelly Job title Deputy Lead Specialist Screening Practitioner Email address Claire.Donnelly@boltonft.nhs.uk Telephone number 01204 390432 Additional information
or contact
Tracey Lawton Lead Nurse, Tel: 01204 390432/390875 tracey.lawton@boltonft.nhs.uk
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